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Residents of Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks who turned fear of losing their homes into vocal outrage appeared to record a win Thursday when federal energy regulators changed instructions for managing the lake's shoreline.
Missouri appears set to hold a presidential primary in February that likely won't count.
Missouri Republicans are bailing out of a February presidential primary that had threatened to throw confusion into the 2012 election calendar.
Missouri is poised to hold an early presidential primary next year, a move that could inject more confusion into the 2012 election calendar by prompting other states to elbow to the front of the campaign line.
Missouri education officials revoked the accreditation of the Kansas City School District on Tuesday after it failed for several years to meet most of the state's academic performance standards, an embarrassing blow to the beleaguered district that is also trying to find a new superintendent.
Missouri voters thought they scored a big win against some of the nation's most notorious puppy mills when they approved strict new dog breeding regulations last year. Now state lawmakers are changing the rules.
Almost every legislature in the country is talking about cutting costs and services because of budget problems, but a few also are talking about downsizing themselves.
At state parks across the nation, this is the toll of the deepening budget crisis and years of financial neglect: crumbling roads, faltering roofs, deteriorating restrooms.
A Guatemalan woman who lost custody of her son after she was caught up in a 2007 immigration sweep asked the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn an American couple's adoption of the child.
Problems with two northern Missouri grain dealers that cost farmers millions, could have been spotted sooner and addressed faster if state regulators had followed better procedures, the state auditor's office concluded Thursday.
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed a lawsuit Wednesday over the federal health care overhaul, accusing Congress of overstepping its authority, trampling on state sovereignty and attempting to interfere with consumers' health decisions.
State regulators on Friday approved a $226 million rate increase for electric customers of Missouri's largest utility, a change that means most residential customers likely will pay an estimated $9 more on their monthly bills.
Missouri state employees will still have days off for the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman, but they will have to be at work the day after Thanksgiving.
Missouri lawmakers finished off a more than $23.3 billion budget Thursday that cuts millions in state spending and trims the state's payroll.
Managed-care health insurers could face a tax increase as part of a plan to preserve an agreement that freezes tuition at public colleges and universities.
Missouri senators reversed course Wednesday and decided to preserve a deal freezing college tuition and to fund a program that gives teachers a salary boost for extra work, such as after-school tutoring.
An eastern Missouri lawmaker is facing an election challenge from her own husband, whom she accuses him of physical violence. He denies the allegations.
Give people their money. It's the rallying cry of lawmakers around the country pushing back against states that are delaying tax refunds to shore up their budgets.
Customers of Missouri's largest electricity provider appear likely to see a rate increase. The biggest question is how much more they will pay.
Missouri transportation officials said Wednesday they plan to save more than $200 million over the next five years by reducing staff and cutting spending on things such as inventory, vehicles and grass-cutting.
Missouri selected a company Monday to develop a database for tracking purchases of cold medicine that can be used to make methamphetamine.
Missouri residents might get their state tax refunds faster under a bill endorsed Tuesday by the House.
A Missouri lawmaker wanted to make it a little easier for restaurants to serve wine and beer when Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday, but his colleagues showed little love for the idea.
Two congressional members from Missouri said Tuesday that they plan to file legislation blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from developing its own greenhouse gas rules.
Missouri utility regulators decided Wednesday to not wade into a dispute between AmerenUE and a group that has organized opposition to a proposed increase in electric rates.
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