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A bill that seeks to take school accreditation power away from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and decrease focus on statewide standardized testing was debated Tuesday by a state Senate committee. State Sen. Jill Carter, a Republican from Granby, filed the legislation for the third time. It passed the Senate’s education committee […]

In hopes of helping veterans facing mental health issues, Missouri lawmakers are once again pushing legislation that would require the state to conduct a study on using psilocybin — also known as “magic mushrooms” — to treat depression, substance use or as part end-of-life care.  Similar legislation has been filed for the last three years, […]

University of Missouri faculty and staff received an email Monday morning from MU President Mun Choi announcing plans to begin reducing expenses in response to the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts. Choi explained that the university’s administration will begin cost-cutting measures for this fiscal year in the coming weeks, citing a “reduction in indirect cost […]

A dispute over whether the Missouri Gaming Commission can issue emergency rules to implement sports wagering will delay the licensing of casinos and online operators until fall, the executive director of the Missouri Gaming Commission said Monday. Last week, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected the gaming commission emergency rules intended to allow it […]

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials. The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and last week cut more than 100 positions at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. President Donald Trump signed […]

A pair of state senators are laying the groundwork for Clay County to compete for a new Chiefs training facility or Royals stadium, while the top Republican in the Missouri House is imploring Jackson County leaders to come up with a new plan to keep the teams from leaving the state.  Both teams publicly expressed […]

This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. After Ronald Scheer was found suffocated to death by the straps of his own wheelchair, an autopsy determined his cause of death was “hanging.” Scheer, a man with developmental disabilities and mobility issues who used a wheelchair, was living at the state-run St. Louis Developmental […]

The governor and the Missouri legislature have been in session for over six weeks, and many of their policy proposals and priorities are beginning to take center stage. Now is the time to become engaged and remain vigilant. Are their priorities the same as yours? Are you pleased with their actions so far? If not, […]

Coroners are crucial to their counties, but low pay keeps many potential candidates away. “A lot of people realize that we need a higher level of education, a higher level of standards for the office of the coroner,” Dent County Coroner Ben Pursifull said. “The problem is you’re not going to get a great influx […]

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a motion to intervene in a class-action lawsuit against Tyson Foods on Tuesday. If granted, Bailey’s involvement will allow him access to confidential documents currently being withheld by Tyson Foods and key depositions taken by the prosecuting attorneys. Bailey aims to join the suit through permissive intervention, which will […]

Missouri’s microbusiness cannabis program will never get off the ground if regulators are consistently forced to revoke licenses over concerns about unlawful predatory practices, the head of the state’s marijuana division said Wednesday at a town hall meeting. That’s why new rules must be put in place to root out these practices and ensure the […]

America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, including California, the nation’s largest dairy-producing state that hit a 20-year low in 2024. But unlike eggs, which spiked in price due to the bird flu’s impact on poultry flocks, consumers aren’t likely to see […]

Bigger bonuses, higher executive salaries and a few eye-popping retirement payouts. That’s how St. Luke’s Health System closed the books on its final year as a nonprofit independent hospital chain, according to recent tax filings. The $2.5 billion hospital system, which merged with St. Louis-based nonprofit BJC Healthcare at the start of 2024, paid one-third […]

In communities across Missouri, family caregivers work hard day in and day out to put their parents, spouses and loved ones first. In Washington, President Donald Trump has a solution — a federal tax credit — to put money back into these family caregivers’ pockets and give them much-needed financial relief. Family caregivers play a […]

The Missouri House on Thursday approved a proposal to extend the civil statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

The company at the center of a massive cannabis product recall in 2023 lost its appeal to get its license back on Tuesday, with Missouri’s administrative hearing commission concluding it had a “corporate culture of lax compliance with regulatory requirements.” The scathing 137-page ruling, issued by Commissioner Carole Iles, comes almost a year after a […]

Worries that “slackers” may take advantage of Missouri’s new law requiring most employers to give workers paid sick leave isn’t a good enough reason to repeal it, a Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday. In November, voters overwhelmingly approved an initiative petition called Proposition A that requires employers with business receipts greater than $500,000 a year to […]

On a day when dangerously cold weather forced the Internal Revenue Service to close its downtown processing center, hundreds of probationary employees are on notice that their jobs are likely going away. Following days of uncertainty for Kansas City’s federal workforce, IRS employees learned in a Feb. 18 video message that their jobs would be […]

In January, the federal government took over regulating Missouri’s more than 1.5 million miles of natural gas pipelines. The pipelines had been regulated by the state, but the federal government said the fines for violations were too low and not in line with federal requirements. If a gas company is violating safety standards, federal regulators […]

A plan to make Missouri dependent on sales tax for general revenue by eliminating the income tax is heading to the state Senate for debate after a party-line committee vote on Wednesday. Two proposals — one to immediately end the state individual income tax and depend on sales tax for revenue, and another a proposed […]