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St. Louis County drops bill to ban unregulated intoxicating cannabis products
(Rebecca Rivas/The Missouri Independent) A St. Louis County bill aimed at preventing intoxicating cannabis products from being sold outside of dispensaries is dead, after meeting heavy resistance from retailers and distributors. St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, the bill sponsor, dropped the bill during the council’s Tuesday meeting. “After engaging with stakeholders and hearing a…
Leavenworth officials approve permit for CoreCivic to reopen prison after ‘agonizing’ yearlong fight
Protesters hug after learning they lost the fight to keep private prison CoreCivic from reopening in Leavenworth. The city commission voted 4 to 1 on March 10, 2026, to give the company a special use permit (Grace Hills for Kansas Reflector). LEAVENWORTH — CoreCivic will reopen its private prison in Leavenworth to house immigration detainees…
Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax
State Rep. Bishop Davidson, a Republican from Republic, speaks in House debate during the 2025 legislative session (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House Tuesday. The…
New prosecutor tapped to take over Georgia election interference case against Trump
Peter Skandalakis has appointed himself prosecutor in the 2020 election fraud case against President Donald Trump. Photo via Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump appears to live on after the head of a nonpartisan state agency appointed himself the new prosecutor in the case. Peter J. Skandalakis,…
States are limiting HIV drug assistance programs
Participants take part in an HIV/AIDS awareness event held by Big Bend Cares in Tallahassee, Fla. Thousands of HIV/AIDS patients across the nation who rely on state drug assistance programs are affected by new eligibility limitations. Federal funding for such programs has remained flat for years. (Photo by Bob O’Lary/Courtesy of Big Bend Cares) Thousands…
US Supreme Court will hear case on end of legal protections for 350,000 Haitians
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday said it will hear oral arguments in April in two cases brought by immigrants hailing from Syria and Haiti after the Trump administration tried to end their temporary protections, initially granted because their countries had…