Whiteman Air Force Base is on a mission to help military kids adjust to life in Missouri. Alisa Nelson talks to Colonel Keith Butler, the commander of the base.

Missouri Courts are taking civics lessons seriously by bringing the actual courtroom in some cases to the public, schools, and colleges. The courts of appeals on the eastern side of the state are taking a trial to Girls State and Boys State this summer. Chief Judge of this district, Thomas Clark, tells Ashley Byrd about […]

The House is now considering legislation that would ban child marriage in Missouri. The recently passed Senate bill is sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Scott City. She wants to ban marriages for anyone under 18 without exceptions. She told a House committee that Missouri’s lax marriage laws are a contributing factor to sex trafficking. […]

The Missouri Legislature has passed its sixth bill of the session – one to defund Planned Parenthood. On a party-line vote, the House passed the bill today, after the far-right leaning Freedom Caucus threatened to block passage of any other bills until the governor signs this one into law. Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Manchester, said 30,000 […]

Both of Missouri’s U.S. Senators voted “no” Tuesday on the $95.3 billion foreign aid package, which was signed into law Wednesday morning by President Joe Biden. Sens. Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt, both Republicans, opposed the bill primarily because it includes $60 billion worth of military aid to Ukraine. In a press release, Schmitt criticized […]