Valerie Schlapper, left, 13, helps her mom, Abbey Innes, right, on Saturday at their table at the Columbia Farmers Market. The business, With the Wild Farm, is owned and operated by Innes and her husband, Guy Schlapper (Lily Mantel/Missouri News Network). A rainbow of crops fills farmer Abbey Innes’ table at the Columbia Farmers Market:…
Missouri Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger speaks to reporters Thursday about the 2025 annual performance report scores in a press conference in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education offices in Jefferson City. She pointed to an increase in scores statewide but acknowledged there is more improvement to be had (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri public schools…
A sign in a convenience store along Barlowe Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Oct. 28, 2025, advertises that it accepts SNAP benefits. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) This report has been updated. A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pay roughly $9 billion for a full month of nutrition assistance…
Put Missouri First reported receiving two $50,000 checks — one from the National Republican Congressional Committee and the other from the Republican National Committee (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector). A newly formed political action committee created to defend the gerrymandered congressional map drawn by Missouri lawmakers received $100,000 this week from national Republicans. On Wednesday, Put Missouri…
Cleveland “Cleve” Francis, a UPS driver who retired this year, in Louisville, Kentucky. Trade and transportation jobs saw most of the gains in a new jobs report. (Photo courtesy of UPS) The United States gained 42,000 jobs in October, the first increase since July as measured by ADP, a private payroll processing company and the…
A police officer stands watch as activists protest outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 5, Broadview, Illinois. Immigrants without legal status who have been detained undergo processing at the facility (Scott Olson/Getty Images). As masked and costumed protesters demonstrate outside federal immigration facilities nationwide, the federal government has sped up the…
Victor Schwartz, founder and president of VOS Selections, spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Schwartz, a New York-based wine and spirits importer of 40 years, was the lead plaintiff in the case against President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S….
A plane prepares to land at Newark Liberty International Airport. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday the Federal Aviation Administration would restrict air travel in 40 “high-traffic” areas of the country to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who have been working without a paycheck since Oct. 1. …
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Following major Democratic wins in local and state elections across the country on Election Day, top Democratic congressional leaders pushed for a meeting with the…
On Tuesday, voters in two Missouri towns approved a four-day school week. Both districts had already been operating on the schedule but required voter approval to continue (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). When the Independence School District announced it was switching to a four-day week during the 2023-24 school year, it drew questions from local families and…
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