Deandre Pointer, a man incarcerated at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, discusses his legal effort to get his parole date recalculated. If the date is not changed, Pointer will serve 40 years on a 23-year sentence (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). When Deandre Pointer appeared in front of a Jackson County judge in June 2023, his world…
Assistant Missouri House Minority Leader Marlon Anderson of St. Louis speaks during a Thursday news conference on congressional redistricting. He was joined by, from left, state Reps. Michael Johnson, D-Kansas City, David Tyson Smith, D-Columbia, and Melissa Douglas, D-Kansas City. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) Black leaders in the Missouri legislature said Thursday that they will fight…
Some American companies have agreed to comply with new, voluntary AI standards from European Union regulators, in advance of new regulations set for 2027, but others have decried them as overreach. (Photo by Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images) American companies are split between support and criticism of a new voluntary European AI code of practice, meant to…
A medical worker walks by a hospital entrance in New York City. A new study found that hospitals are increasingly buying up private physician-owned practices, and costs for services are rising (Spencer Platt/Getty Images). As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, according to a…
A member of the Missouri House flips through proposed Congressional maps during redistricting debate on Jan. 18, 2022 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). WASHINGTON — Fueled by President Donald Trump’s aims to bolster the U.S. House’s razor-thin GOP majority in the 2026 midterm elections, a rare mid-decade redistricting fight in Texas grew increasingly bitter in recent days…
Hemp-derived THC beverages like these Mighty Kind THC seltzers can be found at Total Wine and other large liquor stores throughout Missouri (photo submitted). A final vote on a St. Louis County bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products stalled out Tuesday night after about a dozen business owners and lobbyists opposed it at the county…
Solar panels are seen at MCE Solar One solar farm in Richmond, Calif. President Donald Trump’s phaseout of clean energy tax credits will make solar and wind projects more expensive, but some states are still committed to clean energy mandates (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). The abrupt termination of tax credits for clean energy projects is perhaps…
Security fencing surrounds the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. Having a loved one in prison or jail is estimated to cost families across the United States nearly $350 billion each year, according to a recent report from the criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images). U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due…
The Cole County Courthouse in downtown Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The Missouri attorney general’s office is asking a Cole County judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a state agency violated competitive bidding laws to steer lucrative technology contracts to a well-connected company. The lawsuit, filed in May by a longtime state employee named Rodney…
Mechanical engineer 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 Sunday to get better wages and retirement plans (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). BERKELEY — Christy Williams stood outside the…
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