The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

ST. LOUIS — For spending their 160 million years of existence mostly hiding in rivers and streams under rocks, Eastern and Ozark hellbenders had done pretty well for themselves.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lifted by election results in five states, Missouri abortion rights supporters are weighing whether to pursue a ballot measure for 2024 to overturn the state’s near-total ban on abortion.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Attorney General’s Office, under the leadership of then-Attorney General Josh Hawley, violated the state’s open records law by withholding emails between Hawley’s taxpayer-funded staff and his political consultants during his 2018 Senate campaign, a state judge has ruled.

A Missouri judge says an agency previously led by Republican Josh Hawley broke public record laws on purpose to help his U.S. Senate campaign

ST. LOUIS — While marijuana legalization proponents celebrated victory in their fight for recreational cannabis, Missouri business owners were phoning their lawyers.

ST. LOUIS — Missourians will be able to buy recreational marijuana by early February, but both attorneys and police are unsure what the drug’s legalization means for police departments, officers and residents.

The decision overrules a trial court ruling and likely paves the way for a decision on the merits striking down the program.

In the wake of Missouri's abortion ban, one hospital is in hot water after denying an essential abortion

A federal appeals court has entered a nationwide injunction pending appeal in Missouri's lawsuit against President Biden's student loan forgiveness policy.