In an aerial view, a immigrant family from Haiti walks towards a gap in the U.S. border wall from Mexico on Dec. 11, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the Trump administration’s efforts to strip temporary legal status from 350,000…
Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck, a Democrat from Affton, speaks about the use of state revenue for private school vouchers during a press conference April 23. He told reporters that he would like to know if lawmakers are personally benefiting from the program (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The accidental exposure of student information from Missouri’s MOScholars…
Seeds of Faith Preschool in Clinton (photo submitted). Nicci Rexroat, owner of A Place To Grow pre-kindergarten center, has worked in child care for 19 years, and she’s beginning to believe most of Missouri has become a child care desert. “You know, I have families calling me every day looking for spots, and we’re full…
The Missouri Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City on March 12, 2025 (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent). An accountable state government is like a seesaw: government on one side, people on the other. When it works, it moves in a steady rhythm — government acts, people respond. But when one side grows too heavy, the system stops…
Rep. Brian Seitz, a Branson Republican, speaks during House debate in March 2025 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). A bill to more than quadruple the time childhood sexual abuse victims have to sue their abusers stalled this week in the Missouri Senate after Democrats accused insurance lobbyists of using it to impose shorter limits on personal…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in an elevator at the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Tillis had vowed to oppose President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell unless the administration dropped its Fed investigation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice dropped its investigation…
President Donald Trump’s budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to end federal funding for libraries. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts…
Election workers sort ballots at the Weld County Elections office in Greeley, Colorado, in June 2024. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline) President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting would shatter decades of U.S. Postal Service independence intended to shield it from partisan politics, postal experts and attorneys say. Postal experts said Trump ordering the…
Several states are considering bills related to mandated insurance coverage for menopause and perimenopause, as well as other proposals, saying it improves quality of life and work productivity when people can access care to mitigate symptoms. Some states have already rejected the idea this session. (Getty Images) A handful of states are considering legislation this…
Federal immigration officers were at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23, 2026, to help with airport security during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans approved a budget resolution early Thursday intended to speed the way for billions for immigration enforcement, sending…
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