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Senate Majority Leader Tony Luetkemeyer, a Republican from Parkville, speaks to reporters at the halfway point of the 2026 legislative session March 12, 2026 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A bipartisan push to end a Missouri law allowing judges to impose the death penalty when jurors can’t agree has moved further through the legislature this year than…
Missouri clerks say they still can’t update voter rolls for gerrymandered map
A polling location in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri election officials can’t revise voter rolls to reflect the state’s gerrymandered congressional map because Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ office has not opened the statewide voter registration system to accept the changes, the president of Missouri’s county clerks association said Thursday. Miller County Clerk Clinton…
SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists
A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024. (Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture). WASHINGTON — As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders nowhere near negotiating, state officials are beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts…
A new gold rush: States stockpile bars, encourage gold-backed debit cards
Gold bars are photographed at the Texas Bullion Depository, the nation’s first state-run depository for precious metals. More states are eying legislation on gold to hedge against inflation. (Photo courtesy of Texas Comptroller’s Office) More states are piling up gold bars, or encouraging residents to use gold-backed debit cards, to hedge against inflation. Several states,…
Trump, US leaders celebrate end of hostilities in Gaza
Relatives and friends of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal embrace as they learn the news of his release on Oct. 13, 2025, in Ra’anana, Israel. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. A condition of the deal was the…
Deportations, tariffs, court clashes, record shutdown mark a historic year in D.C.
President Donald Trump holds up the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” Act that he signed into law on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon – Pool/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — This year produced a seemingly endless array of history-making events and nearly constant change to immigration policy,…