While estimates differ on the amount of the estimated budget shortfall for fiscal year 2012 in Missouri, everyone from government leaders to policy analysts are starting to zero in on ways to make up the difference.Read More>>

A public pension fund that provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits for state employees, retirees and their families in Missouri generated a return of 14.3 percent for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.Read More>>

To help pay for road and bridge projects across the state, the Missouri Department of Transportation sold nearly $4.4 million worth of excess state highway properties during last fiscal year, ending June 30th.Read More>>

Missouri, along with two partners, plan to spend $85 million to expand the availability of broadband, connecting 660,000 homes and businesses across the state, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday.Read More>>

Unemployment across Missouri increased by a tenth of a point to 9.2 percent during July, according to the latest data released Tuesday by the Missouri Department of Economic Development.Read More>>

Missouri paid out more than $2.45 million to 32 residents from a fund designed to compensate victims who win suits against those who are uninsured or do not have sufficient insurance to cover a claim.Read More>>

Mark Templeton resigned as the director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to head up the $20 billion trust fund set up by BP to address the claims of those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Read More>>

New laws concerning everything from giving the state’s ethics commission more power to investigate campaign finance violations, to requiring more provisions before an abortion may be performed, to criminalizing the possession of the synthetic drug known as K2 go into effect this Saturday across Missouri.Read More>>

In his second year on the job, how is Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon doing? Do voters approve of his performance? The answers depend on which poll to believe, with approval ratings varying from 43 percent to 53 percent.Read More>>

While less than the number of registered voters predicted turned out for the mid-term primaries in Missouri on August 3, the percentage was higher than the presidential election-year primaries in 2008.Read More>>