Fences enclose an outdoor visitation and recreational area at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, a women’s prison in Vandalia, Mo. Crime in the United States continued to decline in 2024, though some states still had higher-than-average violent and property crime rates, according to new federal crime data reports. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline)…
A rally in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda calls for better funding for Missouri’s public schools Feb. 10 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). An initiative petition campaign seeking to enshrine a “fundamental right” to public education in the Missouri Constitution is abandoning its efforts to get on the November ballot, promising a return in 2028. The Missouri Right…
As tenants, the only way we can make sure landlords to take accountability for their actions is by forming unions and sticking together, no matter how tough the fight gets (Marisa Demarco/Source NM). Most of the time, landlords win. When I was evicted from my Chicago apartment in 1999, I had no legal rights to…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments April 1, 2026, in a case challenging the President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could reshape the understanding of who is American by birth. The case, Trump v. Barbara, challenges President…
State Sen.. Mike Henderson, a Republican from Deslodge, is sponsoring legislation to ban 7-OH and regulate kratom products (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). Republican state Sen. Mike Henderson believes he has the support to advance a bill that would impose age limits on kratom sales and ban the stronger opioid-like products known as 7-OH. The legislation…
T-shirts promoting an amendment that would ban nearly all abortions, with exceptions for rape and incest survivors and for medical emergencies, are laid out on a table during an event promoting Amendment 3 (Photo provided by Big Lake Studio). Three months before Missourians narrowly voted to legalize abortion, a small group led by Tom Estes…
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves speaks during a news conference on Sept. 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. ( Zach Gibson/Getty Images). Sam Graves’ retirement announcement Friday marked the exit of one of the few Missouri politicians in Washington who had turned time in office into real institutional power. Graves said this will be his final year…
A polling location in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missourians will head to the polls in April for municipal elections, and voters across the country have already begun casting midterm primary ballots. But before November arrives, Congress may decide whether registering to vote becomes harder for millions of eligible Americans. The SAVE America Act, the…
Protesters gather for the No Kings rally on Saturday at the Boone County Courthouse. It was the third No Kings rally held in Columbia as part of a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump and his administration. In Missouri, more than 40 protests were organized across the state (Le Chen/Missourian). Thousands gathered across the state…
No Kings protesters march in the District of Columbia on Saturday (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom). WASHINGTON — Large crowds took to the streets Saturday in the nation’s capital for the third No Kings protest, rallying with others across the United States against what organizers say is an unprecedented expansion of power by President Donald Trump. Thousands…
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