Missouri has enrolled 4,300 people in expanded Medicaid program
Roughly 4,300 Missourians eligible for health care under Medicaid expansion have been enrolled, a top Missouri Medicaid official said Thursday.…
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New HUD rule seeks to prevent public housing evictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking…
Top state court hears arguments over 2015 law to cap revenue from court fines
Should Missouri legislators have singled out St. Louis County in a 2015 court-reform law that capped the amount of revenue…
St. Louis wants BLM protester to pay attorney fees for suing police
An attorney for the city of St. Louis argued in court Tuesday that a woman who sued a police officer…
Missouri must collect union dues from prison workers, judge rules
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered Missouri to begin collecting union dues from prison workers, finding that an…
Missouri executes Ernest Johnson by lethal injection
Missouri carried out the death sentence of Ernest Johnson Tuesday evening, ending his life with an injection of pentobarbital at…
City launches SiLVERS electric vehicle shuttle program for older adults
ST. LOUIS – Older city residents have a new way to get where they need to go: an electric vehicle…
Democrats’ vision for free community college would boost undocumented students
WASHINGTON — The massive economic policy package Democrats are trying to muscle through Congress could open the door to free…
Supreme Court justices are back at court for new term
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom Monday for the start of a momentous new term, after a…
Parson won’t block execution of intellectually disabled man
Rejecting calls from lawmakers, advocates and even the Pope for him to stop the execution of Ernest Johnson, an intellectually…
New rules on Missouri abortion clinics set to take effect
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The administration of Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.…
Pandemic making nursing shortage a crisis in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The relentless toll of the pandemic has worsened the ongoing nursing shortage at St. Louis area…
Ex-Rep. Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies at 74
Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies…
Motorists give mixed reaction to refund plan for Missouri fuel tax hike
Pump prices for gas and diesel haven’t changed much in Missouri, despite Friday’s being the first day of a 2.5…
U.S. Supreme Court gets set to address abortion, guns and religion
The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of…
Missouri finally expanded Medicaid, but hard work remains
Three months after Medicaid expansion was first slated to go into effect, newly eligible individuals can finally begin to enroll…