President Donald Trump has signed a bill to extend funding for grants that go to firefighters and first responders in southeast Missouri. The bill was backed by Sen. Claire McCaskill.

President Donald Trump signed into law a bill backed by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill to extend funding for grant programs to local firefighters and emergency responders. The law helps fire and emergency services personnel continue to have access to critical training, equipment, and staffing resources.

The controversial decision to repeal net neutrality, which opened the door to Internet providers favoring certain online traffic, could still be overturned.

A Senate bill that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality received its 30th co-sponsor on Monday, ensuring it will receive a vote on the Senate floor.

Provisional data from the Centers on Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show 1,384 drug overdose deaths between January 2016 and January 2017 in Missouri, a 26 percent increase over the previous year. The State Department of Health and Human Services (MoDHSS) reports 908 of those deaths were opioid-related, and that in itself is a 35 percent increase over 2015.

During Joplin’s 2011 tornado, some 28 churches were either destroyed or damaged. But those that were still standing quickly opened doors and became centers for those left homeless after this national disaster.

The official name of the national park that is home to the Gateway Arch could be getting a new name.

So many Missourians are worried, mad at the dysfunction in Washington, concerned that their voices aren’t being heard. That’s why it was so important to me to go out to every corner of Missouri and listen. To show up, get chewed on, and talk with Missourians about what’s going on in their lives—and hear how I can best fight for them.

Sen. Claire McCaskill is requesting information from insurer Anthem regarding its policy to deny coverage in Missouri for emergency room visits that are determined not to be an emergency.

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is pushing back on Anthem after the insurance company announced it would no longer cover emergency room costs for Missourians if the care is deemed non-emergent.

Sen. Claire McCaskill wants answers from Anthem Inc. on its restrictive emergency room policy.

U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt are requesting “full and fair consideration” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), following a second appeal by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District related to damage to the area’s sanitary sewer system following flooding in 2015-2016.

After averaging nearly one town hall meeting per week in 2017, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said she plans to keep giving Missourians a voice in the nation's capitol.

A Missouri city has unveiled a Christmas stocking it hopes will make the cut for the world's largest.

A leading senator involved in the oversight of federal agency operations is questioning the role of the Postal Inspection Service in a television program whose episodes are based on mail fraud and other scams that its inspectors targeted.

The St. Louis Cardinals have received certification for legal protection in the event of a terrorist attack at Busch Stadium.

A Democratic senator is demanding answers from a pharmaceutical company about why it started charging tens of thousands of dollars for a decades-old drug that was once free.

Continuing her longstanding support for Missouri firefighters and first responders, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is backing legislation to strengthen education benefits for volunteer firefighters and first responders at up to 100 or more fire departments in Missouri.

The St. Louis Cardinals have received federal certification giving the organization legal protections in the event of a terrorist attack at Busch Stadium.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill criticized a tax plan poised for approval in Congress during a town hall in suburban St. Louis — while conceding there’s little she and her Democratic colleagues can do to stop it.