Missouri youth

Several hundred people gathered last Friday for the “Keep Hate Out of Health Care'' rally at the University of Missouri.

Officials on Monday announced Washington University's Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital would no longer offer puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or surgeries to minors, even those who are exempt from a newly enacted ban on treatment for transgender youth.

Officials say tackling St. Louis and St. Louis County’s more than 6,000 abuse and neglect cases will require hiring more investigators.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in a press release Friday that the state will restrict state-funded travel to Missouri, along with Nebraska and Wyoming, as a result of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation that has been recently enacted in each state.

Many parents of Columbia Public School children have received emails this week notifying them of the release of educational records. This comes in relation to a 2020 lawsuit where two parents allege their children were confined in seclusion rooms, one injured from a restraint.

Organizers of Vote16MO said that will allow teens to be more involved in decisions that affect their lives.

Many low-income children depend on school breakfasts and lunches to support their nutrition. However, when school gets out in May, the Summer Food Service Program, or SFSP, provides an alternative solution.

Starting June 5, Compass Health Network’s Children’s Center will open its doors to mid-Missourians. Children will be able to go from their dental appointment to their doctor’s appointment and then to therapy — all under one roof.

Updated on April 27 at 10:00 a.m.: A St. Louis County judge has temporarily blocked attorney general Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule. Now, the rule is set to go into effect on Monday at 5 p.m.The ACLU, Lambda Legal and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner filed a temporary restraining order on Monday to prevent the implementation of the restrictive trans health care rule.

On a Thursday morning in late February, a group of 100 middle and high school students gathered in the rotunda of the state capitol building in Jefferson…