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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE officer’s badge and weapon are seen in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Long-time federal immigration official David Venturella will lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency spearheading President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, according to a Department of Homeland Security…
Thompson Center expansion to be ‘stepping stone’ for advancing Autism care in Missouri
The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment executive director Connie Brooks cuts a ceremonial ribbon with the center’s founders Bill and Nancy Thompson to open a new building in Columbia on Friday. State officials, such as former governor Mike Parson, joined in the celebration (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The University of Missouri Health Care’s Thompson Center…
Fired Missouri warden alleges discrimination in lawsuit against corrections department
The Jefferson City Correctional Center. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) The warden fired from Jefferson City Correctional Center in the aftermath of an inmate’s death is suing the state, alleging she lost her job due to age, gender, racial and disability discrimination. Doris Falkenrath, who was fired on June 13, 2024, filed the lawsuit Aug. 27 in…
Missouri patients don’t know who to trust when it comes to menopause hormone therapy
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New federal regulations complicate Missouri debate over intoxicating hemp
Slaphappy Hemp farm in Rosebud (photo submitted). Businesses and Missouri lawmakers are scrambling to understand what will happen in November, when new federal limits on intoxicating hemp products go into effect. It’s unclear just how proactive the federal government will be enforcing the new restrictions. Will it clamp down, or like it has with marijuana,…
Earmarked spending slows but does not stop as Missouri budget faces fiscal crunch
State Sen. Brian Williams, a Democrat from University City, questioned a dozen new earmarks added to the state budget without being voted on in the Senate Appropriations Committee. He is shown in a 2021 photo (photo courtesy of Missouri Senate Communications). When the Missouri Senate debated the state operating budget last month, state Sen. Brian…