State Senators Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City) and Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Sikeston) are co-sponsoring the bill. Currently, 16 and 17 year-olds in Missouri are allowed to marry someone 21 years old or ...

The Missouri Capitol building is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Jefferson City. A bipartisan bill that would outlaw all child marriages in Missouri has run into resistance from Republicans in ...

State Senator Lauren Arthur, a Democrat from Kansas City’s Northland, is part of the group behind the filibuster. Arthur told KCUR’s Up To Date Wednesday that she’s slept about four hours in the past ...

State Sens. Holly Thompson Rehder and Lauren Arthur teamed up on bipartisan legislation outlawing the unwise practice. The Missouri House should pass it. twitter/hrehder; Facebook/Lauren Arthur ...

The Missouri Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would end all child marriages in the state, barring anyone under 18 from obtaining a marriage license under any circumstance. The legislation, filed ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Last October, the KSHB 41 News I-Team did a two-part story about a controversial medical practice that a lot of people don't know about — pelvic exams on anesthetized patients ...

Education committees in both chambers of the Missouri Legislature are now digging into the school funding formula. The Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee heard SB 17, sponsored by ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. During a press conference on Monday, Feb. 19, 2023, Rep. Crystal Quade reacted to the news that some Republicans posted social ...

Missouri doesn’t have a stellar record when it comes to protecting young people — young women, especially — from the harms of marrying far too young. Less than a decade ago, the Show-Me State was ...