Sen. Curtis Trent, a Republican from Springfield, introduces a bill in the Senate on Feb. 12, 2024 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). After unveiling a new plan just before midnight to replace Missouri’s income tax with a broader sales tax, state Senate Republican leaders moved quickly to push it to passage early Thursday morning. Democrats unanimously opposed…
An American flag waves over downtown Emporia, Kansas, in April 2026. (Photo by Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector) On the Tuesday the president of the United States threatened genocide against Iran, smoke drifted into our town from the southwest, an acrid veil that hung over streets and homes and businesses. The haze contributed to the day’s unsettled…
An Iranian flag is planted in the rubble of a police station, damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel have continued the joint attack on Iran that began Feb. 28. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — An effort to force President Donald Trump to seek congressional…
Participants in a welding program for minimum-security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Oct. 7, 2024. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) WASHINGTON — Tucked into President Donald Trump’s new budget request is a plan that could dramatically change — and, critics say, slash — how much money and help…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain an observer after making arrests in January in Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are once again looking toward the complex budget reconciliation process as a way to achieve some of their policy goals without Democratic votes. GOP leaders were able to use…
Volunteers and staff from the Addiction Science Team at the University of Missouri-St. Louis package naloxone and other community health supplies for statewide distribution in early 2025 (Photo submitted). When paramedics from the St. Charles City Fire Department arrive at the scene of an opioid overdose, patients refuse to go to the hospital about 75%…
Brian Riegel, Missouri Hemp Trade Association treasurer, picks up a box of letters opposing a House bill that advocates say would eliminate the hemp industry (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office received 10,000 handwritten letters Tuesday asking him to veto a Missouri bill that would impose a statewide ban on intoxicating hemp products. The…
State Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, discusses a spending item Tuesday as the panel finalized a budget plan for debate in the full Senate. Black is flanked on the left by state Sen. Brad Hudson, R-Cape Fair, and on the right by state Sen. Barbara Washington, D-Kansas City (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). A surge…
Angeline Lake reflects nearby mountains in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state. The U.S. Forest Service will be undergoing a major reorganization. (Photo by Alex Brown/Stateline) A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal…
The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City (Getty Images). A Missouri Senate committee debated two bills Monday, one that would create a statewide alert system and another focused on children’s safety in school zones. The Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety voted unanimously to pass legislation that would establish an alert system, similar…
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