Annelise Hanshaw
Reporter-
Pre-filed bills aim to prevent transgender Missourians from using their gender identity on state-issued licenses. Current policy requires a person to provide proof of gender transition surgery to change their gender marker, which LGBTQ advocates say is discriminatory. -
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education believes that lowering a GPA requirement for teachers will improve teacher recruitment and retention without reducing educator quality. -
A 74-page ruling backs state’s argument defending law that has blocked transgender Missourians from accessing gender-affirming health care, -
Logan Yandell, a survivor of sexual abuse at Kanakuk Kamps in Branson, Missouri, alleges that the camp’s CEO misrepresented prior knowledge of past misconduct allegations in order to convince his parents to sign a non-disclosure agreement. -
Missouri child care providers began complaining that they were missing months of payments from the state and were close to shuttering. But the state won't meet its goal to clear the backlog by the end of October. -
The 13-day trial included testimony from transgender minors, who — along with their families and health-care providers — challenged the constitutionality of a 2023 Missouri law restricting physicians from prescribing gender-affirming medical care to minors. -
Transgender adolescents are seeking to block a Missouri law passed last year that bars them from beginning puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, arguing the ban is unconstitutional and discriminatory. The trial begins Monday. -
Missouri banned transgender athletes from competing according to their gender identity, but student handbooks and board policies have yet to add the change. Before last year's law, there were only five transgender athletes statewide who were eligible to compete. -
The Missouri Department of Revenue used to allow the signature of a physician, therapist or social worker before approving the change of a gender designation. Now, it requires residents to provide either documentation of gender reassignment surgery, or a court order. -
Stephanie Householder, who ran Circle of Hope Girls Ranch with her husband Boyd Householder, faces 21 charges of child abuse and neglect alleged by former students. Her husband, who died last month, had nearly 80 charges that include allegations of sexual abuse.
