Illegal Immigration
Texas officers apprehend smugglers, find teens stuffed in trunk in 100 degree weather(The Center Square) – Human smugglers are continuing to be apprehended by law enforcement officers working through Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star.Texas DPS troopers, sheriffs and their deputies,… Read More
Banks
Oversight lawmakers continue to dig into SVP bank failure(The Center Square) – The House Oversight lawmakers tasked with finding out why Silicon Valley Bank failed earlier this year and threatened the health of the entire economy are pushing… Read More
DEI
Biden’s pick to lead Joint Chiefs of Staff led DEI efforts at Air Force(The Center Square) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to Chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff helped spearhead the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion movement at the Air Force and now faces… Read More
Missouri, Taxes
Gov. Parson signs bill exempting Social Security benefits from Missouri taxes(The Center Square) – Missouri will no longer tax Social Security benefits beginning in 2024 after Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed Senate Bill 190 into law on Thursday.The bill was… Read More
Opinion, Race
Op-Ed: Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision elevates principle over preferences(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College demonstrates why it is essential for courts to… Read More
Federal Spending
Federal government unable to determine full extent of improper payments(The Center Square) – Federal agencies made about $247 billion in payment errors in fiscal year 2022, but some agencies are reducing improper payments.Improper payments either should not have been… Read More
President Biden
Committee on Oversight and Accountability to look into White House cocaine(The Center Square) – The Committee on Oversight and Accountability plans look into how cocaine ended up in the West Wing of the White House.Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Kentucky, sent… Read More
Springfield
Missouri taxpayers pay for $4M in improvements to Springfield baseball stadium(The Center Square) – New lights shining in Springfield’s minor league baseball stadium were paid for with $4 million from Missouri taxpayers. The city of Springfield and the Springfield Cardinals… Read More
Gender, Missouri
Missouri attorney general joins in warning Target its ‘Pride’ merchandise for kids may violate child-protection lawsMissouri’s attorney general has joined six other AGs in warning Target its Pride merchandise may violate child-protection laws, Fox Business reported Thursday. The seven AGs also noted company officials… Read More
Big Tech, Missouri
White House disagrees with judge’s order on social media in Missouri v. Biden(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice will review a U.S. District Court injunction requested by Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey prohibiting President Joe Biden’s administration from… Read More
Biden administration
Biden’s press secretary ducks questions on White House cocaine(The Center Square) – White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre largely referred questions Wednesday about cocaine found in the White House over the weekend to the U.S. Secret Service, which… Read More
DEI
Air Force embraces DEI as recruitment falters(The Center Square) – The U.S. Air Force has become increasingly focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, and critics say it is hurting recruitment.Chief of Staff of the Air… Read More
Congress
Lawmakers: FDA delaying investigation, accountability over baby formula shortage(The Center Square) – U.S. House oversight lawmakers reviewing the FDA’s role in the baby formula shortage say the federal agency is dodging oversight and delaying providing answers. Subcommittee on… Read More
Biden administration
Injunction preventing Biden censorship collusion with Big Tech is ‘first brick in a wall between tech and state’: Missouri AGMissouri and its co-plaintiffs suing the Biden administration are “erecting a wall of separation between tech and state to protect Americans’ rights to free speech on Big Tech social media… Read More
Social Media
Social media protection bill for minors, their parents, sits idle in Senate(The Center Square) – Social media age verification legislation introduced more than two months ago remains in a U.S. Senate committee. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, on April 26 introduced Protecting… Read More
Culture
As ‘Pride Month’ ends, taxpayer spending on LGBT projects piles up(The Center Square) – As LGBT Pride Month ends, a close look at federal spending trends shows that the U.S. government is increasingly doling out billions of dollars for a… Read More
America
Confidence in U.S. government plummets(The Center Square) – The percentage of Americans who have confidence in the U.S. government has plummeted in recent years, a new poll shows. Gallup released the poll that found… Read More
Crime, St. Louis
Holiday weekend violence stuns St. Louis with half a dozen shootings, including murder-suicide killing woman, two childrenA woman and three of her children were shot by her boyfriend Monday night in a murder-suicide barrage in suburban St. Louis that left only a 9-year-old girl wounded and… Read More
Missouri
Missouri has one of the nation’s lowest beer taxes(The Center Square) – Missouri's 6-cent beer tax is among the lowest beer taxes in the country, according to a recent report. The Show Me State’s beer tax is the second-lowest… Read More
Faith, Sports
Fellowship of Christian Athletes camps are booming this summer as the ministry shares the truth of the GospelFellowship of Christian Athletes is expecting over 100,000 attendees for its camps this summer, smashing former records. In 2022, FCA recorded in its annual ministry report that attendance reached 83,421… Read More