Business groups lobbied heavily to overturn the measure passed by 58% of voters, arguing it would cost jobs. The bill also repeals annual inflation adjustments for the minimum wage, in effect since 2006.

Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger hopes to establish supports for low-performing school districts.

Residents in Cape Girardeau County are gathering signatures to place a senior property tax credit measure on an upcoming ballot.

In Missouri, more than 120,000 seniors live with Alzheimer’s disease, and to care for them, their families provide over 350 million hours of unpaid support each year.

School cafeterias may be closed for the summer, but help is still on the table for Missouri families. Through LINC’s Caring Communities initiative, free meals are being served to kids younger than 18 at schools, churches, parks, and other familiar neighborhood sites.

The Missouri National Education Association hopes to stop the use of the state’s general revenue to fund private school scholarships.

The 93rd annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors took place June 19-22 in Tampa, Florida.

The Cape Girardeau Police announced in a social media update that Nathaniel (Nate) Hubert had been located safe in Shannon County, Missouri. He was found on the afternoon of June 27 and had reportedly been drinking from a stream and had not eaten in several days.

A federal decision to cut millions in gun-violence prevention grants is drawing criticism in Missouri and beyond. The U.S. Department of Justice recently terminated more than 370 public safety grants - a move that’s already impacting efforts in cities such as St. Louis. Comments from Chris Sullivan, E. Desmond Lee professor of youth crime and violence, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and the department chair for criminology and criminal justice.

SEMO unveils $1.5 million in upgrades and a new name for its Police Academy, aiming to modernize training, boost student focus, and expand regional law enforcement collaboration.