Crime
Shooting in Westport leaves one dead, five injuredKANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting in Kansas City’s Westport neighborhood Sunday night that left one dead and five injured.An altercation began inside… Read More
Gas Prices
Missouri’s average gas price falls to $4.50As of July 6, Missouri’s average gas price according to AAA was $4.50 for regular gas, which was below the national average of $4.78. Gas prices fell from the previous week’s… Read More
Immigration
Senate committee looks to curb illegal immigrants’ impact on Missouri’s economyJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With rising concerns about how employing illegal immigrants under the table impacts Missouri’s economy, an interim Senate committee is examining how to curb the effects. The… Read More
Economy
States owe nearly a trillion dollars in liabilities on top of unfunded pensions, report shows(The Center Square) – Unfunded state debt for things like retired public employees health care coverage continues to balloon to an unsustainable level, according to a new report. The American… Read More
Crime
Downstate Illinois communities dealing with violent crime(The Center Square) – Chicago may steal the headlines with the reports of violent crime, but there are some downstate communities dealing with a similar problem. Two more people were… Read More
Immigration
CBP seizes more than 1,000 lbs of meth in New Mexico(The Center Square) – Federal agents along the U.S. border with Mexico recently seized more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine, officials said Thursday. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents… Read More
Transportation
KC heat wave causing pavement on roads to fracture and “blow up”KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This week’s intense heat wave in Kansas City is causing roads and pavement in many areas to fracture and “blow up,” the Missouri Department of Transportation… Read More
Immigration
Preliminary CBP data of apprehensions, gotaways at U.S. southern border total 247,330 for June(The Center Square) – Preliminary data obtained by The Center Square from a U.S. Border Patrol agent show apprehensions and gotaways at the southern border total 247,330 in June.This includes… Read More
Education
School choice advocates hold rally celebrating measure to improve Missouri’s virtual schooling, secure charter school fundingINDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Education advocates held a rally to “celebrate our independence in Independence” Thursday after Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill last week to improve Missouri’s virtual schooling and… Read More
Economy
U.S. Economy has 11.3 million unfilled jobs(The Center Square) – There are 11.3 million open jobs in the U.S., nearly two jobs for every American seeking work, according to newly released federal data. That rate is… Read More
Biden administration
Critics: Taxpayers on hook for Biden’s bailout of union pensions(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted a federal program to delay insolvency for private unions’ pension funds, but critics say taxpayer dollars should not be used… Read More
Transportation
Missouri transportation commission approves $10 billion plan for roads, bridges(The Center Square) – The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved on Wednesday a record $10 billion plan for building and maintaining roads and bridges during the next five… Read More
Education
School districts use ‘go-away’ prices on records requests to avoid transparency(The Sentinel) – Fox News reports that parents across the country pursuing transparency are being charged exorbitant amounts by school districts in response to requests for curricula used to teach their… Read More
Politics
DeSantis admin fires back after Newsom ad inviting Floridians to move to California over education, other issues(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched an advertisement on Independence Day telling Florida residents their freedoms were under attack in the Sunshine State and encouraging them to… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Teachers’ union president calls for members to ‘fight’ for abortion and LGBT agenda, against prayer in schools and gun rights for AmericansWith all the sophistication and pep of a high school graduation speech, the president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union called on her gathered members “to build our power” to… Read More
Economy
The price of beef continues to climb(The Center Square) – The price of food continues to go up and leading the way is the price of beef.According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the price of… Read More
State Government
Missouri becomes 10th state to create prison nurseries with new law, $495,000 budget(The Center Square) – Children born to inmates in Missouri’s prisons will be allowed to reside with their mothers in the institution under a new law. Beginning July 1, 2025,… Read More
Pro-Life
Kansas pro-lifers fighting vandals, thieves, misinformation to restore abortion regulation authority to lawmakers Aug. 2Kansas is suddenly ground zero in the abortion fight, and there’s a ground war to prove it: Supporters of the Aug. 2 amendment to allow regulation of abortion say their… Read More
Local News
Standout University of Iowa basketball commit and family struck down by impaired driverLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kansas high school and college-bound star basketball player Ava Jones and her family were hospitalized after being hit by an allegedly impaired driver Tuesday evening. Ava, her… Read More
Gas Prices
Most Americans expect higher gas prices this year as they struggle to make ends meet, polls show(The Center Square) – Despite already paying record high gas prices last month, most Americans expect prices to get even worse, a new poll shows. Rasmussen Reports released the poll,… Read More