Rep. Deb Lavender called for an override of a $2.5 million cut to a program that investigates seniors’ complaints of abuse and neglect in nursing homes.

The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether an abortion-rights amendment will go before the state's voters this year.

If passed in November by Missouri voters, the initiative would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution.

Missouri voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in November. If they do, accessing abortion could be easier in Kansas, health providers say.

Abortion rights ballot measures​ in Nebraska and Missouri are facing legal challenges ahead of looming ballot certification deadlines.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to overturn the state’s abortion ban after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared away a final effort by anti-abortion activists to block a vote on a landmark proposal enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.

Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November, allowing voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in over two years.

The court ruled hours before the state’s deadline for printing ballots for absentee voters, reversing the secretary of state who had invalidated the measure weeks after certifying it.

Missouri's top court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed abortion rights amendment to the state constitution will appear on the ballot in November. The decision will allow voters to decide whether to restore legal abortion in Missouri for the first time in more than two years.

Missouri residents will have abortion on the ballot after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Amendment 3 should be included in the November election.