Temperatures throughout Missouri will climb up through the 90s and past the 100-degree mark this...
Missourians at risk for heat-related deaths
Heat and humidity can cause health problems with little or no warning, and with highs in the 90s...
Governor to sign veterans, early childhood funding legislation
Legislation that settles the funding tug-of-war between the state's veterans and children is going...
Legislature wants alert staffs at key mental health facilities (AUDIO)
The legislature says some people in state custody are too dangerous to be guarded by sleepy...
Opponents could have blocked conscience bill; backed off (AUDIO)
Governor Nixon will decide if a religious conscience bill passed by the legislature fits in with...
Pseudoephedrine legislation added to public safety omnibus
A dispute between republican proposals in the House centers over which approach to take in getting...
Corrections Department adopts new drug for lethal injections
The state Department of Corrections has approved a new drug for use in lethal injections to carry...
House-Senate committee to study abortion, birth control coverage (AUDIO)
A House-Senate Committee could be next to consider a package containing a number of measures...
House-Senate committee to consider blind pension fund eligibility restrictions
Whether eligibility restrictions will be added to the blind medical subsidy fund will next be...
House leaders consider legality of blind pension compromise
Some say the way the House and Senate budget conferees compromised to fund the blind medical...
Prescription monitoring bill wins, loses (AUDIO)
Missouri could be the last state in the nation to adopt a prescription drug monitoring law. The...
Senate passes bill limiting CRNA pain killing (AUDIO)
The legislature is moving to make sure people involved in pain management are well-trained in the...
Westminster to open first branch campus in Mesa, Ariz.
Arizona is focusing on Education to serve its residents and grow economically. Bringing part of...
Tragedies behind proposed day care law (AUDIO)
A proposed law born from two tragedies could provide greater protection for children in daycare...
“Unsafe” raw milk linked to illnesses (AUDIO)
The state health department has confirmed 13 cases of E-coli illness in central Missouri's Boone,...
House proposal would bar enactment of the Affordable Care Act (AUDIO)
The House has given first round approval to a proposal that would bar enforcement of the federal...
Healthiest, least healthy counties listed
A new study by the Population Health Institute lists the healthiest and the least healthy counties...
Proposed tanning bed restriction pits Republican vs. Republican UPDATE
Discussion of a House proposal to restrict the use of tanning beds by minors has turned into an...
Sponsor: bill restricting vasectomies is a conversation starter
The sponsor of a bill to restrict how and when a man can have a vasectomy says her goal is to get...
House passes medical workers conscience bill
The House has approved a proposal its sponsor says will let medical workers refuse to participate...
“Conscience” bill clears senate; women members divided (AUDIO)
Women in the state senate are on both sides of the so-called "conscience" bill as it clears the...
Senate overrides workers’ comp veto (AUDIO)
The state senate has overridden governor Nixon's veto of the worker's compensation revision...
Maker tells House lawmakers new drug is harder to use to make meth
Once again a proposal has been offered in the House to require a prescription for the purchase of...
Women’s advocates descend on Capitol to say ‘No’ to Rush
A Senate bill that would prevent employers from having to pay for contraception or sterilization...
Senate advances anti-contraception coverage bill (AUDIO)
One side says the bill clarifies a religious freedom issue for Missouri employers and workers in...
House Republicans say ‘no’ to $50 million federal grant
The Missouri House of Representatives has turned down a $50 million dollar grant from the federal...
House prepares to vote on FY 2013 spending plan
The House is anticipated to vote today to send the Senate a $24 billion spending plan that does...
Senator wants mental health department to have “the talk” (AUDIO)
A state senator with a special needs child wants the mental health department to start working on...
House advances budget with few changes, blind cuts not restored (AUDIO)
If funding is to be restored to a supplemental pension program for more than 2,800 blind in...
Helmet repeal bill stalls in senate (AUDIO)
The annual debate about eliminating Missouri’s motorcycle helmet law becomes a statistical contest...