Historically high deaths, contraband infiltration and costly litigation cited as issues that could be addressed by independent review panel, prison ombudsman.

The Free Application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA) helps determine what money students are eligible for.

Business groups have challenged a Missouri constitutional amendment that increases the state’s minimum wage and gives more workers access to paid sick leave.

Many lawmakers are bringing back ideas for another year as bill filing opens advance of the session that begins Jan. 8

Incoming Missouri Senate leader Cindy O’Laughlin wants to overhaul the state’s Children’s Division.

Republican Denny Hoskins sees hand counting as a tool to prevent digital interference and cut costs, while local election officials and Democrat Barbara Phifer predict delayed and error-prone results.

Planned Parenthood lost the ability to reimburse patients with Medicaid coverage in late August.

The number of people in Missouri jails waiting for mental health treatment — without ever being convicted of a crime — has risen by a third in about a year.

Join us in Palenque, Colombia. Founded in the early 1600s by escaped enslaved Africans, it was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Hear a native son and cultural ambassador, Afroneto, share what makes this town so special amongst the Black diaspora.

Come with us to the Dominican Republic as we travel back in time to explore history through the firsthand accounts of two people who lived under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. Our storytellers relive the tumultuous times that follow his assassination and share their immigration journeys to and in the United States where they eventually settled and formed their families. The joys and pains of leaving one's home to make a better life elsewhere are all told in this 2-part episode.