Republican-led state legislatures are again considering bills restricting medical care for transgender youths and some adults the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law.

Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal.

Missouri K-12 teachers would be banned from talking about being gay with students without first getting parents' permission under a pending bill.

Aspiring Republican candidates are jumping at two open Missouri U.S. congressional seats.