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At least 28 states have issued guidance on the use of AI in K-12 schools. (David Espejo/Stock photo via Getty Images) Agencies in at least 28 states and the District of Columbia have issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 schools. More than half of the states have created school policies to…
US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks
Travelers move through Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City on Oct. 16 (Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch). This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 13th time to advance a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government until Nov. 21 and end the nearly one-month…
‘Fight together, win together’: Striking Boeing workers rally in St. Louis
Joshua Arnold, Boeing Defense worker and a union shop steward, attends a rally Wednesday with his children at the IAM Union Hall in Hazelwood. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/The Missouri Independent) Joshua Arnold bounced his young daughter on his shoulders, as he and a crowd of Boeing Defense workers yelled, “Stand together, fight together, win together”…
In rural Missouri classrooms, a new approach to reading is taking hold
Ashley Wood, a second-year kindergarten teacher in Newburg, speaking to her students (photo submitted). In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat together sounding out words. Kim Williams, the school’s principal, watched as they worked through the lesson. One young boy caught her…
Striking St. Louis-area Boeing workers to vote on new settlement offer Friday
Assembly mechanic Christy Williams strikes outside of her employer, Boeing aerospace company, in Berkeley, Mo. She joined 3,200 other union members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who went on strike at midnight on Aug. 4 to get better wages and retirement plans (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). The 3,200 Boeing mechanics and workers…
Federal disaster aid is uncertain for states even as Texas floods underscore need
Floodwaters left debris, including vehicles and equipment, scattered in Louise Hays Park on July 5 in Kerrville, Texas. Emergency managers say Trump’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service could prove devastating during future disasters. (Eric Vryn/Getty Images) With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country,…