The growing attention being given to Missouri’s child welfare system offers a critical opportunity to address not only the ...

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Democrats hope to flip a Springfield Senate seat for the first time in more than 80 years, replacing Republican Lincoln Hough ...

Two Missouri House lawmakers face off in the November general election for the State Senate's 8th District seat.

I am Jane Doe. I was a freshman in college, second semester, when I got a call from my mom that my dad was in the hospital. I should find my older brother and we should come home. In the hour and a ...

If Amendment 3 passes, Missouri would again ban abortion. It would also be the first state to ban gender-affirming care for ...

For most people, the AI debate began with tools such as ChatGPT and questions about jobs, academic integrity, misinformation, ...

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Students and alumni of Lincoln University are suing the state of Missouri over decades of underfunding and unequal treatment.

Eric Schmitt has spent nearly two decades climbing Missouri’s political ladder, from the state Senate to attorney general to the U.S. Senate. Along the way, his style has changed dramatically — from ...

Andrew Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who left his post at the FBI last week, told fellow Republicans Tuesday night that he vowed to continue holding wrongdoers, whether criminal or ...