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PRESS RELEASE: Bill Allen earns coveted NFIB endorsement in Northland state house race

PRESS RELEASE – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Missouri PAC has endorsed Bill Allen in the 17th District House Race. The group’s national organization is commonly… Read More

October 6, 2022
2022 election
Sen. Rick Scott: Republicans will take back U.S. Senate in November

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., says he believes the Republican Party will take back the Senate in November. Scott told NBC’s “Meet the… Read More

October 4, 2022
2022 election
Clay County could become first county in Missouri to lower commercial property surtax

CLAY COUNTY, Mo. – Clay County voters will soon have the chance to make their county the first in Missouri to lower its commercial property surcharge rate. The… Read More

October 4, 2022
2022 election
Kansas City hoping to accommodate mask-averse Republican even as mask mandate still in effect for poll workers

Democrat-laden Kansas City, Missouri has enough trouble attracting Republicans to be poll workers alongside Democrats. It needs to grab them whenever it can. “It’s always a struggle,” Shawn… Read More

September 30, 2022
2022 election
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin fires up crowd at rally for Kansas AG Derek Schmidt’s gubernatorial run

SHAWNEE, Ks. – Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin appeared at a packed campaign rally in Shawnee Thursday to support Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt in his gubernatorial run. … Read More

September 23, 2022
2022 election
After huge win in state Senate primary, state Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman focused on helping families with skyrocketing costs

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Coming off an impressive state Senate primary performance against a field of established candidates, state Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman is knocking on more doors than… Read More

September 22, 2022
Politics
AJ Exner running for state representative on family-centered platform

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – AJ Exner is a DNA testing expert running for state representative in Missouri’s 135th district, hoping to unseat a one-term Democrat who flipped the seat blue… Read More

September 16, 2022
Politics
Majority of voters say they are ‘less likely’ to support candidates pushing student loan forgiveness

(The Center Square) – The majority of Americans are less likely to support candidates in favor of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness, according to a newly released survey… Read More

September 13, 2022
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… Read More

August 31, 2022
Opinion
Valentine’s support for radical environmental groups disqualifies her for U.S. Senate for Rural Missouri

Next year, our elected officials in Washington, D.C. will be voting on consequential legislation that directly impacts rural Missouri. In 2023, Congress will be working on authorizing… Read More

August 26, 2022
2022 election
Kit Bond and John Ashcroft endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate, despite past relationships with John Wood

Independent candidate John Wood continues to take losses in his last-minute bid for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, missing out on two massive endorsements last week that some believed… Read More

August 23, 2022
2022 election
Independent Senate candidate John Wood’s financial links to Missouri appear just as tenuous as his residential ties

Missouri U.S. Senate independent candidate John Wood has more residential ties to Virginia than the Show-Me State, as The Heartlander has reported. And the same is apparently true… Read More

August 22, 2022
2022 election
Poll: Abbott leads O’Rourke by 7 points

(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is leading Robert “Beto” O’Rourke by seven percentage points in the race for governor, according to a new Dallas Morning News… Read More

August 18, 2022
Politics
Cheney’s hint at presidential run after loss met with skepticism

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney hinted that a presidential run may be in her future after a resounding primary loss Tuesday. The suggestion was met with… Read More

August 18, 2022
National
Hageman ousts Cheney in Wyoming GOP primary

(The Center Square) – Harriet Hageman won Wyoming’s Republican primary election Tuesday, unseating incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney. As of 6:30 a.m. MDT Wednesday with about 90% of… Read More

August 17, 2022
2022 election
Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat rated a toss-up by election forecasters

Incumbent Mark Kelly (D), Blake Masters (R), and Marc Victor (L) are running in the general election for Arizona’s Class III U.S. Senate on Nov. 8. As of August… Read More

August 15, 2022
2022 election
Better Elections wasted millions of out-of-state dollars in failed effort to get ranked-choice voting on the ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A petition to get ranked-choice voting (RCV) on Missouri’s November ballot not only failed miserably, but wasted millions of out-of-state dollars in the process. … Read More

August 15, 2022
2022 election
With just an apartment in KC but a multimillion-dollar home in Virginia, does Senate candidate John Wood even live in Missouri?

U.S. Senate candidate John Wood touts himself as a sixth-generation Missourian. But does he even live in the state anymore? Wood, whose own Missouri Bar license says he… Read More

August 12, 2022
Biden administration
More Democrats question Biden on 2024 ticket

(The Center Square) – As midterm elections approach, some Democrats remain hesitant to say whether President Joe Biden should run again in 2024. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., offered… Read More

August 5, 2022
2022 election
Voters in St. Louis, Missouri, approve two ballot measures on Aug. 2

On August 2, voters in St. Louis, Missouri, approved two ballot measures—Proposition F and Proposition S. St. Louis Proposition F amended the city’s charter to increase the maximum… Read More

August 5, 2022