Missouri
Analysis: 50% of school buses fail inspection in St. Louis, Jefferson City(The Center Square) – School buses that operate in St. Louis and Jefferson City's public school districts had high rates of failed inspections performed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol,… Read More
Gender Identity
Two-thirds of Americans reject transgender ideology, despite the left’s narrative(The Heartlander) — New polling shows most Americans believe there are only two genders, and that view’s popularity is rising. “[The] concept that there are more than two genders is… Read More
Free Speech
‘We should all be frightened’: landmark Missouri lawsuit over Biden’s ‘Orwellian’ censorship has judge’s full attentionA judge’s first crucial ruling is expected any time. But Missouri’s lawsuit fighting back against the Biden administration’s hectoring of Big Tech to censor conservative speech already has “landmark case”… Read More
COVID-19
Owner of Missouri companies indicted for $2.9M in COVID relief fraud, Clean Air Act violations(The Center Square) – A Missouri company has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million in federal pandemic loans and violating the Clean Air Act. Read More
Free Speech
University’s transgender debate security fees charged to conservative hosts called unconstitutional(The Center Square) – Free speech attorneys sent a letter this week to University of Pittsburgh officials defending the organizers of a transgender-issues debate that ignited a campus protest… Read More
Border
New floating border barrier to be deployed in Rio Grande River(The Center Square) – After signing six border bills into law on Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new tactic Operation Lone Star officers were deploying on the… Read More
President Donald Trump
DeSantis, Florida Republicans blast ‘weaponization’ of DOJ after latest Trump indictment(The Center Square) – Republicans in Florida are speaking out against the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump, who announced on Thursday night that he has to appear… Read More
Missouri, Springfield
Taxpayer funds support Springfield’s Ozarks Pridefest, where Satanic drag queen will perform for kids and familiesTaxpayer-funded organizations in Springfield, Missouri, are supporting this Saturday’s Ozarks Pridefest, which includes a drag queen known for lewd shows. What’s worse, critics say, is how the drag queen performances… Read More
AI, Congress
Congress must act urgently to protect personal data, kids and elections from growing threat of AI, Hawley warnsFacebook parent Meta may have unleashed the kraken with the apparent leak of its text-generating program “LLaMA,” while even more secure artificial intelligence models have already been used for illegitimate… Read More
Missouri
Harvest Outreach in Hannibal renovates new facility, continues to help less fortunateHANNIBAL, Mo. – This faith-based outreach ministry in northern Missouri helps the struggling and less fortunate through free meals, counseling and sober living. Loaves and Fishes, a side ministry of… Read More
Missouri
21st-century technology draws living history out of 1810 cemetery in MissouriST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – Black Walnut Cemetery has been around since 1810, placed in the Black Walnut area during a land transfer before Missouri became a state 11 years… Read More
Border
Florida AG: Law enforcement says White House is waving white flag at border(The Center Square) – At a border security summit in Arizona on Wednesday led by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody expressed frustration for those in law… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump faces potential federal indictment(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump may be facing an imminent federal indictment over his storage of classified documents at his Florida home. Trump’s lawyers, who met with… Read More
COVID-19
U.S. department that oversaw pandemic didn’t have complete data, ‘situational awareness’(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services used incomplete data and didn’t have the required “situational awareness” it was supposed to during the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More
Illegal Immigration
DeSantis to aid Arizona sheriffs in border battle(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a border security roundtable in Cochise County, Arizona, on Wednesday with sheriffs from multiple states on combating crime at the southern… Read More
Gender Identity
Bills protecting female athletes, prohibiting gender transitions for minors, signed into Missouri law(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed bills into law affecting transgender athletes and creating a moratorium for gender transition treatments for minors."We support everyone's… Read More
Culture, Parenting
Liberal organization calling parents’ rights groups ‘extremist’ is, itself, a ‘hate group’ and ‘a joke,’ Hawley, Cruz argueA far-left organization’s claim that parents’ rights groups are “extremist” is a badge of honor for them from a “joke” entity, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. The leftist Southern Poverty… Read More
COVID-19
Kansas schools received $1.25 billion in COVID relief funds(The Sentinel) — The amount of money Congress borrowed to give away in the name of COVID relief was mind-boggling. Eventually, $190 billion was appropriated by Congress and signed into… Read More
Missouri
Missouri joins 19-state coalition challenging EPA on California regulations(The Center Square) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Tuesday she’s leading a coalition of 19 states challenging an Environmental Protection Agency decision regarding trucks, emissions and California. The… Read More
Federal Spending
Feds spent over $1.3 billion in Russia, China on controversial projects(The Center Square) – The U.S. sent over $1.3 billion to China and Russia since 2017, according to a new analysis that details a string of problematic spending projects funded… Read More