Missouri
Missouri House budget includes $727M for I-44 expansion from Joplin to Rolla(The Center Square) – House leaders revealed its version of Missouri’s fiscal year 2025 budget before adjourning for spring break, and it includes $727.5 million for expanding I-44. “That includes… Read More
Opinion
A ‘Red Print for Missouri’: Repeal taxes, restore fiscal disciplineState government spending in Missouri has increased 90% in the last five years, exploding from $28 billion to $51 billion. This indefensible spending increase was done with the complicity of… Read More
Education
‘This behavior is unacceptable’: Missouri school board member Whitney Lanning charged with harassment of fellow board member, called on to resign from nonprofit(The Heartlander) — A Missouri school board member is facing a harassment charge, as well as calls to resign from her nonprofit day job where she’s been accused of creating… Read More
Inflation
Inflation woes: Home buyers need 80% more income to buy than 4 years ago(The Center Square) – The housing market is not immune from inflationary woes as buyer’s purchasing power has significantly diminished in four years. Home buyers in 2024 need 80% more… Read More
Courts
House Judiciary Committee threatens Fani Willis with contempt charges(The Center Square) – Fulton County District Attorney General Fani Willis could be facing contempt of Congress charges, according to a letter from the House Judiciary Committee. Committee chairman and… Read More
Military, Uncategorized
West Point drops hallowed ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ for ‘Army Values’(The Center Square) – The U.S. Military Academy at West Point plans to drop its hallowed motto of “Duty, Honor, Country” from its mission statement. While the motto won’t change,… Read More
Auto industry
Electric vehicle buyers face uncertainty about batteries, resale value(The Center Square) – New and evolving electric vehicle battery technology leaves uncertainties for early adopters about their longevity, warranty coverage and resale value – all things that could have… Read More
Border, Drugs
Feds seizing massive amounts of cocaine in marine operations(The Center Square) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (CBP-AMO) agents and U.S. Coast Guard crews are seizing large quantities of cocaine attempting to be smuggled… Read More
Free Speech
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case to be argued at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Schmitt saysMissouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who filed the… Read More
Gender Transition
Kansas ban on minor sex change treatments, surgeries, advances to likely final approval ThursdayThe Kansas Legislature is expected to vote Thursday to join 22 other states in banning sex change surgeries and treatments on minors. The House Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Senate’s Help… Read More
2024 election
Trump, Biden secure party nominations after Georgia, Mississippi primary wins(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump picked up 59 delegates after winning Georgia Tuesday, and with another victory in Mississippi and an expected win in Washington state, he… Read More
Border
Border crisis: Water scarcity forces Texas’ last sugar mill to close(The Center Square) – The border crisis has taken on many forms in Texas, from crime to fentanyl poisonings to farmers and ranchers losing their livelihoods. Another casualty of the… Read More
Federal Spending
Massive Medicare fraud sparks calls for investigation(The Center Square) – Reports of tens of billions of dollars in stolen funds from Medicare has sparked calls from lawmakers for an audit and investigation. The call for audit… Read More
President Donald Trump
Judge dismisses counts against Trump in Georgia election interference case(The Center Square) – A state judge on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia case that accuses the former president of trying… Read More
Missouri
Missouri’s Black, Hispanic, rural populations focus for workforce credentialing(The Center Square) – If Missouri is going to meet the demand for a skilled workforce, more Black, Hispanic and rural students must earn a credential after high school, according… Read More
Missouri
‘Great Southern Brood’ of periodical cicadas to emerge this spring after 13 yearsBrood XIX of periodical cicadas, also called “The Great Southern Brood,” will appear this spring in the middle, eastern, and southern parts of the U.S. As the temperatures rise in… Read More
Josh Hawley
TikTok spying on Americans while trying to ‘buy Congress’ to prevent national ban, Hawley allegesTikTok is little more than a “spy app” for the Chinese Communist Party and should be banned to protect Americans’ most intimate information, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Hawley has… Read More
Courts, Kansas
Kansas must use sex at birth on driver’s licenses, judge rules in temporary orderA judge ruled Monday that Kansas must list only sex at birth on its driver’s licenses until a lawsuit over the issue is resolved. After the Kansas Department of… Read More
Border
Court hands Texas a win in lawsuit over federal border wall construction(The Center Square) – A U.S. District Court handed Texas a win in the first round of a case that consolidated two lawsuits filed against the Biden administration for halting… Read More
Federal Spending
Contract losses have defense contractors saying no to their biggest customer: the DOD(The Center Square) – As the Pentagon looks to shift the risk of cost overruns to contractors, some are sitting on the sidelines instead of bidding on projects from their… Read More