Mike Parson

The celebration in Waynesville emphasized public service and honor by joining the armed forces.

More Missourians want to keep abortion legal than make it illegal, a major national research organization found.

A new review from the National Education Association teachers union found Missouri teachers are near the bottom in pay by multiple measures.

The Senate version outspends the budget passed by the House weeks ago by more than $1 billion. Additionally, the Senate has yet to address how to allocate federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

The nine-member Board of Curators has seven graduates from the flagship campus in Columbia and none from UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T combined. During a meeting last week in Rolla, the curators made changes to the pension system.

Missouri officials this week announced an end to the coronavirus pandemic emergency, saying the state was moving on from the crisis. But public health officials say it may be too early to declare victory over the pandemic.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday visited Clyde Miller Career Academy in St. Louis, which offers training in hospitality, manufacturing and other fields besides preparing students for college. The governor said he'd like to see more of Missouri's high schools offer career training to help fill the state's nearly 150,000 open jobs.

The state will now shift to addressing the coronavirus as endemic rather than epidemic. The change will officially begin on Friday.

The Missouri House this week signed off on legislation that would require photo identification to cast a ballot.

Mike Parson is scheduled to headline a fundraiser on March 31 for Dave Schatz, the Missouri Senate's president pro tem.