Politics

Among his first actions in office, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime. The tone-setting move on Monday reflects a trend in the U.S.

A group focused on depolarizing politics is having trouble bringing conservatives to the table.

MU Political Scientist Peverill Squire explains why voters turned out for liberal policies, not politicians.

Republican signs were vandalized with swastikas and other inappropriate imagery, and Yes on 3 signs have been stolen.

Gov. Mike Parson reviewed his approach to governing in an interview with the Missourian and KBIA.

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.

The bipartisan legislative committee investigating Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher over allegations of ethical misconduct will hold another hearing next week.

Missouri Democrats have filed a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the State Constitution which would give local governments more power to make gun regulations.

The efforts to remove books from school libraries started with parents in local school districts and eventually led to state legislatures. After two years of controversy, one school librarian says her colleagues are leaving the profession because it has become too painful.

A Republican political operative wants documents showing how Andrew Bailey came up with a $21 million estimated cost to defend a proposed abortion amendment that would allow for exceptions to Missouri's current restrictive law.