New Missouri child welfare leader looks for a clean break from the past

New Missouri child welfare leader looks for a clean break from the past

Children's Division Director Sara Smith (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).In the nearly two decades Sara Smith spent working at Missouri’s Department of Social Services, she remembers nine different people running the agency in charge of investigating child abuse and neglect.  In March, Smith took the helm herself.  She hopes to provide more stability in leading the agency which has seen growing scrutiny over the last several years from ne…

New tax rules for Missouri STRs

Jackson County in Missouri has passed a new ordinance that will reclassify short-term rentals as commercial properties. Read on for more