The next few weeks of legislative action are primed for debate over opening up access for Missouri students to leave their neighborhood schools — though escalating dysfunction in the Senate may change...
By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
• January 19, 2024
A Democratic state representative booted from her party’s caucus because of her association with a man described as a Holocaust denier and another called a conspiracy theorist is running for governor.
State...
As of Aug. 28, a Missouri law will penalize drivers for using their cell phones while the car is moving.
Inattention is a leading cause of collisions, said Captain John Hotz, director of public information...
Missouri state Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, announced last month that he supports term limits on Congress.
The announcement came in a press release from the nonpartisan group U.S. Term Limits, whose...
South St. Louis County is now home to Missouri’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, a newborn safety incubator that allows parents to relinquish babies with no legal consequences.
The “baby boxes” are temperature...
There’s a new sheriff in town at the Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base after it got its own police force, the first of its kind for an Air National Guard base.
One of the unique aspects of...
The Missouri State Board of Education unanimously approved an exemption Aug. 15 for 19 districts and one charter school to measure student achievement using alternative assessments instead of the state’s...
By Lauren Wagner, Missouri Independent
• August 15, 2023
Editor's note: The Missouri Board of Education unanimously approved the innovation waiver for 19 school districts and one charter school at its meeting Tuesday, after this article was published.
The...
South St. Louis County is now home to Missouri’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, a newborn safety incubator that allows parents to relinquish babies with no legal consequences.
The “baby boxes” are temperature...
The top priority of many Missouri parents and educators is school safety, according to a survey presented at the latest State Board of Education meeting.
But statewide safety improvements for schools...
