Politics
JC Crossley to be Republican candidate for Lee’s Summit House seatJC Crossley has filed to run as a Republican for state representative in Lee’s Summit. Without a primary challenger, he is the de facto Republican nominee for November’s General Election. Read More
Politics
McMorris Rodgers: No more taxpayer funds for crack pipes(The Center Square) – Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, is pleased to have gotten legislation approved by the U.S. House this week to address America’s growing mental health… Read More
Politics
State Rep. Rusty Black running for Senate District 12, cites strong agricultural background, lifelong ties to regionCHILLICOTHE, Mo. – State Rep. Rusty Black is running to represent Missouri Senate District 12 in northwest Missouri on a platform of bolstering agriculture and pursuing education reform. As a… Read More
Investigations
Ahead of Supreme Court ruling on abortion, FBI investigates acts of violence committed against churches, pro-life groups(The Center Square) – Ahead of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark 1972 abortion case of Roe v. Wade, attacks by abortion activists have increased against a range of… Read More
Courts
‘Egregiously wrong’ Roe v. Wade overturned; abortion returned to states to decide – and Missouri already hasThe overturning of Roe v. Wade Friday is a new day for the cause of life in America, largely an end to abortion in Missouri, and a cementing of Donald… Read More
World Cup soccer
New law eliminates ticket taxes for World Cup games in Kansas City(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday helped Kansas City meet soccer’s international governing body’s requirement for its 2026 tournament. Parson signed … Read More
Politics
TCS exclusive: Trump talks energy, war, Illinois’ primaries in Thursday interview(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump criticized his successor's energy policies, predicted rolling blackout and brownouts this summer, and warned of the potential for another world war in… Read More
Agriculture
26 AGs urge Supreme Court to reverse California’s agricultural animal confinement law(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 26 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court decision upholding a California law banning the raising or importing pork,… Read More
Local News
Three Missouri veterans set to compete in National Veterans Golden Age GamesPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Three military veterans from southeast Missouri have spent the year gearing up for this summer’s National Veterans Golden Age Games (NVGAG) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. … Read More
Pro-Life
State attorneys general ask Department of Justice to investigate violence against pro-life groups(The Center Square) — The attorneys general of 19 states want the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate what they say is growing violence targeting pro-life groups nationwide. Last month,… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court affirms right of Americans to arm themselves away from homeThe U.S. Supreme Court has once again reaffirmed the constitutional right of Americans to arm themselves – striking down a New York law Thursday that essentially forced handgun license applicants… Read More
Local News
Kansas City Chiefs’ Frank Clark creates scholarship fund for Missouri teen who fell to his death at Orlando theme parkKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark has stepped in to help a Missouri family stricken by tragedy. Tyre Sampson was a 14-year-old who died in… Read More
Education
North Korean defector: The ‘dictator’s handbook’ is being used to indoctrinate U.S. schoolchildren, and it keeps me up at nightYeonmi Park warns that today’s teaching of “equity” and white privilege is “a playbook for dictators.” She knows of what she speaks. Park courageously defected from North Korea at the… Read More
Inflation
Former U.S. Treasury secretary says unemployment rate needs to rise to curb inflation(The Center Square) – The unemployment rate needs to rise in order to ease the effects of inflation, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says. According to the … Read More
Courts
Supreme Court overturns ban preventing religious schools from receiving state funding(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned Maine’s ban on state tuition assistance to students attending religious schools in an education case that could have big… Read More
Local News
Missouri mayor encourages residents to apply for federally subsidized home improvement programSEYMOUR, Mo. – After Seymour’s first year participating in a federally subsidized home improvement program, the town’s new mayor is soliciting senior citizens to continue applying for 2023 to see… Read More
Politics
New gun bill, drafted in private and ‘dumped’ in senators’ laps, restricts gun rights but not criminals, Hawley saysThe gun bill now before the U.S. Senate is hastily written, hardly read and threatens the rights of legal gun owners and buyers, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. “They negotiate… Read More
Education
National School Boards Association shedding members in over half the states after smearing concerned parentsWisconsin is the latest state to join a mass exodus of state school boards from the National School Boards Association in the wake of its infamous letter comparing concerned parents… Read More
Crime
St. Louis woman pleads guilty in $291,000 in federal COVID-19 fund scam(The Center Square) – A St. Louis woman who admitted to fraudulently obtaining a $291,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2020 will be sentenced on Sept. 21. Porshia L. Thomas,… Read More
State Government
Amid possible blackouts, Illinois lawmakers call for scrapping ‘Green New Deal’(The Center Square) – In the wake of an alert warning of possible rolling blackouts this summer, some Illinois lawmakers want to revise the state’s energy policies. Midcontinent Independent… Read More