Crime, St. Louis
BackStoppers aids injured St. Louis officers as suspect faces murder charges for wrong way crashThe BackStoppers announced Monday it is providing financial support to two St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers critically injured when a wrong-way driver intentionally struck their patrol car head on. Read More
Missouri
St. Joseph teacher defends vulgar anti-ICE posts, calls report of them ‘political attack’A St. Joseph, Missouri third-grade teacher is now claiming a Heartlander story on his profane social media posts is “a politically motivated attack.” The Heartlander reported Jan. 27 that… Read More
Missouri Legislature, School Shootings
Missouri Rangers: A new approach to school safetyA new proposal in the Missouri Legislature aims to bridge the gap between armed security and law enforcement by creating a specialized “Missouri Rangers” program.Republican Sen. David Gregory from Chesterfield… Read More
Elections
Ed Dept launches investigation into organization allegedly leaking student data to ‘influence elections’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday opened an investigation into a program that may be illegally collecting and sharing student information for the purpose… Read More
Crime, Gender Identity
WATCH: Georgia county fires cop for confronting trans person who used ladies’ room(The Center Square) – The DeKalb County Police Department has fired a veteran officer for telling a transgender library patron to stay out of the women’s restroom, according to internal records… Read More
Elections
Tulsi Gabbard’s office reveals voting machine probe in US territory(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A team working under Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard probed Puerto Rico’s voting machines in May 2025, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The aim… Read More
Congress, Consumer Protection
Self-driving cars in ‘difficult driving situations’ are guided by remote Filipinos overseas, company confirms(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The chief safety officer for a leading self-driving car company admitted during a Senate hearing Wednesday that it hires remote human operators overseas to guide… Read More
Abortion
Michigan pro-life groups sue over state law forcing them to hire employees opposed to their mission(The Heartlander)–Pro-life groups are suing Michigan over a state law they say is unconstitutionally forcing them to hire employees who oppose their fundamental mission and views on abortion. Right to… Read More
Josh Hawley
Find anti-ICE moneymen, pass SAVE Act to secure US elections, Hawley pressesMissouri Sen. Josh Hawley has asked the Trump administration to investigate who’s funding the anti-ICE protests around the nation, and is calling on his colleagues in Congress to tighten up… Read More
ICE
Mass deportation: Who was more ‘inhumane’ – Obama or Trump?(The Daily Signal) – Those who claim President Barack Obama deported illegal aliens more “humanely” make the following assertions: a) Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn’t go into the streets under… Read More
DEI
Investigation: Wisconsin university closes DEI unit but keeps most staff working on equity issues(The Center Square) – After concerns were raised about spending on DEI, the University of Wisconsin-Madison shuttered a department but kept most of the staff and their titles working on… Read More
Foreign Policy
Megyn Kelly asks JD Vance point-blank if Trump is wasting time on foreign policy(Daily Caller News Foundation) – SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly pressed Vice President J.D. Vance about whether President Donald Trump was focusing too much on foreign policy during an interview that… Read More
AI, Education
New York schools admit AI is teaching kids, insist it helps ‘foster human connection’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – New York City school superintendents are boasting that instructors use artificial intelligence (AI) to teach kids reading comprehension.In an opinion article for education… Read More
Illinois
Chicago’s $41 billion financial hole exposes city’s pension crisis(The Center Square) – Chicago finished fiscal year 2024 with a $41.1 billion gap between the money it has available to pay bills and the obligations it owes, according to a… Read More
Poll
Poll: Americans say cutting government spending is best way to reduce debt(The Center Square) – A majority of Americans say cutting government spending is the best way to lower debt and costs, a new poll from the National Taxpayers… Read More
Josh Hawley
Hypersexualized Netflix content for kids doing the ruinous work of sex-change butchers, chatbots, Hawley arguesNetflix is doing harm to children in the manner of mutilating sex-change surgeries and suicide-promoting chatbots, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley warns. Hawley put Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos on high… Read More
DEI, Missouri
Missouri AG sues MSHSAA over “racist and unlawful” sex-based board quotasMissouri’s attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit against the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) claiming the organization uses unconstitutional race- and sex-based quotas to fill its board… Read More
Kansas
Kansas Democrats predict ‘worse outcomes’ with school choice – but is that true?A Kansas Democrat leader claims school choice is “extremist,” leads to “worse academic outcomes” and only benefits the rich.But are any of those claims true?Not according to the evidence.“Kansas students… Read More
Kansas, Schools
Kansas schools spend nearly $19,000 per student as enrollment, test scores fall, employment, cash reserves rise(The Sentinel) – Data from the Kansas Department of Education shows school funding for the 2024-25 school year set another record at $8.65 billion, averaging … Read More
Immigration
6 things to know about judge who blocked Trump deportation of Haitian immigrants(The Heartlander)–The Joe Biden-appointed judge who halted the Trump administration’s deportation of about 350,000 Haitians has a background as a private Democrat financial supporter, though with a sometimes-unpredictable judicial record.U.S. Read More