Migrants, many fleeing violence in Haiti, cross the Rio Grande at Del Rio, Texas, in 2021 to buy supplies in Mexico while waiting to claim asylum in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to weigh in on a Trump administration policy that allows detention without bond for millions of migrants who illegally…
Unleaded gas is $4.09 per gallon at the Marathon station on Point Street in Providence, Rhode Island on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) On paper it makes little sense. Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, roughly 7,000 miles from the United States, is restricted and gasoline prices in this country…
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider two cases that will determine whether a new congressional district map is constitutionally acceptable and whether a referendum petition puts the measure on hold until a statewide vote. The judges are shown in a September 2024 photo. (Pool photo by Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch). The Missouri Supreme…
Missouri’s Success-Ready Student Assessment provides insight into student achievement throughout the school year but should not replace year-end tests (kali9/Getty Images). In Missouri and states across the country, testing and accountability stand at a crossroads. While states still administer annual assessments and hold schools accountable for their students’ performance, there are growing calls to reduce…
State Sen. Brad Hudson testifies Monday, May 11, 2026, to the Missouri House Children and Families Committee as it considers his bill to add new penalties for health care providers who don’t provide complete care when an abortion attempt results in a live birth. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) Sam Lee has spent years helping draft and…
(Illustration by Alex Cochran) Editor’s note: This is the second article in The 50 vs. The One, an occasional series examining the current fraught moment and what evolving — and often deteriorating — state-federal ties mean for the country. Read the first article here. President Donald Trump is wielding power in unprecedented ways to bring…
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in December 2025. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images). As President Donald Trump tries to assert power over U.S. elections, he has raged on social media, cajoled Republican lawmakers and unleashed the Department of Justice on his political enemies. What…
Missouri lawmakers return Monday to the Capitol Building to begin their final week of this year’s legislative session. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) After years of budget chaos, Republican infighting and historically low productivity, Missouri lawmakers are entering the final week of session with something that has often been missing from the Capitol: a sense of normalcy….
Many Missouri lawmakers agree more nuclear power would be a good thing for the state. But finding a way to pay for multi-billion dollar facilities has been a sticking point in the state legislature this year (Caspar Dowdy/Missouri News Network). Energy demand has been growing and is expected to shoot even higher in the coming…
(Adam Kaz/iStock Images) Bolstered by a justice system that has unabashedly taken off its blindfold, national and state Republican leaders are moving full-speed ahead to disenfranchise Black Americans, and their meaningful participation in the political process. Denying and diluting the power of the Black vote in Missouri and in many states has taken on new…
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