Clara Bates

Missouri has begun issuing federal food benefits that could reach 475,000 kids this summer, filling a need when school food is not available.

Missouri ranked in the bottom third of all states for children’s health, according to a report released Monday — due in part to a high rate of child and teen deaths. 

Legislation to void non-disclosure agreements in child sexual abuse cases was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe.

The number of Missourians languishing in jail while they wait for a spot in a state-run psychiatric hospital continues to rise.

Missouri advocates scored a victory during this year’s legislative session with the elimination of non-disclosure agreements in child sex abuse cases. But the internal politics of the Capitol spelled doom for another high-profile bill seeking to extend the time victims have to file lawsuits.  It was the third year in a row that legislation to […]

Missouri has among the highest rates of antipsychotic drug use in nursing home residents, contributing to the state’s health care system ranking near the bottom nationally in a report released Wednesday.  The report, published by The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on health care issues, used data from 2023 to measure every state’s health […]

Sara Smith remembers nine different people running the agency in charge of investigating child abuse and neglect. 

A Missouri man was sentenced to death by a trial judge in 2009 despite a jury deadlocking on whether he should be executed.

Missouri bill designed to bolster family legal defense signed into law

Local laws barring landlords from discriminating against tenants who receive public assistance are unenforceable in Missouri under new legislation.