Missouri lawmakers approve bills to improve student literacy and reduce teacher training mandates at the midway point of legislative session.

The gerrymandered congressional map pushed through the General Assembly by Republicans meets constitutional requirements, a judge ruled.

The constitutional amendment that would eliminate Missouri income tax passed the Missouri House of Representatives on Thursday.

The plan to completely overhaul the way Missouri funds higher education survived a vote Wednesday as lawmakers advanced the state budget ...

A Republican state senator temporarily stalled a bill Wednesday honoring a Kansas City firefighter who was killed last year.

A bill to protect ballot summaries written by politicians from judicial revision passed the Missouri House on Wednesday.

The director of the Office of the State Public Defender said ending the death penalty would allow more money for anti-recidivism services.

Recent murders in Kansas City and St. Louis — one at a nightclub, the other at a coffeeshop — have people asking why the assailants, both with histories of violent crime, were out on the streets in ...

Every child who starts at Lemay Child and Family Center in St. Louis County receives a developmental screening during their first month of attendance. Based on these screenings, kids can receive ...

The legislation, which received unanimously approval, is the first non-budget bill to be sent to Gov. Mike Kehoe this legislative session.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House ...

The first case challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan to reach the state Supreme Court was argued Tuesday.