A 2025 report from the Missouri Champion of Children and Child Care Aware of Missouri says that majority of Missouri is a "child care desert" for care from birth up to age 12, but even more of the ...

Supporters say it would help boost the state's economy by providing better child care to working families. According to a 2023 study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Missouri loses around $1.35 ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Amid a shakeup in the agency overseeing child care in Missouri, lawmakers moved forward Tuesday on a package of legislation aimed at increasing access to affordable day care ...

Cancel anytime. Pam Thomas JEFFERSON CITY — The embattled head of a state program focusing on preschool programs and expanding child care in Missouri has resigned. Pam Thomas, who oversaw the ...

(TNS) — The embattled head of a state program focusing on preschool programs and expanding child care in Missouri has resigned. Pam Thomas, who oversaw the Office of Childhood at the Missouri ...

BRANSON, Mo. (KOLR) — Firefighters in Branson, Missouri, worked a structure fire at a hotel following a reported natural gas explosion on Monday. The fire at the Spark Hotel on Shepherd of the ...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - Fire crews in Branson say a natural gas leak led to an explosion at a Branson hotel. The explosion happened at the Spark by Hilton, located at 263 Shepherd of the Hills ...