Economy
More inflationary woes: Credit card debt hits record $1.14 trillion(The Center Square) – More Americans are struggling financially as savings are significantly down and debt and delinquencies are up compared to four years ago. Savings and disposable income are… Read More
Jobs
‘Shocking’ jobs number revision brings questions about Biden-Harris economy(The Center Square) – New federal economic data shows that previous data significantly overestimated the health of the U.S. economy. The Department of Labor released revised jobs data that showed… Read More
Missouri
University of Missouri research spending doubles in 10 years to $462M, ranks 70th(The Center Square) – As parents make tuition payments to Missouri’s universities, they might wonder about their taxes paying for multi-story laboratory buildings and salaries of researchers. Earlier this year,… Read More
Weather
Despite climate change alarmists, it’s been much hotter and much less greenIn June 1988, just 13 years after scientists fretted in the pages of the New YorkTimes about an imminent global cooling, James Hansen introduced to a U.S. Senate committee the… Read More
Culture
YouRule!: The ‘Five Cs’ of civic construction, and how they can rebuild America(Editor’s note: This is the 7th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It.)… Read More
2024 election
Trump says proposed debate will now be a town hall with Sean Hannity(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump said a proposed presidential debate on Fox News in September will instead be Tele-Town Hall with Fox’s Sean Hannity. Trump had invited… Read More
2024 election
DeSantis criticizes Dems, media for Biden-George Washington comparison(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Democrats and the media for comparing President Joe Biden to America’s first president, George Washington. DeSantis did so as Florida passed… Read More
President Biden
Biden explains why he dropped out of presidential race(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden explained to reporters Tuesday in more detail his rationale for suddenly ending his reelection bid earlier this year. Biden told reporters that his… Read More
2024 election
Biden: America is ‘moving in the right direction’(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden called for party unification Monday on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The president was emotional as he was… Read More
St. Louis
St. Louis Public Schools start year without enough buses to get students to class(The Center Square) – Bus transportation on the first day of school often has problems or miscommunication on new bus stops, changes in routes from last year and late arrivals. Read More
Missouri
‘Go f**k your mom and your dog’: St. Joseph, Missouri school board president stands by profanity-laced Facebook outburst(The Heartlander) — The St. Joseph, Missouri school board president went on a profanity-laced tirade in a Facebook comment on a post about a local company’s gift to local schools.The… Read More
Education, Kansas
School board member who belittled mom’s battle against obscene books now seeking ways to spam his criticsOne of two Kansas school board members whose belittling of a mom concerned with obscene books in schools went viral has now suggested spamming his detractors. Noting that he’s… Read More
Culture
YouRule!: How our ‘civic infrastructure’ is broken, and how we can we fix it(Editor’s note: This is the 6th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About… Read More
Border
Texas triples razor wire barriers, continues building border wall(The Center Square) – Texas is continuing to expand razor wire barriers and building its own wall along its border with Mexico through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation… Read More
Biden administration
Impeachment report lays out President Biden’s alleged offenses(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden committed impeachable offenses in his role in his family’s alleged overseas business dealings, a newly released report from the U.S. House Ways and… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Illegal border crossings surpass 12.5 million since Biden-Harris took office(The Center Square) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection released monthly border apprehension data on Friday, saying, “statistics show lowest southwest border encounters in nearly four years.” CBP also claimed… Read More
Investigations
New York Mayor Adams hit with subpoenas in federal probe(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office has been hit with a new batch of subpoenas as part of an ongoing federal investigation into his 2021… Read More
2024 election
All eyes on Chicago as Democratic National Convention kicks off with protests(The Center Square) – The eyes of the nation turned to Chicago on Monday for the start of the Democratic National Convention, an event that will lead to the nomination… Read More
Education, Kansas
Student with Down syndrome abused, neglected and actually caged in Kansas school, lawsuit allegesA paraprofessional in a Kansas school district hit, abused, neglected and locked a student with Down syndrome in a metal cage, a stunning new federal lawsuit alleges. Kaw Valley Unified… Read More
Culture
YouRule!: How did America get to this point, and whom can we blame?(Editor’s note: This is the 5th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About… Read More