Clara Bates/Missouri Independent
-
-
-
The Department of Mental Health said the number of people waiting in jail to be transferred to psychiatric hospitals will continue to rise because inpatient beds are at capacity. -
-
The lieutenant governor is next in line to be governor, breaks ties in the Missouri Senate and sits on various boards. -
Majority of Missourians sent to restrictive nursing homes because of mental illness would be better served in a less restrictive setting, a year-and-a-half federal investigation determined. -
With legislation outlawing child marriage stuck in a House committee, backers hope to add it to a separate bill before lawmakers adjourn on Friday. -
A bipartisan package of child care tax credits championed by Gov. Mike Parson has run headlong into fierce opposition from conservative lawmakers. -
-
Momentum stalled in the lead up to legislative spring break, but proponents of ending the state's practice of taking Social Security benefits owed to foster kids remain optimistic.
