Culture
Brave Books Story Hour features popular female athletes Riley Gaines and Bethany HamiltonA standing-room-only crowd of all ages packed a Missouri library on Friday to hear athlete and activist Riley Gaines and professional surfer Bethany Hamilton spread positive messages for children… Read More
Free Speech
Here’s how Missouri universities rate on free speech, expression(The Center Square) – Several of Missouri’s public and private universities have vague regulations or restrictive policies on free speech and expression, according to a group that advocates for… Read More
Public Education
Legal issues cloud Missouri school district’s race-based hiring(The Daily Signal) – A Missouri school district intends to double its percentage of minority teachers even as the state’s attorney general has warned that private companies that racially… Read More
Crime
Stalkers have never had more ways to shadow you. Here’s what the experts caution you to doSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – January may be on the way out, but the haunting crime of stalking certainly isn’t. January was National Stalking Awareness Month, and according to the… Read More
Culture
Missouri senator accuses Planned Parenthood of ‘illegal activity’ after video reveals it traffics minors out-of-state for abortions ‘every day’Planned Parenthood is under fire after revelations it aids the transport of young girls out of state to obtain abortions, which are illegal in Missouri. In a video… Read More
Culture
Missouri trans clinic whistleblower has a message for the left(The Daily Signal) – Jamie Reed, the former clinician who blew the whistle last year on a gender clinic in St. Louis, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” that… Read More
Public Education
‘What is the need?’ St. Joseph Board of Education creates $100,000 DEI position without a majority voteThe St. Joseph Board of Education (SJBE) in Missouri is under fire again for commitments to spend money without clear planning and authority. A minority of the board… Read More
Education
Kansas, Missouri families plan Homeschool Capitol Days(The Heartlander) –Homeschooling parents in the Kansas City area don’t take their freedoms for granted – which is why they’re planning a visit to their legislators for a friendly… Read More
Biden administration
Biden administration spied on Trump supporters, used tax dollars for anti-conservative propaganda, Sen. Josh Hawley warnsAfter already having censored conservatives online, the Biden administration has now funded anti-conservative “propaganda” while having the FBI rummage around Trump supporters’ bank accounts, notes a livid Sen. Josh… Read More
Christian Schools
Vocational students learn Bible-based entrepreneurship at faith-based vocational school in MissouriA new program in northern Missouri is combining Christian entrepreneurship principles with vocational training to give trained workers the skills they need to run their own businesses. Read More
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