Missouri Government News

The University of Missouri Board of Curators has approved a $1 billion appropriations request for fiscal 2010, a 19 percent increase over this year.

The centerpiece of Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jay Nixon's health care plan calls for restoring cuts made by Gov.

A man who escaped the Grant County jail and stole a sheriff's department truck remains on the loose.

It says the Missouri Department of Corrections did not comply with requirements to provide notice and invite public comments on the protocol, nor did it advise a legislative rules committee.

Gov. Matt Blunt has formed a State-Federal Flood Recovery Steering Committee to provide post flooding disaster relief and recovery assistance to Missourians, businesses, and communities.

The grants are made possible through the Children's Trust Fund and will benefit 60 community-based child abuse prevention programs throughout the state.

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt announced Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green and Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific are installing the latest in fiber optics that will allow both institutions ...

Thunderstorms and hot, humid weather have signaled the height of summer in Missouri and created an ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

Emergency personnel are attending an injury accident at James River Freeway near the railroad tracks just west of U.S. 65.

The Missouri Supreme Court has stayed what would have been the state’s first execution since 2005.John C. Middleton, a methamphetamine dealer and convicted killer from northern Missouri, was to be put to ...

While traveling in Europe, Gov. Matt Blunt is encouraging Missourians to visit the great outdoors in their own state.

A former manufacturing plant is the new focus of an investigation into a high number of brain tumor cases in Cameron.

Missourians twice cast their presidential vote for Republican President Bush. Yet Republican presidential candidate John McCain is declaring himself the underdog in Missouri to Democrat Barack Obama.

The Missouri Department of Social Services has been violating a federal law that requires it to help its clients register to vote, a federal judge has ruled.

In light of Tuesday's fatal accident on eastbound Interstate 64 involving a semi-truck, the Missouri Department of Transportation is reminding motorists to exercise caution while on the road.

A federal judge in Missouri has ruled that the state's method of executing condemned prisoners by injection is constitutional.

A Wheatland man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week after being found guilty of forcible rape and forcible sodomy in May, the Christian County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said.

A specialized inspecting team will inspect the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge after a crane struck the underside of the bridge.

A report from a Missouri-based research organization debunks the claim that Missourians are saving money through a state law requiring that retail gasoline contain a minimum of 10% ethanol.

The Missouri Athletic Department has retired the venerable All Sports Pass and is replacing it with a Student Season Ticket Combo, according to the Columbia Missourian .