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US families shoulder nearly $350B in annual costs tied to incarceration, report finds
Security fencing surrounds the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. Having a loved one in prison or jail is estimated to cost families across the United States nearly $350 billion each year, according to a recent report from the criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images). U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due…
Missouri lawmakers once again look for ways to make child care more accessible
Rep. Brenda Shields. R-St. Joseph, speaks during debate in the Missouri House during the 2021 legislative session (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). A bill focused on making child care more affordable through tax credits was debated Tuesday by the Missouri House Committee of Economic Development. Introduced by state Rep. Brenda Shields, a Republican from St. Joseph,…
Trump sued over District of Columbia ‘military occupation’ by state National Guard units
Members of the National Guard stationed outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) The District of Columbia’s attorney general sued the Trump administration Thursday over the ongoing presence of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, arguing the deployment amounts to a military occupation that violates the…
Missouri cannabis regulators target rule-breakers, delays in ownership approval
The changes address some of the challenges regulators have encountered with facilities, such as the cases of the Delta Extraction manufacturing and Red Tractor cultivation facilities (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). Missouri cannabis regulators want more power to penalize bad actors in the marijuana industry, according to drafts of proposed rules released last week. The sweeping revisions…
Arguing an abortion procedure is unlawfully barbaric worked once. Will it work again?
Abortion opponents once convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to ban an abortion procedure on the basis that it was gruesome and barbaric. They are spreading a similar narrative about abortion medication in court and at protests like this year’s March for Life on Jan. 23, 2026. (Photo by Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom) There is a content…