Missouri Independent

NexGen has proposed mining silica sand in Ste. Genevieve County on about 250 acres near Hawn State Park.

Democrats picked up three seats in the Missouri House during the 2022 elections. Two months later, they are hopeful they may be able to capture another.

A 2021 state law carved out a narrow role the attorney general’s office can play in innocence claims filed by local prosecutors.

Missouri has the 8th highest maternal deaths in the country. Pre-filed bill would extend postpartum care for low-income women.

Michael Butler, St. Louis Recorder of Deeds, is the first Democratic state chairman re-elected since 2015.

Sen. Bill Eigel, looking to run for governor in 2024, said $6 billion cash balance should go to "big infrastructure projects."

In May, Hawley’s campaign sued in federal court, arguing the FEC was withholding documents in violation of federal transparency law.

Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem denied the city’s claims that the 2021 state law bolstering protections for police under investigation for misconduct was unconstitutional.

After being admitted to Freeman Health Services in Joplin, a patient whose water broke before 18 weeks of pregnancy could not obtain an emergency abortion because of Missouri's near-total ban. Now the hospital is under investigation for possible violations of a federal law requiring hospitals in the Medicare program to provide care for patients in emergency situations.

In a campaign ad for Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine, a woman explained that she could not obtain needed care at Freeman Health System in Joplin because of Missouri's strict abortion ban. Investigators from the Department of Health and Senior Services then visited Freeman.