Sen. Jill Carter, a Republican from Granby, is sponsoring a bill to put Missouri’s voter registration list online at the secretary of state’s office. She is shown on the first day of the 2024 legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri Senators raised privacy concerns Monday during a hearing on a bill that would put personal…
Denver Fire Department crews battle flames in Boulder County, Colo., on Dec. 30, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a climate lawsuit brought by the city and county of Boulder, in which oil companies are seeking to avoid being tried in state court. (Photo courtesy of Denver Fire Department) The…
President Donald Trump, surrounded by people who have lost relatives to a crime committed by an immigrant, holds up a proclamation dedicating Feb. 22 as “Angel Family Day” during a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 23, 2026. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed…
Megan Hammann, pictured here in Cole County with her husband Josh in 2024, said she hopes collecting data on alpha-gal syndrome will bring effective, affordable treatments within reach (photo submitted). When Josh Hammann started having severe breathing problems in the spring of 2023, emergency room doctors were convinced he was having panic attacks. They gave…
Amanda Newman, 35, from Marine, Illinois, makes a sock monkey for her daughter, who she is 33 weeks pregnant with, with help from Sarah Colby, the former director of Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Arts + Healthcare program in St. Louis, on Feb. 12. Newman was admitted to the hospital’s antepartum unit a week earlier because of a…
(Getty Images). As physicians who are proud citizens of our rural communities, we have the privilege of caring for friends, neighbors and multiple generations. But the satisfaction of providing care to our communities turned to frustration when our hospitals in Boonville and Mexico abruptly shut down in 2020 and 2022 respectively, leaving the health care…
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House Feb. 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C., after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against his use of emergency powers to implement international trade tariffs. Also pictured on stage, left to right, are Solicitor General John Sauer and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. (Photo by…
Voters leave a polling place in Louisiana during the November 2024 election. The Trump administration is pushing federal legislation that would require individuals to prove their citizenship to register to vote. (Photo by Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator) OTTAWA, Kan. — When Kansas began requiring residents to prove their U.S. citizenship before voting more than a decade…
The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s trade agenda Friday, ruling the tariffs he issued under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act are illegal. In a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court said Congress alone…
A hand casting a vote in a ballot box for an election in Missouri (Getty Images). A Republican judge in Cole County on Thursday ruled that the ballot summary must be rewritten for a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it much harder for Missourians to amend the constitution through citizen initiative petitions. Cole County…
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