Last winter, one three-word phrase was impossible to avoid as state lawmakers prepared to return to Jefferson City. "Critical race theory," an academic concept that frames racism as inherent in U.S.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri House lawmakers on Tuesday debated bills that would ban critical race theory in K-12 schools and give parents and guardians more control over what their children learn, ...

Missouri Rep. Chuck Basye, a Rocheport Republican, speaks on the House floor in April. The chair of the House Elementary and Secondary Education committee, Basye is asking Gov. Mike Parson for a ...

Missouri Republican lawmakers are seeking to ban schools from teaching lessons on the role of systemic racism in the U.S. while also creating a program to promote American patriotism. The bill, ...