Missouri Independent

A majority of Missourians sent to restrictive nursing homes because of mental illness would be better served in a less restrictive setting, a year-and-a-half federal investigation determined.

‘Do you really want to put that type of an economic generation in the hands of the state of Missouri?’ said one Kansas House member.

The Kansas City Chiefs also shut down a city block near the Kansas Capitol for a rally at the Celtic Fox restaurant on Tuesday.

Othel Moore died at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in December while restrained and in isolation. Four corrections officers were fired in March for their actions related to his death.

Missouri officials told the federal government the reason for the delays is that several social services programs are competing for limited resources.

Pharmacy manufacturers, who are playing defense on similar bills across the country, want Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to veto the legislation because the discounted prescriptions are often sold to patients at full retail price.

Denton Loudermill wants state Sens. Rick Brattin, Denny Hoskins and Nick Schroer to prove their social media accounts are protected as official legislative business.

Despite outcries from families following the temporary shuttering of IVF in Alabama earlier this year, Missouri lawmakers failed to pass legislation guaranteeing the procedure.

Under the 2022 constitution amendment that legalized marijuana, Missouri courts were required to complete misdemeanors by last June and felonies by last December.

The state will enter the new fiscal year July 1 with a near-record cash surplus as state spending falls short of budgeted amounts and revenues meet expectations.