The U.S. Capitol building in Washington. D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — On day 21 of the federal government shutdown, the political tensions and policy differences that contributed to it appeared likely to destroy any chance for the GOP-controlled Congress to find the bipartisanship needed to pass the…
The Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) Every state with either a Democratic governor, attorney general or both signed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to side with Illinois and Chicago to continue blocking President Donald Trump’s proposed deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. In an…
Dana Rademan Miller, former chief clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives, tells reporters about alleged mistreatment from House speakers after filing a lawsuit in Cole County in May 2024 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A circuit court judge was correct to dismiss a lawsuit claiming former Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher retaliated against a legislative staffer…
Kari Monsees, the state education department’s former finance chief, discusses the state’s public education funding formula during the Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force meeting Sept. 9 in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The funding formula for Missouri’s public schools is poised for wide-ranging changes as work groups studying elements of the model reached the…
WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats on the U.S. House education panel urged the Education Department to withdraw its proposed supplemental priority on “promoting patriotic education” in a letter obtained Monday by States Newsroom. House Committee on Education and Workforce ranking member Bobby Scott led a handful of his colleagues in writing to Education Secretary Linda McMahon…
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department announced Monday it will pause efforts to lay off 2,050 employees throughout the country, after a federal judge expanded a temporary restraining order late last week. The new filing provides more information about how the Trump administration plans to reduce the size and scope of a department that oversees much…
A child receives a standard immunization at a Coral Gables, Fla., doctor’s office in September. Since the government shutdown began Oct. 1, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped providing health surveillance data that helps state and local governments track disease trends. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) As the federal shutdown continues,…
Delivery trucks wait in the parking lot of the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri in Columbia, which serves 32 counties, on Oct. 17. (Steph Quinn | Missouri Independent) Missouri has lost nearly 1.6 million pounds of food aid since May due to sudden cuts to a federal program that buys food from U.S….
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins walks into a Missouri Right to Life rally in March (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is warning voters that a repeal of Missouri’s $1.5 billion stadium subsidy could mean the Chiefs pack their bags and move to Kansas. And what about the Royals, the other team…
Protestors wave signs as thunder begins to rumble near the end of the No Kings demonstration at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on Saturday (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Thousands gathered in cities and towns all over Missouri Saturday at No Kings demonstrations to speak up against the many ways they believe the current administration…
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