Missouri

Parson said he hopes the significant pay increase will mean a lower turnover rate for state workers.

Business owners across the state are looking to the future after riding out a surprising first few days of recreational marijuana sales.

The Missouri Department of Conservation reports a species of jellyfish from China can be found in Missouri’s lakes, reservoirs and other freshwater habitats.

The annual Christmas Bird Count runs from Wednesday through Jan. 5. The longest-running citizen science tradition in the nation, it will allow bird watchers to see if there is decline in bird species across the St. Louis region due to avian influenza and global warming.

The drought affecting the Midwest has revealed an extra 1,100 feet to a cave in the Missouri Ozarks at Smallin Cave, a registered National Historic Place.

Missouri on average took 41 days to process a Medicaid application in September for the eligibility group which includes low-income children, pregnant people, families and adults.

The city of Kimmswick was depending on a port recently opened to riverboats to boost its economy, but with Mississippi River water levels near record lows, few of the boats are stopping there.

Noble Health, a three-year-old private equity-backed startup, acquired Audrain and nearby Callaway Community Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Facing staggering debt, lawsuits and two federal investigations, it sold the hospitals to a Texas-based Platinum Health Systems. This month, Platinum Health told hospital workers they no longer had jobs.

The visits from law enforcement didn’t result in any actions, but they highlight the potential stakes of Missouri’s new law criminalizing certain books in schools.

A federal emergency declaration that has allowed children to receive continuous Medicaid coverage throughout the pandemic could end soon, and health providers are worried.