A Missouri law that took effect Monday includes foster children regardless of age, emancipated minors, homeless youth and unaccompanied minors in law enforcement’s search for missing children.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several new laws are going into effect in Missouri on Monday, including a hands-free law, restrictions for transgender people and an expansion of mental health care for first responders. Hands-free driving Missouri’s new Hands-Free law goes into effect on Monday. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 28 states have hand-held
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A Missouri judge says a law banning gender-affirming treatments for minors can take effect.
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A new law going into effect Monday makes it illegal for Missourians to hold their phones while driving, but there are some caveats when it comes to enforcing the law.
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Hundreds of Missouri schools have signed up for a new tool they hope will increase campus safety — an app meant to improve the response to school safety threats.
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Gov. Mike Parson will ceremoniously sign the bill funding the expansion of Interstate 70 on Tuesday afternoon on The Loop in Columbia.
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Farmers and politicians gathered Monday at the Missouri State Fair to talk about the next extension of the Farm Bill.
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As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams.
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A hearing in a second lawsuit regarding the initiative petition on abortion access is scheduled to take place Wednesday morning in Cole County Court.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The ACLU of Missouri announced in a Tuesday press release that it – along with Lambda Legal and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP — has filed a lawsuit to try to block a law that attempts to prevent transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming healthcare. The lawsuit aims to block Senate Bill
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Missouri voters in certain counties can now go out to the polls for the August elections.
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Former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt had his painted portrait unveiled in the Capitol building today.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri Attorney General that would allow an initiative petition on reproductive rights to move forward.
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The Show Mo Act, which provides tax incentives for entertainment projects in Missouri, passed this year and was signed into law after years of trying.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri Attorney General that would allow an initiative petition on reproductive rights to move forward.
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Missouri’s foster care system has long been plagued with problems.
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The Missouri Children’s Division has been taking steps to protect kids who go missing from foster care, but one federal agency doesn’t think enough has been done.Â
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Two proposed constitutional amendments have been submitted to Missouri’s Secretary of State’s Office for certification with opposite goals: one that would allow local governments to enact gun ordinances and one that restricts gun laws to only those passed by the Missouri General Assembly.
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DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is adding a former Republican senator to its board of directors. Southwest said Monday that Roy Blunt, who represented Missouri in the Senate and before that the U.S. House of Representatives, joined the airline’s board on Sunday. That gives Southwest 15 directors. Blunt served in the Senate from 2011 until
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The second annual Ashland Pride Festival took place on Sunday, at a time when Missouri is enacting laws restricting access to gender-transition treatments. Caitlin Cunningham, owner of the Dandy Lion Cafe and organizer of Ashland’s Pride Festival, said they took every safety precaution when planning Sunday’s event, from health safety to physical safety.
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