Black History Month would be a good time to revisit the representation of Blacks at every level of government (gmast3r/iStock Images). February has been set aside as Black History Month. It presents an educational opportunity that can assist in closing many divides between Blacks and whites. Designating February as Black History Month is the nation’s…
State Rep. Bill Hardwick, a Republican from Dixon, is sponsoring a bill to legalize video lottery terminals (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) Companies profiting from unregulated convenience store slot machines would have two years to pull their games off the market under a bill advanced Monday in a Missouri House committee. The bill — the latest…
Deandre Pointer, a man incarcerated at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, discusses his legal effort to get his parole date recalculated. If the date is not changed, Pointer will serve 40 years on a 23-year sentence (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). A Missouri man fighting a calculation that could keep him in state prison for more than…
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday. The department spent between roughly…
The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City (Getty Images). Missouri Republicans are pushing a change that would move most high-profile legal fights — including ballot initiative challenges — out of the Western District Court of Appeals and into the Eastern District. They are also hoping to block any challenges to state law or the constitution…
The lawsuits target nearly 40 stores in St. Louis County and 17 businesses in the Kansas City area, including major hemp chains such as American Shaman and CBD Kratom (Getty Images). A coalition of marijuana companies is filing lawsuits against businesses across Missouri, accusing dozens of stores of illegally selling marijuana under the guise of…
State Sen. Stephen Webber, a Democrat from Columbia, begins his tenure in the Missouri Senate on the first day of the 2025 legislative session in January (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). State Sen. Stephen Webber is calling on Waymo to retract and correct testimony provided to the Missouri Senate Transportation Committee last week regarding the company’s driverless…
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins walks into a Missouri Right to Life rally in March 2025 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern. So what does it say when five times in recent months ballot summaries written by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins have…
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins admitted to a court his ballot language for a referendum on redistricting is unfair and he wants a chance to revise it. Hoskins is shown in a May 2024 photo when he was a member of the Missouri Senate. (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants another…
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffrey Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents Friday related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The release, which…
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