Missouri lawmakers are working to reduce the number of children who are placed into foster care. Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, chairs the Missouri Children and Families Committee. She explains why it’s so important lawmakers and the state Children’s...
Missouri has a high level of open abuse and neglect cases. As of August, the Children’s Division in Missouri’s Department of Social Services had more than 10,000 investigations with St. Louis having 6,124 and Kansas City having 3,636 cases, according to a report from...
Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick is sticking by his office’s estimates of how much it would cost the state if voters were to legalize abortion again by adding it to the State Constitution. His audit says it could cost local governments about $50,000 a year, with no...
Missouri has more than 2,000 children awaiting adoption and a bill passed this year aims to help more of them find their forever home. The state legislature passed a bill this year that would make Missouri’s adoption tax credit refundable. Representative Hannah Kelly,...
Under current Missouri law, a person who adopts a child is eligible to receive a tax credit of up to $10,000 for nonrecurring expenses. State Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, is proposing to modify Missouri’s adoption tax credit. Kelly’s proposal states that, as...
