Missouri
I-70 groundbreaking begins $2.8 billion expansion to 6 lanes across Missouri(The Center Square) – As campaigning escalates before Missouri’s August primary election, Republican Gov. Mike Parson asked citizens on Thursday to look away for a moment. With I-70 in Columbia… Read More
Energy, Missouri
Feds planning mammoth electric line corridor through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois; are residents informed enough to oppose it?The Biden administration is taking public comments on a proposed five-mile-wide electric transmission corridor crossing half of Kansas and all of Missouri – but do residents even have enough information… Read More
Recreation
Illinois health officials tracking, warning of dangers from potentially toxic algal bloomsThe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Department of Public Health have issued an urgent reminder to use caution on waterways due to harmful algae blooms. Blue-green algae, also called… Read More
Abortion
Supreme Court allows access to abortion drug(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in abortions in a ruling Thursday. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that while the… Read More
Biden administration
House votes to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold United States Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over Garland’s refusal to turn over audio… Read More
Crime
Los Angeles DA George Gascon sits on 15,000 unfiled cases as robberies skyrocket(The Center Square) — As homicides and robberies continue to rise, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has created a backlog of 15,000 unfiled criminal cases, leading to concerns that… Read More
Federal Spending
Federal watchdog identifies tens of billions of dollars of government waste(The Center Square) – A new federal report shows areas of waste and duplication among federal agencies costing taxpayers big time. The annual Government Accountability Office report on “fragmentation, overlap… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Inspector General: Vetting of asylum seekers is inadequate(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security must improve the screening and vetting process of noncitizens claiming asylum who are being released into the country, the department’s… Read More
Missouri
Missouri doctor settles health insurance fraud charge for $1.2M, whistleblower gets $177K(The Center Square) – A settlement reached with a Missouri doctor and his pain management practice will require a $1.2 million repayment to the federal government. Dr. Nehal Modh and… Read More
Missouri
Missouri school board president runs unregistered for-profit food business out of nonprofit youth center she directs(The Heartlander) — Recently re-elected St. Joseph School District (SJSD) board President LaTonya Williams is running a personal catering business that sold alcohol without a license and continues to operate… Read More
Josh Hawley
‘His shoelaces are tied’: House Speaker failing to restore aid for today’s victims of U.S. nuclear waste, Hawley saysU.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is still failing to act even as federal compensation for radiation victims expired last week, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Today’s continued victims… Read More
Congress
Missouri congressman calls for IRS to revoke tax-exempt status of People Media Project(The Center Square) – Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith, R-Missouri, recently sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting that the IRS revoke the… Read More
Inflation
Economist: ‘Lower inflation’ still means sky-high costs all around(The Center Square) – In response to a Consumer Price Index report released Wednesday, numerous reports suggested “overall inflation cooled” and Americans were experiencing “lower inflation.” Pointing to federal data,… Read More
2024 election
Voters lack confidence Kamala Harris can become president(The Center Square) – Vice President Kamala Harris has a fight on her hands if she wants to inherit the Democratic presidential mantle after President Joe Biden’s time is over,… Read More
Transportation
Airline industry continues to grapple with safety concerns(The Center Square) – Various aviation and airline executives and experts spoke Wednesday on safety in the industry at an event hosted by POLITICO. Speakers included Bob Jordan, CEO of… Read More
Agriculture
17 state AGs sue Biden admin. for allowing foreign farmworkers to unionize(The Center Square) – A group of 17 state attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration this week over a rule… Read More
Abortion, Missouri
‘We never tell parents’: Video allegedly showing Missouri’s Planned Parenthood trafficking minors for out-of-state abortions leads to day in courtMissouri’s Planned Parenthood has a First Amendment right to help arrange out-of-state abortions for minors without the knowledge of parents, its attorneys reportedly argued in court this week.“FACT CHECK: There… Read More
Education, Kansas
Stay in your lane: Kansas school district attempts to stifle, marginalize board members(The Sentinel) – Chanute (Kansas) Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a “board governance document” designed… Read More
School Choice
Pennsylvania charter schools hit hard in proposed funding formula(The Center Square) – A bill altering Pennsylvania’s public school funding formula passed the lower chamber Monday, spawning both fanfare and consternation among lawmakers. While supporters call the plan a… Read More
Biden administration
Lawmakers question Biden funding for group with ties to Oct. 7 attack(The Center Square) – House Oversight lawmakers are demanding answers about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, a group that receives taxpayer dollars but had workers linked to the… Read More