Public Education
‘Putting the cart before the horse’: Missouri school board approves misleading bond proposalA Missouri school board is moving forward with a multi-million dollar bond, despite not knowing how the taxpayer dollars will be spent. The St. Joseph Board of Education… Read More
Homeschools
‘Encouragement Day’ to support homeschool moms: ‘They’re not on this path alone’Many modern-day moms may think homeschooling is challenging, but they may not know it was once considered illegal. The featured speaker for the upcoming Midwest Parent Educators (MPE)… Read More
Missouri, Politics
Missouri House GOP PAC changes leadership after exposé – will it also withdraw its support for Democrat-led court redistricting case?Missouri’s House Republican Campaign Committee is moving on from its executive director at the end of the month, after a Heartlander look Wednesday into the PAC’s money spent… Read More
Public Education
Missouri school district offers coloring pages on preferred pronouns, gender expression to kindergartners(The Daily Signal) – A Missouri school district is providing elementary-school teachers with coloring pages, asking children as young as kindergartners to choose their pronouns… Read More
Missouri
Mystery canine illness has Missouri veterinarians, pet owners on high alertVeterinarians are issuing warnings about a mysterious respiratory illness spreading in the U.S. among dogs. Atypical Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (aCIRD) is the name many veterinarians are using… Read More
Kansas City, Taxes
Jackson County pledges vigorous defense in Missouri attorney general’s lawsuit(The Center Square) – Jackson County government officials didn’t comment on Missouri Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit involving property tax assessments, but they pledged a vigorous and successful… Read More
School Choice
After 3-year social media hiatus, outgoing Missouri state senator posts opposition to school choice(The Heartlander) — As support for educational freedom and parents’ rights has grown in Missouri’s Republican party, one senator bucked the trend by firing off a rare social media… Read More
Health, Missouri
Texas County Memorial Hospital achieves Cribs for Kids Safe Sleep CertificationHOUSTON, Mo. – Texas County Memorial Hospital has received the gold-level Safe Sleep Certification through the Cribs for Kids National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program. The program was… Read More
Public Education
Missouri lawmaker introduces universal education tax credit bill, assures families no strings attachedMissouri state lawmakers are laying the groundwork for major education reform, including a universal education tax credit. State Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, introduced… Read More
Missouri
Gov. Parson says completion of $278M interstate project replaces ‘talk’(The Center Square) – Completion of a $278 million rebuild of Interstate 270 in North St. Louis County is being described as transformational for the region and puts Missouri… Read More
Josh Hawley
Hawley not giving up in effort to extend and expand federal compensation for victims of atomic bomb-era radiationJosh Hawley is playing both offense and defense in his continuing attempt to get the federal government to compensate victims of atomic bomb-era radiation in Missouri and elsewhere. Read More
Public Education
Missouri school’s LGBT lesson plans for kindergarteners include resources from pro-sex change organization(Daily Caller News Foundation) – North Kansas City School District is offering children, as young as in kindergarten, lessons on LGBTQ history that include stories of little boys who… Read More
Springfield
‘Give Vets Hope’ provides a voice for veterans in SpringfieldSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Give Vets Hope is a support group for veterans, making a difference through bimonthly meetings and meals. Co-facilitator and co-founder Holly Butler tells The Heartlander… Read More
Abortion
Abortion could appear on the 2024 ballot in Missouri and these other states(Ballotpedia via The Center Square) — In November, voters in Ohio approved Issue 1, which established the right to an abortion in the state constitution. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s… Read More
Public Education
Struggling Saint Louis Public Schools sues state to halt opening of hoped-for charter schoolSt. Louis, Missouri’s public school district has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop the opening of a state-approved, public charter school. Critics of the suit contend… Read More
2024 election
Missouri joins other states in arguing Colorado courts can’t remove Trump from primary ballot(The Center Square) – A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a brief with the Colorado Supreme Court arguing an appeal to keep former President Donald Trump off the… Read More
Fentanyl, Missouri
Fentanyl-related deaths in children under 5 increased 500% in Missouri last year(The Center Square) – The number of fentanyl-related child deaths in Missouri nearly doubled in 2022, and deaths of children under age 5 increased by more than 500%, according… Read More
Marijuana
Missouri already revokes marijuana manufacturing license(The Center Square) – Missouri’s cannabis regulators announced on Thursday it revoked a suspended marijuana manufacturing license from a Franklin County business. A media release from the Missouri… Read More
Courts
Missouri court hears arguments over state abortion law in lawsuit brought by liberal clergyA Missouri circuit court heard initial arguments in a lawsuit against the state’s abortion law. Missouri’s Stand for the Unborn Act was passed in… Read More
Illinois, Missouri
Illinois county board member’s desire to join Missouri quashed by attorney general(The Center Square) – Some say the southern Illinois boundary line should be changed so that eight downstate counties can become part of Missouri. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul… Read More