Angeline Lake reflects nearby mountains in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state. The U.S. Forest Service will be undergoing…

The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City (Getty Images). A Missouri Senate committee debated two bills Monday, one that would create…

Nurses care for patients within the Progressive Care Unit at University Hospital in Columbia (Justin Kelley/MU Health Care). Missouri lawmakers are…

The potential first-year cost of a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate Missouri’s income tax exploded in a new version being debated…

Republican state Sen. Jason Bean of Holcomb, pictured at his desk on the first day of the 2024 legislative session, passed…

Emergency contraceptives like Plan B are designed to prevent pregnancy by stopping or delaying ovulation (Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). Missouri…

University of Missouri President Mun Y. Choi gave his State of the University Address in March 2022 (photo courtesy of the…

(CGinspiration/iStock Images) A political party is defined by the governing philosophy, values, policies and actions of its leaders and members. How would you…

(Photo illustration by Catherine Lane/Getty Images) I am a finance professor at Lincoln University, currently in litigation over a specific allegation:…

People shop for groceries at a Walmart store in Ohio. New research suggests SNAP work requirements won’t enhance employment and will…

An Indianapolis gas pump shows prices over $4 a gallon on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Photo by Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle)…

Customers play Torch slot machines Friday at a Columbia convenience store despite a promise from the company that all its games…

Milan, Missouri, in north-central Sullivan County, is a community shaped in part by immigration. About 46% of residents identify as Latino,…

Gold bars are photographed at the Texas Bullion Depository, the nation’s first state-run depository for precious metals. More states are eying…

An election worker hands out “I Voted” stickers at the Main Library in Salt Lake City on Election Day Nov. 5,…

State Rep. Jamie Gragg speaks in the Missouri House this week (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). Missouri House Republicans voted Thursday to…

State Rep. Darin Chappell and House Majority Leader Alex Riley confer in the Missouri House in March (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications)….

Springfield Republican State Sen. Curtis Trent, as pictured speaking in the Missouri Senate on Feb. 12, 2024, presented a negotiated version…

Amid a fear of rising crime, some public officials are calling for even more resources into a fatally flawed system. Ben…

The entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images) At least 2.5 million low-income people…

Two “no-chance” gambling machines await customers in 2021 at a Columbia convenience store (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). After years of legal battles…