Energy
Energy group sues Biden administration, climate envoy Kerry for withheld documents(The Center Square) – Power The Future, an organization that advocates for workers in the energy sector, is suing the Biden administration for withholding documents pertaining to the office of… Read More
Border
Within days of visiting Texas border, Louisiana governor sending troops(The Center Square) – Within days of joining Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and a coalition of Republican governors in Eagle Pass, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state legislative leaders announced… Read More
Border
Operation Lone Star border security funding totals more than multiple state budgets(The Center Square) – The Texas legislature has allocated more than $11.6 billion to border security efforts over a four-year period, the most in state history. It totals more than… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school district defends sending flier from progressive group fighting for ‘menstrual equity’(The Sentinel) — Leavenworth Unified School District 453 distributed a flier to parents recently announcing a day-long event at the State Capitol ostensibly to introduce students to the… Read More
Inflation
Farm, food prices rise under net-zero climate rules(The Center Square) – Farms and families will pay significantly more under the Biden administration’s net-zero climate policies, a new report from an Ohio-based policy group says. The Buckeye Institute’s… Read More
Border, Crime
Border crisis in Houston: Previously deported criminals murder teens, police(The Center Square) – Recent murders of Houstonians highlight how the border crisis is impacting the largest city in the state. While criminal aliens have reportedly committed numerous murders, two… Read More
Biden administration
Arizona governor not supportive of Mayorkas impeachment effort(The Center Square)— Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs does not think impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is the right answer to solving the border crisis. The Center Square asked… Read More
Crime, Missouri
Missouri military contractor pleads guilty to fraud in parts scheme with China(The Center Square) – A Missouri contractor with the U.S. Department of Defense pleaded guilty to fraud for illegally obtaining parts from overseas to fulfill military contracts. David Murar of… Read More
President Biden
Biden faces fallout, calls for 25th amendment after messy press conference(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden is facing the fallout of a last-minute, messy press conference late Thursday where he attempted to defend his mental fitness but appeared to… Read More
Josh Hawley
End of the republic? Allowing states to ban disfavored presidential candidates from the ballot would be just that, Sen. Josh Hawley arguesIt would signal nothing less than the end of the American republic if the U.S. Supreme Court allows Colorado and other states to keep an unfavored presidential candidate off the… Read More
Border
Washington, D.C.’s ‘dirty little secret’: Biden never wanted border security, which is why the ‘open border’ bill died, Missouri’s two senators sayMissouri’s two U.S. senators say they didn’t need former President Donald Trump to tell them the border bill that was shot down before launch this week was a horrible idea… Read More
2024 election
GOP caucuses, Democratic hybrid election replaces Missouri presidential primary(The Center Square) – As millions of Missouri voters watch campaigning and presidential primaries in other states, they’re slowly becoming aware the state’s not having a primary in 2024. Included… Read More
Biden administration
Lawmakers investigate where Ukraine funds, munitions are going(The Center Square) — The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating U.S. taxpayer funding for Ukraine after a watchdog report found a large percentage of the equipment has gone unaccounted… Read More
Border
Texas sheriff: Without Operation Lone Star, ‘we’d be losing’ border battle(The Center Square) – The sheriff of a small Texas border county of 14,000 residents has been actively working to combat transnational criminal activity and organized crime. “Our priority is… Read More
Education, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas superintendent touts ‘rebranding in an era of declining test scores(The Sentinel) — Unified School District 233 Olathe does not permit school board members to conduct annual needs assessments to improve student outcomes as required in state law, but district… Read More
Missouri
Audit finds Montgomery County improving financial controls, but problems remain(The Center Square) – An audit found Montgomery County officials are improving financial controls and processes, but still overcharged taxpayers by approximately $89,000 in 2022. Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick gave… Read More
Border
Texas officials: Border bill would codify mass migration, strip states of self-defense rights(The Center Sqare) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other leaders in Texas strongly oppose a Senate border bill introduced by Democrats, arguing it codifies mass migration into the United… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump doesn’t have presidential immunity, federal appeals court says(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court dealt former President Donald Trump’s defense a major blow Tuesday when it said he doesn’t have presidential immunity to protect him from… Read More
Congress
U.S. House begins debate on Mayorkas impeachment articles(The Center Square) – The U.S. House has begun debate on two articles of impeachment against U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis, with a vote expected… Read More
Missouri
West Plains, Missouri in direct path of total solar eclipse, to host massive four-day partyWEST PLAINS, Mo. – Look no further for the perfect place to celebrate the total solar eclipse on April 8. The city of West Plains sits in the path of… Read More