Missouri state education board selects interim commissioner amid leadership shakeup
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be led by education consultant and former department official Stacey Preis…
Politics
Fate of Missouri bill on gas station slot machines could turn on GOP primary results
State Rep. Bill Hardwick, a Republican from Dixon, sponsored a bill authorizing slot machines licensed by the Missouri Lottery that…
Gambling companies pour campaign money into fight over Missouri video lottery bill
Sen. Jason Bean, a Republican from Holcomb, is one of the Legislature’s most visible supporters of a bill to allow…
PortKC’s oversight failures are now Missouri lawmakers’ problem
In June 2025, I wrote that PortKC, Kansas City’s ubiquitous subsidy-granting agency, was too powerful, too poorly run, and subject…
Childcare centers across Missouri grapple with staff retention issues
As more discussions about supplying adequate, affordable childcare are had across the state, childcare centers continue to struggle with staff…
Missouri courts keep rewriting ballot language as fights over direct democracy intensify
As Missouri secretary of state, Denny Hoskins is often responsible for reducing complicated ballot measures to a few sentences voters…
Missouri vape recall exposes dispute over cannabis testing rules
When Missouri cannabis regulators recalled hundreds of marijuana vape pens last month, the Kansas City-based manufacturer said the issue was…
Judge halts provisions of new Missouri voting law about giving help
A judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting parts of a new Missouri law that puts limits on what can…
Schmitt pays $75,000 for ad during Chiefs game to close out Missouri Senate race
On Sunday evening, the Kansas City Chiefs will host the Tennessee Titans in a game essential to both teams’ hopes…
Ballot measures put state investments, National Guard before voters
In the first four months of Missouri’s fiscal year, the state earned $42.8 million in interest for the general revenue…
Missouri hospital that denied emergency abortion is being investigated by federal officials
The federal government, not state political leaders, initiated an investigation of the care Freeman Health Services in Joplin provided after a denying…
Jones announces opposition to recreational marijuana amendment
In a move highlighting a growing divide among Black leaders and organizations in Missouri over a push to legalize marijuana,…
Medicaid application wait times average 41 days, the lowest in nearly a year
Average wait times for Missouri Medicaid applicants fell in September below the federally allowed maximum for the first time in…
U.S. judge in Missouri rejects GOP challenge to student-loan forgiveness program
A federal judge in Missouri has rejected GOP efforts by six states to block President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive…
Commission recommends salary increases to address Missouri teacher shortage
A state commission Tuesday laid out its recommendations to improve teacher recruitment and retention in Missouri, including a push to…
Missouri families still waiting for summer food benefits for low-income children
As food prices spiked over the summer and her children lost access to school-provided subsidized meals, Jennifer Sheils scrambled to…