Gov. Mike Kehoe gives his State of the State speech Jan. 28 in the Missouri House chamber asking for, among other things, an expansion of career and technical education statewide (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri needs “plug-and-play instructional resources” to help school districts expand vocational offerings and employer incentives to hire students exploring career paths, according…
During a Wednesday event at the Carter Center, the U. S. Postal Service unveiled a new Forever stamp featuring former President Jimmy Carter’s portrait. Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder Former President Jimmy Carter’s 77-year marriage with former first lady Rosalynn Carter was a defining feature of his life, spanning Carter’s career from a south Georgia peanut farmer…
Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck, D-Affton, says Gov. Mike Kehoe should not have deployed the National Guard to assist ICE while the federal government is shut down. (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision to deploy Missouri National Guard soldiers to support immigration enforcement “makes no sense” because they will not get paid until the…
A sign on the entrance to the U.S. National Arboretum says it is closed due to the federal government shut down on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The first federal government shutdown in seven years has left hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed and members of the…
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Louisiana’s Liz Murrill has joined attorneys general from 13 other states in asking the…
A member of security, center right, stands at an emergency department entrance at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, in 2023. Maine is one of dozens of states that have enacted laws aimed at curbing violence in hospitals and clinics. (Photo by Steven Senne/The Associated Press) One morning earlier this year, as Deb Capistrano…
The Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, home of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). A federal case challenging the safety of mifepristone, used to treat miscarriages and to induce abortions early in pregnancy, is being transferred out of Texas to a federal court in…
A closed sign is seen on the Washington Monument on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The federal government shut down many operations overnight after Congress failed to pass a stopgap funding bill. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday the administration is looking for ways to get a…
Joshua Arnold, Boeing Defense worker and a union shop steward, attends a rally Wednesday with his children at the IAM Union Hall in Hazelwood. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/The Missouri Independent) Joshua Arnold bounced his young daughter on his shoulders, as he and a crowd of Boeing Defense workers yelled, “Stand together, fight together, win together”…
The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, just hours before a federal government shutdown. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans remained at a stalemate Wednesday as government offices closed and hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced furloughs on the first day of a government…
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