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Evan Vucci/APThe administration says eliminating more than 1,400 federal requirements could save billions of dollars and make Head Start available to more children from low-income homes. Missouri providers say some rules are burdensome, but question if deregulation can solve the state’s problems -
Rudi Keller/Missouri IndependentTrials this week will determine whether Amendment 6 and a referendum on Missouri’s congressional map reach the Nov. 3 ballot
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There’s important college sports-related legislation making the rounds on Capitol Hill this week in the form of the Protect College Sports Act, up for consideration in the U.S. Senate. -
The governor spoke at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce "State of the State" at Great Southern Bank Arena. -
Ballot measure spending continues to dominate this year’s elections. Backers of Amendment 5 are outspending opponents by about 4-to-1 in broadcast ads, while opponents of Amendment 4 are almost unchallenged on the airwaves -
The couple's 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother's body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. -
A Planned Parenthood clinic began providing medication abortion Monday while also expanding pain management for IUD placements and biopsies -
Animal rescue leaders say new rules meant to prevent the spread of the livestock parasite make sense. But they are also costly for overcrowded shelters in Texas, which transfer many pets to other states. -
Three states remain in the lawsuit, which originally focused on language on gender dysphoria in a federal rule, as the Justice Department signals changes to federal policy on inclusion of people with disabilities -
A new law would make intoxicating hemp products illegal after Nov. 12, when a federal ban takes effect -
Among the legislation the governor signed is a wide-reaching public health bill that expands access to birth control and requires the state to track cases of Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome. -
For the past 25 years, the Midwest Innocence Project has worked at no cost to free incarcerated individuals who believe they were wrongfully convicted of crimes in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.
