An appointment room stands empty at the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis’ Central West End (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). One year ago, abortion became legal in Missouri. But since then, only 80 elective abortions have been performed in the state. Thousands of Missourians had to seek care out of state. This is the reality until a…
A server waits on customers at a café. The minimum hourly wage for workers will increase in dozens of cities, counties and states in January. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour…
Farm workers harvesting yellow bell peppers near Gilroy, California. (Nnehring/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday announced new restrictions for immigrants, reducing the work authorization periods from five years to 18 months, the latest crackdown on legal immigration. The new policy follows the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members by an Afghan…
Older men play cards in a park in New York City’s Chinatown in 2024. Medicare, the public health insurance for older Americans, is piloting a new prior authorization program powered by artificial intelligence that some physicians fear will result in more denials and delays in medical care for patients. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A…
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., points to text messages by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an annual worldwide threats assessment hearing at the Longworth House Office Building on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence addressed top aides inadvertently including Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for…
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak with reporters during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday the chamber will vote next week…
The Missouri Senate Education Committee met Thursday to question Missouri Commissioner of Education Karla Eslinger about interventions to help struggling schools (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri state senators are hoping to force the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to lower underperforming school districts’ accreditation status a year earlier than the department’s policy allows. The Missouri…
Students hold up anti-abortion signs at the Midwest March for Life on May 1, 2024, at the Missouri State Capitol (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). A Missouri appeals court rewrote the language for a proposed abortion ban set to appear on the November 2026 ballot after the judges concluded Thursday the previous wording drafted by Republican Secretary…
The website of Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s health insurance marketplace, is pictured on Aug. 27, 2025. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) WASHINGTON — Americans who purchase their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are bracing for a steep rise in costs next year that many say they will not be able…
Robin Galbraith, 61, of Maryland, and Donna Powell, 67, of Washington, D.C., held signs outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, ahead of a U.S. House vote on releasing the Epstein files. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi for a…
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