A Missouri lawmaker wants the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) to make an exception for Missouri State University in Springfield. The Bears are in their first season as a Football Bowl Subdivision team, but NCAA rules block transitioning programs from...
The University of Missouri is currently the only higher education institution in the state that can offer doctorate degrees in certain fields. Alisa Nelson talks to Springfield Representative Melanie Stinnett, who wants to change this.
The Missouri House of Representatives is getting to work on a bill that would loosen restrictions on how online healthcare is provided. To get reimbursed for an online healthcare visit, Missouri patients are currently required to have audio and video connected during...
A provision that’s set to become law this month aims to increase the number of Missouri’s working adults with disabilities. It is something Missouri lawmakers worked to get past the finish line this year, and it becomes law on August 28. The number of unemployed...
Missouri is close to expanding Medicaid healthcare coverage to the state’s low-income mothers and their babies. By a vote of 117-26, the Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan plan that would provide full government-funded healthcare coverage to...
