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Andrew Bailey stepping down as Missouri attorney general for job in Trump administration
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks Jan. 20, 2023, to the Missouri chapter of the Federalist Society on the Missouri House of Representatives dais (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri will need a new attorney general for the third time in six years as Andrew Bailey announced on Monday that he plans to step down to become…
Missouri income tax repeal plan’s first-year cost jumps to $4.2 billion in Senate
The potential first-year cost of a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate Missouri’s income tax exploded in a new version being debated in the state Senate (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector). The first-year cost of a House-passed proposal to eliminate the Missouri income tax ballooned to $4.2 billion under revisions made in the state Senate that were called…
Trump administration urged by US House Dems to act on health insurance claim denials
Health insurance claim form (krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — Two leading Democrats on a U.S. House panel called on the head of an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for protecting workers’ benefits to take action to address improper health insurance claim denials, in a Tuesday letter provided exclusively to States Newsroom. Reps. Bobby…
Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives
A child receives a standard immunization at a Coral Gables, Fla., doctor’s office in September. Since the government shutdown began Oct. 1, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped providing health surveillance data that helps state and local governments track disease trends. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) As the federal shutdown continues,…
Pentagon to shift research dollars to pay troops during shutdown
Marines assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon congratulate newly promoted Gunnery Sgt. Nathan Cox, platoon sergeant, during a field event at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brynn Bouchard/Department of Defense) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to send paychecks to active duty…
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…