News & Issues

Push for Expanded Missouri Gambling Puts Casinos, Video Operators in Opposing Camps

Video lottery promoters offer report indicating state would gain much more than with sports betting in first five years

by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent

March 1, 2022

News & Issues

Science Backs Mask Mandates. But in Missouri and Elsewhere, They’re Politically Toxic

Studies Have Repeatedly Found Mandates Encourage Mask Use and Slow COVID Spread. Politics and Lawsuits Make Them Unattractive to Policymakers

by Multiple Reporters

December 21, 2021

News & Issues

Study: More than 80% of Missouri, 60% of Kansas Kids Have Lead in Their Blood

Massive national study published in JAMA Pediatrics this week

by Allison Kite

September 30, 2021