Effective New Year’s Day, Missouri’s new minimum wage is $13.75 cents per hour. In 2026, it will raise to $15 an hour.

"Pricing is going to go up and up, incrementally, because of the problems with the open market procuring steel products." The ...

States must safeguard their elections from foreign interference by prohibiting foreign donors from funding ballot measure campaigns.

Republican lawmakers are pushing for a constitutional amendment for voters to elect Kansas Supreme Court justices. It has now passed the Senate.

Congressional Republicans are pushing legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring ...

Legislators have gone so far as to claim it’s “a myth” that courts have the power to strike down laws. So far, however, the ...

O’Hara said she’s undeterred by her recent loss and focused on spreading her message about discontinuing “corporate welfare” ...

Reever’s seat is one of three on the USD 253 board that’s up for election. Incumbents Lillian Lingenfelter and Jennifer ...

In the 19th century, police in St. Louis and Kansas City were placed under state control as a power move by Democrats to ...

The legislative framework floating around the halls of Congress also mandates that employers and unions begin negotiations within 10 days of certification and reach an agreement within months. This ...

Kansas Republicans are now pushing to change the process for filling U.S. Senate vacancies, which would also apply to state ...

This story was originally published by The Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public ...