Missouri

Missouri's budget does not include money to extend Medicaid to 275,000 low-income people, despite a constitutional amendment approved by voters.

In addition to threatening criminal penalties for blocking streets, the GOP-led bill would lower the gun conceal and carry age to 18, ban police chokeholds, and criminalize officers having sex with detainees.

The House passed a wide-ranging bill with amendments including limits on local government closures and regulations on how school boards hear from angry parents.

How the courts act could depend on what Gov. Mike Parson's administration does over the next few months.

Wednesday night’s vote sets up a likely court battle over the public health insurance program.

2021 is seeing a record amount of anti-transgender legislation introduced by state lawmakers across the country.

What the reasoning is behind the flood of anti-transgender bills being introduced in statehouses around the country and an explanation of why allergies seem to be getting more severe.

The current version of the state budget does not include funding for the voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

This year the state of Missouri is celebrating its 200th birthday. But few people today know about the Native American tribe behind the state’s name.

But some election officials say the three weeks of in-person, no-excuse absentee voting is still too restrictive — and others don't like the legislation restarting Missouri's photo identification requirement.

House members said the department agreed to stop sending letters threatening to garnish the money, but more than 30 people recently received letters saying the department filed a lien on their property.

The history of the Missouria people and how a prolific Otoe-Missouria storyteller helped preserve a fading language.