missouri government

The results are in. Registered voters from across the state have cast their ballots for Missouri's primary election. The general election is on November 5.

Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states after the 2020 presidential election have criminalized much of the work done by voter outreach groups.

Chuck Basye, the previous Republican running for the seat, dropped out after a cancer diagnosis.

The law targets a plan by KC Recycle & Waste Solutions to build a landfill at Kansas City’s southern border. For more than a year, Raymore and other suburban municipalities have pushed legislation designed to block the landfill, arguing it would hurt the environment, property values and residents’ health.

One poll shows a quarter of GOP respondents would vote to legalize abortion in Missouri while Republicans would still win the governorship.

Jason Sumners will be the next director of the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Some suspect AG Andrew Bailey intended to target the state's two largest intoxicating hemp businesses, but went after the wrong company

The Senate has already passed similar legislation, which is awaiting House debate.

The median time it took Missouri’s social services department to process Medicaid applications for low-income Missourians in February was 77 days, an agency spokesperson told The Independent.

Currently, minors 16 and 17 can get married with parental consent. Proposed legislation would make the marriage age 18 with no exceptions.