U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO), a moderate, is projected to defeat progressive challenger and former congresswoman Cori Bush in Tuesday’s Missouri 1st Congressional District Democratic primary.
Former Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer has posted a video to YouTube blaming Missouri Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley for an onslaught of hate messages and death threats she has received.
Tennessee could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding next year unless the state improves how it manages the program.
Missouri parent organizations are campaigning against Amendment 5 over concerns that the proposed constitutional amendment will harm public school funding. The measure seeks to repeal the state income tax and replace it with expanded sales taxes.
Missouri Judge Jerri Zhang struck down decades of anti-abortion laws, allowing clinics to dispense abortion pills this week for the first time since 2018. The ruling found the restrictions unconstitutional under a voter-approved amendment. Republican Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced her office will appeal.
Four days after Missouri lawmakers adjourned in May, a company hoping to crack open the state gambling market with video slot machines donated $200,000 to three of the proposal’s biggest boosters in the General Assembly.
As more discussions about supplying adequate, affordable childcare are had across the state, childcare centers continue to struggle with staff retention.
