Missouri News

A convicted sex offender who fled northwest Missouri 33 years ago has been arrested in a small town in Oklahoma.

The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans.

The state of Missouri's economy offers the state an opportunity to reshape its government, Sen.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon cut nearly $126 million in spending Thursday and proposed to dig even deeper by eliminating 1,000 state jobs, half the state's primary vehicle fleet and all state scholarships for students at private colleges.

Missouri and Kansas must wait for Round 2 to get a shot at federal Race to the Top funds for schools.Neither states application made the list of 16 finalists announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education.Forty states and the District of Columbia submitted applications to try to win a share of the $4.35 billion stimulus fund.States were ...

Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Snow melt and recent rains have the Mississippi and Missouri rivers rising, along with their tributaries, prompting flood warnings in some parts of Missouri.

Demonstrators display placards supporting President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaulA during a demonstration in Washington on March 9. Video A A Biden - hopeful' ahead of health deadline A A March 10: In an exclusive interview with msnbc's Chris Matthews, Vice President Joe Biden discusses the White House's big push to pass health care ...

Missouri transportation officials plan to save more than $200 million over the next five years by cutting spending and reducing employment rolls.

President Barack Obama was expected to draw large turnouts and land big bucks for Democrats during a St.

The Missouri Senate opened debate Thursday on a bill to replace the state's income tax with a higher and broader sales tax.

The state fire marshal is urging Missourians to change the batteries in their smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms this weekend.

A new audit raises questions on how some Missouri agencies have used federal funds.

Missouri has now postponed about $130 million worth of highway projects because of continued uncertainty about federal funding.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is promoting consumer protection this week.

A low pressure system was forecast to strengthen as it continued moving off the Central Rockies and into the Central and Northern Plains.

The Missouri Department of Transportation says law enforcement officers will crack down on drunken driving the weekend before St.

Higher-than-average streamflow into the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers in the Midwest has led the National Weather Service to predict a strong chance of significant flooding this spring in eastern Missouri.

The state of Missouri has a new high-tech tool to go after meth makers. It's a database that would track purchases of cold medicines containing pseudo-ephedrine. There's a push to add St.