Missouri Democrats are confident of gains heading into the election but Republicans have an abundance of cash for defense.

A plan to overhaul higher education funding by tying state aid to enrollment squeaked through the Missouri House on Thursday and faces strong opposition in the state Senate. The spending bill that ...

Ballot measures seeking to fund local libraries had mixed results Tuesday, with Cole County voters striking down a 15-cent tax increase and Taney County residents narrowly approving an 18-cent levy to ...

When I was pregnant, my ex-husband pinned me against a wall. I was afraid he would kill me. I survived that violence. I also ...

Democrats have gained ground statewide, but only one of Missouri’s eight U.S. House races has attracted significant campaign ...

Missouri interim Commissioner of Education Stacey Preis resigned Tuesday after just four months on the job amid speculation she was about to be fired. Speaking to reporters while the State Board of ...

A day after the surprise resignation of Missouri’s interim commissioner of education, the State Board of Education announced a new interim leader for the state’s public school oversight agency. Lisa ...

Donald Trump carried Missouri’s 34th Senate District by 11 percentage points in 2024. The incumbent Republican state senator won re-election two years earlier by 18 points. Yet with Election Day ...

Missouri is headed toward a potentially painful budget reckoning as state spending continues to outpace revenue growth. The ...

Over five consecutive elections from 1974 through 1982, Missouri Democrats elected supermajorities — more than two-thirds of ...

For more than three decades, the federal government released an annual comprehensive report on the state of hunger in America ...