Rural hospitals need stability. Patients need protection from unchecked consolidation. Missouri can provide both — but only if lawmakers add the safeguards other states already require (Brandon Bell/Getty Images). Rural hospitals are closing across Missouri at a pace that should concentrate every lawmaker’s attention. According to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, 50%…
State Sen. Mike Henderson stands as he is introduced to the Missouri Senate on the first day of the 2025 legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The Missouri Senate unanimously passed a bill last week aimed at curbing meritless lawsuits filed to chill speech through the threat of a long and expensive legal fight. The bill,…
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building on Dec. 19, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images). The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is getting involved in Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s lawsuit against a nonprofit governing body for high school sports and activities, accusing the organization of sex and race discrimination for…
Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A U.S. fighter jet went down over Iran Friday and one crew member has been rescued, according to several media reports. Iranian state media reported the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was responsible. The attack…
An aerial view of the Pentagon on May 12, 2021. (Department of Defense Photo/Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday, asking Congress to increase spending on defense programs by 43% and decrease funding for non-defense accounts by 10%. The proposal kicks off what…
A pile of voter registration forms is seen at the booth of Fairfax County Republican Committee during the annual KORUS festival, a Korean cultural festival, in Tysons Corner, Virginia, in October 2016. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Before Wyoming elections, the state’s League of Women Voters tries to get voter registration information into the hands…
Republican state Rep. Holly Jones of Eureka presents her “Food is Medicine” bill in the House this week (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The Missouri House gave bipartisan approval Thursday to legislation that would help Medicaid recipients get healthy, locally grown food if they have been diagnosed with chronic diet-related illnesses. One bill, sponsored by Republican…
Christian King, a doula with Uzazi Village in Kansas City, wraps Mikia Marshall, 33, with a kanga cloth to help take pressure off her stomach on Feb. 27, 2024 (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). A wide-ranging health care bill that includes a provision expanding doula services for low-income families across the state passed out of the Missouri…
Rep. Brenda Shields, a Republican from St. Joseph, presents on her child care tax credit legislation in January 2024 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The Missouri House on Thursday voted to advance a package of tax credits designed to boost access to affordable child care and stabilize the industry. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep….
Student borrowers enrolled in the federal Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan must find a new repayment plan or be automatically enrolled in one. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A federal court order last month to effectively axe a Biden-era student loan repayment plan capped years of chaos for more than 7 million student…
No products in the cart.
