The state’s fees were well below the federal levels for compliance, so the federal government took over.

Farmers, nonprofits and state agencies received almost $3 billion in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. But recent federal funding freezes have recipients concerned they won’t end up receiving money.

The National Forest Service will not release details on the number or job duties of people let go from the Mark Twain and Shawnee National Forests.

Cancer death rates are declining among African Americans but are still higher than other racial groups, according to new research from the American Cancer Society. The report shows that death rates among Black men decreased by 49%, while death rates for Black women fell 33%.

The group Coalition Life in 2023 sued the southern Illinois city to upend a measure prohibiting demonstrators and other groups from gathering 100 feet from medical facilities, including abortion providers.

Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question amid cuts to research and education funding.

After weeks in limbo, the St. Louis County school district says it was able to access more than $8 million in federal funding to pay for its full electric school bus order.

Temporary motions have put a hold on the state’s near-total abortion ban, but a trial will need to take place to overturn the ban permanently.

U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Dr. Sonny Saggar to 35 months in federal prison and ordered him to repay $742,528 for defrauding Medicaid and Medicare. Saggar admitted in court to a scheme in which he left patient care to unsupervised assistants.

In the heart of Missouri's historic Lead Belt, residents are concerned about contamination from a new industry moving into town.