Since 2017, Missouri has required public school teachers to have a 3.0 grade point average if they want to be certified in certain subject areas like music, biology, and chemistry. To attract more teachers, Missouri is debating whether to reduce the GPA requirement...
(Bonne Terre, MO) – Missouri has executed its fourth state prisoner this year. Christopher Collings, 49, was declared dead at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre. The southwest Missouri man was put to death for raping and murdering a child in 2007....
Missouri Democrats will head into the next legislative session as a superminority again. The next Democratic leader of the Missouri House, Rep. Ashley Aune, told Missourinet that being a member of a superminority is not new to her. “Missouri Democrats understand that...
In the roughly 200 years of Missouri being a state, only one person has ever held the offices of both Missouri House speaker and Senate president pro tem. That person is the late Ron Richard. The accomplishment has landed the Joplin Republican a spot in the Hall of...
Annual report cards are out for Missouri’s K-12 public schools. New state data shows Missouri’s 552 districts and charter schools scored an average of 79% in 2023-2024 – a roughly 3% increase over the previous year’s report. State Education Commissioner...
