Democrats have gained ground statewide, but only one of Missouri’s eight U.S. House races has attracted significant campaign ...

Six years ago, when we launched The Missouri Independent, I made what was probably a pretty lousy sales pitch. Don’t trust us ...

Since 2017, a D.C.-based nonprofit called the Fairness Project has poured more than $13 million into Missouri campaigns. Every campaign it backed that has reached Missouri voters has won. And now it ...

For more than three decades, the federal government released an annual comprehensive report on the state of hunger in America ...

Missouri Amendment 6 would sharply limit lawmakers’ power to change voter-approved laws and restrict changes to the ...

Republicans are defending narrowly won suburban seats as Democrats look for signs of an opening in rural Missouri ...

For pregnant women living north of Interstate 70 in central Missouri, there weren’t many places to deliver a baby. Fitzgibbon ...

Missouri is headed toward a potentially painful budget reckoning as state spending continues to outpace revenue growth. The ...

Most Missourians probably could not name a member of the State Board of Education. Most could not explain why board members ...

Democrats hope to flip a Springfield Senate seat for the first time in more than 80 years, replacing Republican Lincoln Hough ...

If Amendment 3 passes, Missouri would again ban abortion. It would also be the first state to ban gender-affirming care for ...

Missourians will vote next month on a proposal to set aside and invest state money that could remain untouched for more than a century, with the eventual goal of generating enough earnings to ...