Bipartisan legislation introduced in the state Senate may bring an end to child marriage in Missouri. A law passed in 2018 raised the minimum age for marrying from 15 to 16 and prohibited anyone over ...

Lawmakers made changes to school cell phone policies, paid sick leave requirements and Northland stadium plans this session.

Legislation to restrict marriage for Missouri residents under age 18 had been stalled by Republican critics for years. The law also stops child sex abusers from using non-disclosure agreements to ...

In a move toward safeguarding children's rights, Missouri is working to fully ban child marriage through bipartisan legislation in the state legislature. The proposed legislation—in the form of two ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Missouri is closing a loophole that allowed minors to get married. Minors could get married as young as 16 if a parent signs off on it, but that’s all changing now.

Current law allows 16- and 17-year-olds to marry with parental permission if the other party is under 21. Proposals to ban child marriage have failed to pass the Missouri legislature for years; now it ...

Missouri will stop seizing foster children's Social Security benefits to cover foster care costs. The new law also bans marriage for anyone under 18 and voids non-disclosure agreements in child sex ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Missouri is closing a loophole that allowed minors to get married. Minors could get married as young as 16 if a parent signs off on it, but that’s all changing now. The ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Wick Thomas today introduced a house bill that aims to repeal the same-sex marriage ban in the state of Missouri. HB 1459 seeks to eliminate provisional ...

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