Missouri
21st-century technology draws living history out of 1810 cemetery in MissouriST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – Black Walnut Cemetery has been around since 1810, placed in the Black Walnut area during a land transfer before Missouri became a state 11 years… Read More
Border
Florida AG: Law enforcement says White House is waving white flag at border(The Center Square) – At a border security summit in Arizona on Wednesday led by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody expressed frustration for those in law… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump faces potential federal indictment(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump may be facing an imminent federal indictment over his storage of classified documents at his Florida home. Trump’s lawyers, who met with… Read More
COVID-19
U.S. department that oversaw pandemic didn’t have complete data, ‘situational awareness’(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services used incomplete data and didn’t have the required “situational awareness” it was supposed to during the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More
Illegal Immigration
DeSantis to aid Arizona sheriffs in border battle(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a border security roundtable in Cochise County, Arizona, on Wednesday with sheriffs from multiple states on combating crime at the southern… Read More
Gender Identity
Bills protecting female athletes, prohibiting gender transitions for minors, signed into Missouri law(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed bills into law affecting transgender athletes and creating a moratorium for gender transition treatments for minors."We support everyone's… Read More
Culture, Parenting
Liberal organization calling parents’ rights groups ‘extremist’ is, itself, a ‘hate group’ and ‘a joke,’ Hawley, Cruz argueA far-left organization’s claim that parents’ rights groups are “extremist” is a badge of honor for them from a “joke” entity, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. The leftist Southern Poverty… Read More
COVID-19
Kansas schools received $1.25 billion in COVID relief funds(The Sentinel) — The amount of money Congress borrowed to give away in the name of COVID relief was mind-boggling. Eventually, $190 billion was appropriated by Congress and signed into… Read More
Missouri
Missouri joins 19-state coalition challenging EPA on California regulations(The Center Square) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Tuesday she’s leading a coalition of 19 states challenging an Environmental Protection Agency decision regarding trucks, emissions and California. The… Read More
Federal Spending
Feds spent over $1.3 billion in Russia, China on controversial projects(The Center Square) – The U.S. sent over $1.3 billion to China and Russia since 2017, according to a new analysis that details a string of problematic spending projects funded… Read More
Gender Identity
Critics blast DOJ funding for projects tailored to gender, sexuality politics(The Center Square) – A taxpayer-funded grant from the Department of Justice distributed $150,000 to “amplify the voices” of transgender people in New Orleans who are accusing the police of… Read More
Energy
Study: Renewable energy could up New England rates 20%(The Center Square) – A new study shows power demand in New England has experienced an 11.4% drop from 2008 to 2020 but could cost ratepayers billions of dollars to… Read More
DEI
Source of Missouri State University’s opposition to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion reforms by the legislature difficult to pinpointMissouri State University opposed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion reforms in the recent legislative session – but without much, if any, public notice or debate about it. The university deployed lobbyists… Read More
Energy, Kansas
Kansas utilities regulator ignores landowners, grants route for power lines to take electricity out of stateIn a 2-1 vote earlier this week, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) — which regulates public utilities in the state of Kansas — approved a “Siting Application” for a 94-mile … Read More
Education
Missouri using federal COVID funds to pay for teacher certification tests(The Center Square) – Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will pay for educator certification tests with its remaining $500,000 in federal COVID-19 funding. The funds are from the… Read More
Biden administration
Biden energy official under scrutiny for family ties to environmental lobby(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers are raising concerns about a Biden administration official’s questionable family ties to far-left groups lobbying lawmakers. U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., chair of the… Read More
President Biden
House Oversight Committee to convene contempt hearings on FBI director(The Center Square) – House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., announced that the committee will hold a contempt hearing on FBI Director Christopher Wray Thursday morning. Comer said Wray… Read More
Missouri State University
Watchdog files federal complaint to investigate and sanction Missouri State University for its no-white-males business boot campA civil rights watchdog has asked the federal government to investigate and sanction Missouri State University for a no-white-males-allowed seminar it hosted earlier this year. The Equal Protection Project’s formal… Read More
Kansas
Education officials sit atop the Kansas public retirees ‘millionaires’ listData provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows Kansas has 3,778 KPERS “millionaires” – state and local government retirees who will collect at least $1 million in pension… Read More
Taxes
Abbott: Goal is to eliminate property taxes(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott says his goal is to eliminate homeowners’ property taxes in the state of Texas. He says it’s possible to achieve over time because… Read More