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Lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri worked to limit the power of certain officials at the state and local levels to take emergency actions during a public health crisis.

Missouri lawmakers are on spring break, but still have hot button issues to work through when they return.

The Missouri legislature has been busy as it reaches the halfway-point of the 2021 session and the peregrine falcon population in the Midwest is recovering thanks to conservation efforts.

Gov. Mike Parson and four statewide officials took their oaths of offices on Monday — ushering in four more years of near total Republican rule over Missouri.

The academy's director hopes to help increase the diversity of police forces in Missouri and the region.

Currently, only the governor and state auditor are restricted to two consecutive terms in Missouri. Opponents of the Amendment 1 ballot measure say it's a solution in need of a problem.

A special legislative session convened by Gov. Mike Parson on June 27 was meant to focus on six violent crime prevention provisions.

Three days since Parson declared the state fully reopened have set records for single-day increases in cases, including Tuesday, which saw 434 new confirmed cases.

Move to fully reopen state comes even as number of positive tests is on the rise.

Coronavirus concerns have made gathering signatures for ballot items basically impossible, especially with state and local governments placing...

UPDATE Saturday, March 14: One of the two "presumptive positive" cases of COVID-19 announced by the governor Friday is in Clinton, Missouri. The Henry...

Democrats in the Missouri House are ramping up their efforts to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender...