Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, speaks during a panel hearing March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot from committee webcast) WASHINGTON — Mikayla Pivec said she worked more than 50 hours per week as a women’s college basketball player, but earned less than…
Sens. Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican, asked the Commerce Department to investigate major agricultural machinery manufacturers. (Photo by Preston Keres/USDA) A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators from the Midwest on Thursday asked the Commerce Department to investigate major agricultural machinery manufacturers, saying they paid shareholders handsomely while offshoring jobs….
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican, is chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (photo submitted). U.S. Rep. Sam Graves is abandoning his run for a 14th term in Congress and will retire, the Northwest Missouri Republican told the Wall Street Journal. Graves, 62, has represented Missouri’s 6th District since 2001 and is…
State Rep. Bishop Davidson, a Republican from Republic, presents his K-12 physical activity bill on the Missouri House floor March 23, 2026 (Tim Bommel/House Communications). A proposal to mandate daily physical activity in public schools squeaked through the Missouri House Thursday after the legislation’s sponsor promised major changes in the Senate. State Rep. Bishop Davidson,…
Missouri lawmakers don’t need a constitutional amendment to cut income taxes — they’ve been doing that for decades. The purpose of the constitutional amendment is something different: it opens the door to new taxes on goods and services by bypassing long‑standing prohibitions on taxing real estate, health care and agriculture (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector). A proposed…
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…
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