State Government
Report: Public pensions flagging financially in three Southeastern states(The Center Square) — A new report says public pension systems in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina are struggling financially and need reforms to avoid taxpayer bailouts or riskier investments.The… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Arrests of noncitizens with criminal convictions at border at record highs(The Center Square) – If the current trajectory continues, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations agents are on track this fiscal year to arrest the greatest number… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump indictment draws fresh wave of pushback, concern(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump faces new charges related to his role in protesting the 2020 presidential election results, sparking a wave of pushback and continued criticism… Read More
Missouri
Parson says radioactive waste is federal problem, not Missouri legislature’s(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson will not call a special session as requested Tuesday by House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, to allocate money for the… Read More
Kansas City, Uncategorized
Kansas City Council ushers in era with new four-year terms Tuesday. Here are those taking, and leaving, officeKansas City swears in its new city council and incumbent Mayor Quinton Lucas Tuesday. The 12 new council members, a mix of incumbents and newly electeds, begin four-year terms… Read More
AM radio
Bill would require AM radio in new vehicles(The Center Square) – New legislation that would require AM radio capability in every new vehicle is gaining momentum. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation discussed the “AM… Read More
Illegal Immigration
House Republicans tell Mayorkas he’s lying, should resign(The Center Square) – Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas he lied under oath. They said he didn’t prepare for the hearing… Read More
Critical Race Theory
Senators introduce bill to block taxpayer dollars for CRT at Department of Education(The Center Square) – U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., reintroduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, a bill that would block tax dollars from… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump dominates primary opponents, polls show(The Center Square) – Newly released polling shows that former President Donald Trump holds a sizable lead over an array of Republican primary challengers. A New York Times/Siena College poll… Read More
Illinois
Pritzker signs more than 130 bills, including allowing non-citizens to be police(The Center Square) – More than 130 bills were signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Friday, including one opening up policing to non-citizens.Pritzker held a bill-signing ceremony for a measure… Read More
Kansas City
How climate change has affected the heartland – in just one monthIn late June I left Kansas City by car on my annual jaunt to New York and to my native New Jersey. The day I left it was 97 degrees,… Read More
Springfield
Three Springfield-Greene County Library branches could receive major upgrades and rebuildsSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three major initiatives are being discussed at the Springfield-Greene County Library District: the hiring of a construction firm to build a new auditorium at the Library Center,… Read More
President Biden
Biden turns back on question about potential pardon for his son(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden declined to answer questions Thursday about a potential pardon for his son, Hunter Biden. After the president spoke about an unrelated… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump says Jack Smith should be jailed after superseding indictment(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump said Friday that U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith should be jailed after prosecutors filed a superseding indictment alleging the former president committed… Read More
Congress, COVID-19
Attempt to reinstate pilots fired over COVID-19 vaccine mandate fails in Congress(The Center Square) – Eighty-three House Republicans voted against a measure that would have required commercial airlines receiving federal money to reinstate pilots who were fired for not complying with… Read More
Illegal Immigration
525 known, suspected terrorists apprehended attempting to illegally enter U.S. in nine months(The Center Square) – Nine months into fiscal 2023, more known or suspected terrorists have been apprehended at the northern and southwest borders than in all of fiscal 2022.So far… Read More
Josh Hawley
‘The illnesses are ongoing’: Tempered celebration, as Hawley bill to compensate St. Louis-area radiation victims put into defense actDawn Chapman was pregnant with all three of her children while living near WWII radioactive waste in a landfill outside of St. Louis. Today, she says while breaking down, one… Read More
Courts, Missouri
Missouri AG vows not to ‘let left-wing ideologues experiment on children,’ in lawsuit attacking state’s ban on trans treatments for kidsThe ACLU of Missouri and two other organizations filed a lawsuit this week challenging Missouri’s new law protecting minors from transgender treatments.Senate Bill 49, called the “Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation… Read More
St. Louis
Hawley blocking Energy Department promotions, raises until feds do more to monitor, clean up, pay up after St. Louis radioactive contaminationThe federal government never really cleaned up WWII-era radioactive waste in the St. Louis region, and still isn’t even properly monitoring it, argues an increasingly indignant Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More
Illegal Immigration
New York lawmakers seek ‘transparency’ in migrant relocations(The Center Square) — New York lawmakers are pushing for more transparency in asylum seekers' relocations with proposals requiring advance notice to local governments when migrants are moved to upstate… Read More