This allowed the Missouri Compromise to become possible, as Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states. The compromise admitted ...

Was the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, an example of that progression of our founding ideals, or was it a step backward? Was Congress ...

Voters in Kansas and Missouri re-elected a supermajority of Republicans to their general assemblies this week.

With some GOP leaders in Missouri already plotting ways to overturn an abortion-rights amendment if it passes next month, the ...

Sen. Josh Hawley endorsed Sen. John Cornyn for Senate majority leader. Sens. Rick Scott and John Thune are also vying to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell in the Senate GOP leader slot.

A constitutional amendment on the state ballot would protect “the right to make and carry out decisions about all matters ...

Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a rising conservative star, announced this week that he will support Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the ...

Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade wants to become Missouri's next Democratic governor. She's up against Republican ...

Prosecutors charged a driver for a wrong-way crash in 2023 that inured himself and five others in Springfield. This is ...

GOP senators will vote by secret ballot on Wednesday on the next Senate majority leader. The race is between Sens. John Thune, John Cornyn, and Rick Scott.

Democratic governors and attorneys general are beginning to build a Resistance 2.0, talking tough and promising new laws and ...

The issue was resolved by a two-part compromise. First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as a slave state, with a provision that portions of the Louisiana Territory lying north of 36' 30 ...