A view of signage during DraftKings Missouri First Bet Ceremony on Dec. 1, 2025 in St Louis (Fernando Leon/Getty Images for DraftKings). Missourians placed more than half-a-billion dollars in bets on sporting events in December but promotional offers offset the taxable profits, leaving less than $1 million to help problem gamblers and public education. Voters…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., surrounded by snow and ice, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The federal government began a partial shutdown early Saturday, even though Senate Democrats and President Donald Trump reached a deal that allows lawmakers more time to negotiate new constraints on immigration enforcement. …
Sue Gibson, a volunteer with Respect Missouri Voters, collects signatures during the No Kings demonstration at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City in October 2025. Volunteers at the rally gathered signatures for multiple petitions, including one that seeks to help Missouri public schools (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals unanimously tossed…
Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins of Bowing Green speaks at a news conference Feb. 13 with state Rep. Melissa Schmidt, a Republican from Eldridge (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). A Missouri House committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill that would prevent courts from seizing weapons from high-risk individuals. The bill contains changes to…
Members of the House Health and Mental Health Committee hear testimony from Shannon Cooper on behalf of America’s Health Care Plans on Jan. 22 (Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent). A Missouri House committee on Thursday approved legislation aimed at reducing barriers for patients to access nonopioid medications prescribed by health professionals, an effort by lawmakers to help…
Bystanders watch as Washington, D.C., police and agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration make an arrest in August. Crime in major U.S. cities continued to decline in 2025, with homicides down 21% from 2024 and 44% from a peak in 2021, according to a new analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice. (Photo by…
Missouri Supreme Court Judge W. Brent Powell, second from left, questions attorneys during arguments in February 2024 in a case challenging the Missouri Senate district map. The other members of the court shown are, from left, Judge Robin Ransom, Chief Justice Mary Russell and Judge Zel Fischer (Pool photo by David Lieb/Associated Press). The Jefferson…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 28, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night to approve a government funding package after Democrats brokered a deal with the White House to strip out the full-year spending bill…
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt speaks to reporters after the Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia in August 2024 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt took to the Senate floor Wednesday to defend federal agents arresting suspected undocumented immigrants in Minnesota, calling them “American heroes.” “We owe them our…
West Virginia Del. Shawn Fluharty, a Democrat, holds up a poster of Raylee Browning, a child who died from abuse and neglect after her parents removed her from public school to homeschool her. Fluharty has been trying to get a bill he’s dubbed “Raylee’s Law” passed for the past several years. (Photo by Perry Bennett/West…
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