Sarah Baus of Charleston, South Carolina, holds a sign that reads “Keep TikTok” as she and other content creators Sallye Miley of Jackson, Mississippi, and Callie Goodwin of Columbia, South Carolina, stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building as the court hears oral arguments on a TikTok law on Jan. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC….
A police officer stands watch as activists protest outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 5, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois. Immigrants without legal status who have been detained undergo processing at the facility. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Attorneys on behalf of a dozen U.S. House Democrats Thursday pushed for…
House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard, D-Lenexa, joins Gov. Laura Kelly at a Sept. 23, 2025, rally that affirmed Democrats would try again in 2026 to break the Republican supermajority in the Kansas House. Democrats made it a top priority in 2024, but lost seats to Republicans in the House. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — House…
Gov. Mike Kehoe, center, speaks to reporters Thursday during a visit to Columbia Regional Airport. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) The courts will determine if the bill revising Missouri’s congressional districts is constitutional, Gov. Mike Kehoe said Thursday after announcing his plans to sign the measure this weekend. Speaking to reporters after an event in Columbia, Kehoe…
USDA is canceling a report that measured food security nationally. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled a report that hunger-fighting organizations say was “essential” data to see the results of federal and local policies aimed at ending hunger. USDA, in a news release about the decision said the reports were…
Elementary school students arrive for the first day of school in September in Minnesota. About 3 in 4 children nationwide relied on government-subsidized health care, and 2 in 5 experience disruptions in health coverage during their childhood, according to a study by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (Photo by Stephen…
The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) A new law that gave Missouri’s attorney general the sole power to appeal preliminary injunctions is unconstitutional, a Cole County judge ruled Tuesday. “Access to courts, including the right to appeal, is a fundamental right for the purposes of equal rights and opportunity under the…
The Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Attorneys representing transgender minors, their loved ones and physicians who provide gender-affirming care say a circuit court judge’s decision to uphold the state’s gender-affirming-care restrictions was “permeated by legal and factual errors.” In oral arguments in the Missouri Supreme Court Wednesday morning, Lambda Legal…
Members of the House Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform, chaired by state Rep. Tim Taylor, fifth from right, listen to testimony at a hearing Wednesday, Aug. 27 in Macon. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) Members of a special House committee talked Tuesday through a multitude of potential solutions to relieve the tax burden facing Missourians….
(Rebecca Rivas/The Missouri Independent) A St. Louis County bill aimed at preventing intoxicating cannabis products from being sold outside of dispensaries is dead, after meeting heavy resistance from retailers and distributors. St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, the bill sponsor, dropped the bill during the council’s Tuesday meeting. “After engaging with stakeholders and hearing a…
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