Sen. Karla May, a Democrat from St. Louis, debates a bill by Sen. Nick Schroer, a Defiance Republican, in the Missouri Senate in 2025 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A push for Missouri to immediately adopt planned federal limits on intoxicating hemp products ran into a filibuster in the state Senate Wednesday, with critics demanding any changes…
State Sen. Brad Hudson, a Cape Fair Republican, presents a bill during the 2025 legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Victims of childhood sexual abuse fought for legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations in a Missouri Senate hearing Wednesday. One bill would remove any time limit on when civil claims could be brought for crimes…
Booths await voters at the Pennington County Administration Building during early voting on Jan. 19, 2026, for a municipal election in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday that would require the public to produce a passport or birth certificate in most cases to…
State Sen. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican, leads the Senate Education Committee in a divisive public hearing Tuesday. Democrats on the committee complained that Brattin was choosing “nonsensical” bills instead of advancing education through the committee’s hearings (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). What began as a public hearing on a parental rights bill quickly went off the…
WASHINGTON — Leaders from several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security testified before a U.S. House panel Wednesday about how a shutdown would affect the programs they oversee, though Democrats argued the hearing was a “show” that wasn’t going to get lawmakers any closer to agreement on constraints to federal immigration enforcement. Congress has…
Rep. Brenda Shields. R-St. Joseph, speaks during debate in the Missouri House during the 2021 legislative session (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). A bill focused on making child care more affordable through tax credits was debated Tuesday by the Missouri House Committee of Economic Development. Introduced by state Rep. Brenda Shields, a Republican from St. Joseph,…
Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border is occupied by the Texas National Guard in February 2025. Republican states that emphasize border security might benefit from immigration increases since 2020 because higher population translates to political power. (Photo by Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune) The millions of immigrants who have crossed…
Missouri Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn discusses Gov. Mike Kehoe’s proposed budget for her department in a House Budget Committee meeting Tuesday (Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent). Missouri has just eight outpatient beds for people charged with crimes who have been ordered to undergo mental health treatment so their cases can move forward. Those beds are full….
Ten percent of students at Lexington Elementary in St. Louis Public Schools were proficient in mathematics in 2025. However, Lexington was one of the highest growth elementary schools in the entire state of Missouri, ranking 16th overall (kali9/Getty Images). Many parents and educators are concerned about standardized test scores released recently by the Missouri Department…
Missouri Capitol Police officers conduct security checks on boxes of petition signatures submitted Dec. 9 to force a referendum vote on the state’s new congressional map. A Missouri judge will decide whether the gerrymandered map passed last year year is in effect for the 2026 midterm elections (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). A Missouri judge is being…
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