Annelise Hanshaw

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has offered little guidance ahead of controversial law affecting student athletes set to take effect on August 28.

Missouri Supreme Court Judge Robin Ransom wrote, with five in concurrence, that the unexcused absences in the case violated state law.

Some St. Charles County residents view library policies as part of the "battle" for conservative ideas.

Missouri’s community colleges also lawmakers they were not affected by the Supreme Court’s decision because they did not consider race in admissions.

Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation last week that allows educators to return to work without losing retirement benefits.

The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority — MOHELA — is named 85 times in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion striking down the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program. The ruling affects more than 777,000 Missourians with federal student loans who would have received $10,000-$20,000 of relief.

The state’s funding for school districts has remained relatively unchanged as inflation sped up in the past decade.

Gov. Mike Parson’s closed-door ceremony left out advocates and critics of controversial legislation.

The case centers around two parents, both of whom were sentenced to jail time because their six-year-old children missed too many days of school.

LEAD-K legislation cleared the General Assembly this year and is now sitting on Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.

Republican lawmakers have become laser focused on legislation affecting transgender Missourians. That reality is pushing some to flee with their families or send transgender teenagers to out-of-state universities. "There's no point in staying," one mother said. "I consider it dangerous here."

An internal investigation found areas of improvement, says center treats patients "according to the currently accepted standard of care."