Lawmakers are considering a bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, that prevents the state from using federal benefits granted to a child. She tells Missourinet that the Missouri Children’s Division would be required to check if a foster child is receiving...
Missouri says goodbye to its former First Lady, and the state’s first female U.S. Senator. Jean Carnahan has died at the age of 90 after a brief illness. She is the widow of Governor Mel Carnahan and was appointed to the U.S. Senate seat that he had posthumously won...
Sen. Jason Bean, R-Holcomb, says he was ‘caught completely off guard’ when he heard that Magnitude 7 Metals in Marston is closing. The abrupt closure leaves close to 500 people jobless. The Republican lawmaker says that the Missouri Department of Higher Education and...
Twenty-six Missourians appointed by the governor to serve on a state board or commission are awaiting state Senate confirmation. Those appointments include Robert Knodell, the acting director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, and Paula Nickelson, the...
A proposal that would stiffen penalties for “celebratory gunfire” is returning to the Missouri Legislature. It’s part of a wide-ranging crime package a Senate committee has passed. The provision from Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, would make it a class A...
