The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, holds a ribbon cutting ceremony for a housing development in November 2024. Charlotte had the nation’s largest numeric population gain from mid-2024 to mid-2025, adding more than 20,000 new residents. (Photo via city of Charlotte) Large, immigrant-rich cities saw population fall back between mid-2024 and mid-2025 after nation-leading increases…
Construction workers build a 575-unit apartment complex combined with retail in Paramus, N.J. The state lags in providing housing for new residents, according to a Stateline analysis. (Photo by Tim Henderson/Stateline) Housing shortages have eased in most states since 2020, as new construction has made apartments and houses more affordable. Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode…
A message promoting the 2026 FIFA World Cup is shown after a qualifier match between Belgium and Liechtenstein in November in Liege, Belgium. U.S. health officials are preparing for a number of potential problems when millions of fans come to watch the games, including heat-related illness and the spread of infectious diseases (Omar Havana/Getty Images)….
(Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to knock a proposed constitutional amendment off Missouri’s 2026 ballot that would give lawmakers new power to expand sales taxes to eliminate the income tax, arguing legislators bundled too many subjects into one proposal and wrote misleading ballot language. The lawsuit, filed in Cole County Circuit Court…
Rep. Brian Seitz speaks on the House floor in May 2025 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). Healthcare providers could face the death penalty if they don’t provide life-saving care to a baby born after an attempted abortion under legislation headed to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe. The legislation — approved by the House Wednesday on a 102-46 vote…
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE officer’s badge and weapon are seen in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Long-time federal immigration official David Venturella will lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency spearheading President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, according to a Department of Homeland Security…
State Sen. Joe Nicola speaks to reporters at a news conference in April about his proposed artificial intelligence regulations (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). A Missouri House committee voted down legislation on Tuesday aimed at establishing safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence over concerns that the bill lacked enforcement mechanisms and included drafting errors. The bill,…
Telephones inside a Missouri state women’s prison where incarcerated people pay per-minute rates to call loved ones. More than 330,000 incarcerated people nationwide now have access to free prison or jail communication services, according to estimates from Worth Rises. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline) A growing number of incarcerated people across the country now have access…
Tennessee Republican leaders unveil their “Immigration 2026” agenda at a news conference in January. Tennessee and other conservative states are mandating that state and local social service providers verify and report the immigration status of the people they serve — in some cases threatening stiff penalties for public employees who fail to comply (John Partipilo/…
Missouri Commissioner of Education Karla Eslinger, pictured speaking at a State Board of Education meeting in May of 2025, announced her retirement Tuesday (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger will step down at the end of the month — two years after taking her position at the top of the state’s education department….
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