After years of legal battles to protect its business from criminal prosecution, Torch Electronics will suspend operations of its slot machines in Missouri under pressure from state Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and the U.S. Department of Justice.
A top business lobbying group is stepping up its opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment to replace the Missouri income tax with sales taxes, arguing Missouri is already an attractive place to do business.
The promise and peril of artificial intelligence have been a recurring theme for Missouri lawmakers this year, as they debate safeguards on campaign advertisements, companion chatbots and mental health therapy that use the technology.
The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is getting involved in Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s lawsuit against a nonprofit governing body for high school sports and activities, accusing the organization of sex and race discrimination for denying a board position to …
The Missouri House on Thursday voted to advance a package of tax credits designed to boost access to affordable child care and stabilize the industry.
As Missouri Republicans push a constitutional amendment to phase out the state income tax, the proposal’s House sponsor told a Senate committee Wednesday that sales taxes are a fairer, more transparent way to raise money — even as he insisted the measure itself would not directly raise them.
A fiscal crunch that threatens to consume Missouri’s remaining general revenue surplus reduced — but did not eliminate — budget earmarks that send money to politically favored projects and organizations.
Fort Leonard Wood and local community members celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony for General Leonard Wood Community Hospital today, marking a milestone in military healthcare for the area. The hospital will begin inpatient and emergency room services at the replacement hospital, 4234 Ill…
Serious injuries were reported Monday, March 30, resulting from a one-vehicle crash that occurred on Highway 19 at County Road 4060, according to an online report of Troop I of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Public school districts will be encouraged to limit elementary school student use of iPads and laptops in the classroom under a Missouri House bill approved in a 143-10 vote Monday.
Salem, MO - On Saturday, a telling microcosm of the American political divide formed at the intersection of Highways 32 and 19.
Submitting signatures to force a referendum on a state law is not enough to suspend a new state law, a Cole County judge ruled Friday in a decision that means Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map is in effect.
Missouri lawmakers’ latest attempt to bar state and local officials from helping enforce certain federal gun laws collapsed March 25 in a House committee, defeated not only by Democrats but by Republicans who said the bill would hurt gun dealers, invite costly litigation and ignore the conce…
The Missouri House rejected attempts by Democrats on Tuesday to restore $51.5 million in cuts to the state’s child care subsidy program.
Legislative spring break is over, and Missouri lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with a packed agenda and a May 15 deadline to adjourn.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday didn’t rule out asking Congress for an additional $200 billion to cover the cost of his war in Iran, a substantial sum that will likely be difficult to move through both chambers.
When Ashlea Belcher looks back on her conversations with young people about Agape Boarding School and Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch, “what set those cases apart was not chaos,” she said. “It was the structure.”
Russell House, Rolla’s regional domestic and sexual violence shelter, is among the organizations across Missouri speaking out about proposed state funding cuts. During testimony in Jefferson City on March 3, Russell House Executive Director Katie Croker spoke to the House of Representatives …
A petition to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map was less than 200 signatures away from meeting its goal Tuesday as a Cole County judge heard arguments over the status of 100,000 signatures set aside in December.
The roar of engines has faded from the Mark Twain National Forest, but the excitement lingers after a highly attended 100 Acre Wood Rally concluded this weekend. Subaru Motorsports icon Travis Pastrana took home the proverbial gold, claiming first overall in the national category alongside c…
In the past year, Christian King, a doula based in Kansas City, has supported more than 40 mothers enrolled in Medicaid through their pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Missouri lawmakers signed off on proposed cannabis rules Thursday meant to curb abuse in the state’s microbusiness licensing program, but not before stripping out a ban on people tied to denied or revoked licenses from holding interests in future microbusinesses.
The Missouri House approved legislation Thursday aimed at cracking down on sex trafficking and sexual exploitation while shifting punishment away from survivors and giving first responders more training to identify and prevent the crimes.
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