Politics

Four Missouri families who don’t want to vaccinate their children allege in a lawsuit that the children’s schools and state health officials have made it increasingly difficult to file religious exemptions.

A federal judge has denied a request by Missouri to allow a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to go into effect while the state waits for further court action.

Missouri lawmakers on Friday acted to preserve a tax break for trading-in multiple vehicles, although revenue officials say they never stopped offering it.

The speaker of the Missouri House said he hopes to have a proposal aimed at combatting gun violence ready to debate next year, but critics say action needs to be taken sooner as the death toll mounts in the state’s largest cities.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering changing state regulations to help landowners combat damage from wildlife and feral hogs.

Mike Parson is Missouri’s unexpected governor, assuming power when his predecessor resigned in scandal.

Groups hoping to bring Medicaid expansion to Missouri have officially started a campaign to get the issue on the 2020 ballot.

A Democratic state senator from St. Louis will pay $250 for failing to report three campaign contributions last year.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson should not use the First Amendment to justify refusing to release certain public records, the state attorney general’s office said in a letter to the governor’s office.

Gov. Mike Parson says he will not call a special legislative session to address gun violence in St. Louis and Kansas City.