Tassels emerge from corn in central Iowa on Aug. 4, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow gas stations to sell a blended fuel containing 15% ethanol into the summer season in an effort to lower gas prices, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday. The blend, known as E15, …
People wait in long security lines at LaGuardia Airport on March 25, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. Travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents have quit or are working without pay during a partial government shutdown. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — U.S. senators showed no movement Wednesday toward…
Child care providers, parents and advocates gather for a rally marking Child Advocacy Day in the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday (Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent). Hundreds of child care providers, parents and child advocates rallied in the Missouri Capitol Wednesday, a day after the House signed off on $51.5 million in cuts to the state’s child care…
Roundup weed killing products are offered for sale at a home improvement store on May 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois (Scott Olson/Getty Images). I was diagnosed with non‑Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2019, and ever since, I’ve lived with the understanding that my cancer is permanent and my future uncertain. After ruling out other causes and reviewing my decades of Roundup use, my…
Evergy settled a class action lawsuit in March, filed by former employees alleging the company didn’t properly manage the investments offered in the company 401(k) retirement plan (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector). TOPEKA — Former Evergy employees suing the utility company for failing to properly oversee retirement investments in the company’s 401(k) plan settled their class action…
A traveler looks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they walk around the end of the line at Terminal E at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on March 24, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents quit or work without pay during a partial government shutdown and ICE agents are…
A driver pumps gas at a Royal Farms in Columbia, Md., as rising fuel costs put pressure on household budgets nationwide. The national average price per gallon of regular gas is now $3.96, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. (Photos by Amanda Watford/Stateline) Gas prices are climbing again across the United States — with…
State Rep. Betsy Fogle of Springfield, ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, speaks on a capital improvements bill during special session in June 2025 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The Missouri House rejected attempts by Democrats on Tuesday to restore $51.5 million in cuts to the state’s child care subsidy program. The program helps cover the…
House Speaker Jon Patterson of Lee’s Summit, left, speaks at a news conference alongside House Budget Committee Chairman Dirk Deaton of Seneca in May 2025 (TIm Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The Missouri House gave first-round approval Tuesday to a state operating budget that will close an almost $2 billion deficit by using almost all the state’s…
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, are pictured on Feb. 8, 2025 (Anna Spoerre/The Missouri Independent). Across the country, governors and mayors are embracing a familiar pitch: high-profile development projects financed with bonds that supposedly come at “no cost to taxpayers.”…
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