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Missouri Capitol Police officers conduct security checks Tuesday on the 691 boxes of petitions filed by People Not Politicians to force a referendum on the gerrymandered Congressional district map passed by lawmakers in September. Of the 27 times a referendum has been placed on the Missouri ballot, voters have rejected the General Assembly’s actions all…

The new Maternal and Infant Health Center at Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center will provide doula services to maternity patients (Suzanne King/The Beacon). When Tristin Dockery was in labor with her first son in 2021, she only had one request: To get up and walk around her hospital room. The nurse on duty said no….

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee on June 10, 2025.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees will open bipartisan inquiries into U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea, with a focus on an alleged follow-on…

Women who say they were abused by disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein raise their hands as attorney Bradley Edwards speaks at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday night abruptly changed his tune, telling House Republicans to…

Gov. Mike Kehoe gives his State of the State speech Jan. 28 in the Missouri House chamber asking for, among other things, an expansion of career and technical education statewide (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri needs “plug-and-play instructional resources” to help school districts expand vocational offerings and employer incentives to hire students exploring career paths, according…