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A new Missouri law requires certain school districts to get voter approval to start or continue the four-day week. The Independence School District, which is by far the state's largest district on the shortened week, will put the issue before voters on Nov. 4.

More than 350 ICE detainees have spent time in the Phelps County jail this year, and more of them are on the way after a two-month pause.

Policy proposals will be presented to a school-funding task force in December, giving the group a year to fine tune them and present them to the governor

The owner of thousands of ‘gray market’ slot machines edged out a competitor offering arcade games with unfair business practices, the ruling held, and must pay $500,000

Centene subsidiary Ambetter from Home State Health failed to meet Affordable Care Act requirements for medical care spending. The refunds to Missourians will be among the largest in the state since 2012.

Detainees in a Cottonwood Falls jail describe sleeping on the floor in overcapacity cells. Amid a national deportation surge, this jail is one of the region’s primary immigration detention centers.

Hanaway is lead counsel for Grain Belt Express, a clean-energy transmission line locked in litigation with the attorney general’s office and vehemently opposed by state agriculture organizations.

The assistant Macon city administrator will fill the city administrator role in the interim while the city looks for a full-time replacement.

Ferguson consent decree officials said the city has made progress toward compliance. The update comes weeks after the city passed a budget to slash consent decree funding by half.

The Columbia Police Department will add six new positions, which is 45 less than requested by Police Chief Jill Schlude.