A new state‑backed rural doctor training program in Missouri appears to already be paying off. Dr. Jared James with MU Health Care said the program is already underway in the mid‑Missouri towns of Versailles and California. “From some of the statistics that we have...
Tuesday was a big night for Democrats, as they won governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, along with the New York City mayor’s race. But the biggest prize was in California, according to political science professor Terry Smith, at Columbia College in central...
How does the St. Louis region fare as compared to regional economic growth across the U.S.? Charles Gascon, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, found that Midwestern cities have struggled to retain their population due to a decline in manufacturing....
The chairman of the Missouri Senate Transportation Committee supports a gasoline tax increase, saying that our roads and bridges must be funded adequately. State Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff, chairs the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety...
A federal judge in California has ruled that state’s death penalty takes so long to be carried out it breaks the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling could have an impact on cases in Missouri. The judge ruled that delays of 25 years or...
