Local News
Diamond School District to grow, sustain its own food supplyDIAMOND, Mo. – After Diamond School District said goodbye to its food service provider last spring, it’s looking ahead to implement its own, more sustainable option for serving food this… Read More
Education
Omaha Archbishop retreats – for now – on new gender dysphoria policy in Catholic schoolsAn archbishop has delayed for one year the implementation of a gender identity/gender dysphoria policy for Catholic schools in Omaha that was released just days ago. Archbishop George Lucas’ decision comes… Read More
Education
Pandemic-era school shutdowns caused decades of student learning loss, federal report shows(The Center Square) – A new federal report shows that the nationwide shutdown of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic led to historic learning losses for students. The Department of… Read More
National
Lois Lerner, former head of IRS division that targeted conservatives in 2012 election, professes little knowledge of Tea Party movementLois Lerner, who presided over and then apologized for the IRS targeting of conservatives before the 2012 election, has since professed not to know much about the Tea Party groups… Read More
Crime
Report: New York City is the most dangerous “Sanctuary Community” in America(The Center Square) – As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to bus foreign nationals who’ve entered the U.S. illegally to New York City, a new report reveals that the Big… Read More
Immigration
Texas governor sends first bus to Chicago of foreign nationals in U.S. illegally(The Center Square) – The first bus carrying foreign nationals who crossed the southern border illegally arrived in Chicago Wednesday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expanded the state’s busing strategy to… Read More
Crime
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner reprimanded by Missouri Supreme Court, continuing her office’s faulty recordST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri Supreme Court this week reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner for ethical violations stemming from her attempted prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric… Read More
Local News
St. Louis Chess Club to host Sinquefield CupST. LOUIS, Mo. – The 2022 Chess Grand Tour is wrapping up with the Sinquefield Cup starting Thursday evening at the Saint Louis Chess Club in the Central West End. The… Read More
Biden administration
Union deletes document after report shows taxpayer-funded collusion with Biden administration(The Center Square) – A national labor union representing over 100,000 federal employees pulled a document off its website after a report showed the Biden administration was using taxpayer dollars… Read More
National
Wokeism has taken over Disney, Marvel movies, with parents and some critics giving it two thumbs downWokeism is apparently the new superpower of Disney’s flagship Marvel Cinematic Universe.Marvel has dominated the movie industry since 2008 when Robert Downey Jr. first played “Iron Man.” After Disney purchased… Read More
Education
Springfield Public Schools adds AgAcademy to teach young students agricultural scienceSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The new AgAcademy magnet school at Springfield Public Schools will cater to fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders for the first time in school history. The Darr Family Foundation,… Read More
Immigration
Border chief in sworn testimony: Southern border ‘is currently in a crisis’(The Center Square) – As part of ongoing litigation against the Biden administration, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody continues to uncover what she calls “damning evidence” about the consequences stemming… Read More
Education
Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha has no interest in ‘preferred pronouns’, issues guidance document on gender dysphoria in Catholic schoolsThe “pronoun battle” presently waged in schoolrooms across the nation will find no engagement in Catholic schools in the Omaha area. This, thanks to the Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha’s published … Read More
Courts
Missouri Supreme Court reprimands St. Louis Circuit Attorney over Greitens case(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed with a three-person disciplinary panel and publicly reprimanded St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner for ethical violations. Read More
Pro-Life
Money, messaging and deceit led to failure of Kansas abortion regulation amendment. What has the pro-life side learned?Like many around the nation, Tracey, a former Kansan, watched the state’s Aug. 2 abortion vote with great interest. Although living on the Missouri side of the state line and… Read More
Biden administration
Budget group: Student loan payment deferments cost taxpayers $155 billion, benefits doctors, dentists more than most(The Center Square) – Estimates vary widely on how much President Joe Biden’s $10,000-20,000 per borrower cancellation of student loans will cost taxpayers, but a new analysis estimates the significant… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: Danforth smears Trump, Schmitt with Biden’s discredited ‘Charlottesville hoax’ retreadFormer Missouri Sen. John Danforth has lost his way. Upset by the withdrawal from the Missouri Senate race of his handpicked spoiler candidate, John Wood, Danforth published an angry… Read More
Biden administration
Americans expect beefed up IRS to target political opponents, audit lower and middle class Americans(The Center Square) – More Americans believe the latest legislation to hire 87,000 Internal Revenue Service agents is part of a plan to audit middle and lower class Americans and… Read More
Courts
Judge issues permanent injunction on Biden ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, waters(The Center Square) – A federal judge sided with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 12 other plaintiff states in a Louisiana-led lawsuit, issuing a permanent injunction against the Biden… Read More
Education
Washington D.C. delays enforcement of student vaccine mandate after mass noncompliance(The Center Square) – Washington, D.C.’s vaccine mandate for students over 12 years old has been the subject of major controversy, and is now being put to the test after… Read More