Federal agents in fatigues gather in Minneapolis last month. Health care workers in Minnesota and other states say ICE is increasing its presence in health care facilities, deterring people from seeking medical care. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) Last month, the parents of a 7-year-old girl whose nose wouldn’t stop bleeding took her to Portland…
Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I. A new study shows that women with breast cancer living in Rhode Island and other states that expanded Medicaid eligibility were less likely to die from the disease. (Photo by Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current) Women with breast cancer living in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility were less likely…
The bill prohibits government entities from keeping a list, record or registry of privately-owned firearms. Records may be kept during a criminal investigation and prosecution on gun ownership (Aristide Economopoulos for New Jersey Monitor). Twenty states have enacted laws prohibiting the use of unique merchant category codes to distinguish firearm purchases, and Missouri could be…
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Sarah Willson addresses the House Budget Committee on Monday (Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent). Missouri lawmakers scrounged for unspent or underutilized funds that could be cut from next year’s budget Monday, vowing to protect programs they said are vital to the health of Missourians. Republican state Rep. Darin Chappell…
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway at an event in St. Louis on Nov. 24 (photo courtesy of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office). Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit seeking to require the Census Bureau to “redo” the $14 billion 2020 Census to exclude the persons she doesn’t consider persons. The U.S. Constitution…
Founder of Eggbaby Doula Services Aleece Weaver, right, demonstrates the work she does with pregnant clients. Weaver does pro bono doula care with clients in recovery at Utah perinatal recovery clinic SUPeRAD. Peer recovery doulas help moms with addiction, and state Medicaid plans have been expanding to cover doula care. (Photo by Anna Shmynets) “Don’t…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promotes “real food” at a rally in Harrisburg, Penn., last month. Over the next decade, obesity rates across the nation could surge to close to half of U.S. adults, a new study says. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Pennsylvania Capital-Star) Over the next decade, obesity rates across the nation could surge to close…
Scott and Jessica Haynes say the self-directed supports program has helped them work toward greater independence for their son, AJ. Scott, Jessica, Callie and AJ Haynes are pictured here at their home in Raytown in 2022 (photo submitted). For Jessica Haynes, cooking with her 21-year-old son AJ is “the most amazing thing.” When Jessica and…
Missouri Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger kicks of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s budget presentation to the House Budget Committee Feb. 3, 2026. The committee spent two days listening to the department’s budget request (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A law passed last year to add a measure for grade-level equivalency as part of Missouri’s standardized…
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway speaks to the media shortly after being sworn into office on Sept. 8, 2025 (photo courtesy of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office). If you ever want to know what’s really heating up in the Missouri Legislature, skip the floor debates and committee hearings. Check the lobbyist registrations at the Missouri…
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