Missouri Legislature, Uncategorized
Legislation requiring 60% of votes to change Missouri Constitution draws praise, criticism(The Center Square) – A resolution creating a steeper challenge to change Missouri’s Constitution was panned by Democrats as limiting the voice of the voter on Thursday, while Republicans… Read More
Border
Congressman wants to impeach DHS secretary over border crisis(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, said Wednesday he will introduce impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for dereliction of… Read More
Second Amendment
Lawmaker says state police should ‘hold off’ enforcing Illinois’ gun ban while challenges play out(The Center Square) – With few details made public about enforcement efforts taken by the Illinois State Police over Illinois’ gun ban, some are saying the law enforcement agency should… Read More
Abortion
Missouri leads 20 AGs warning Walgreens, CVS about mailing abortion pills(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 19 other attorneys general are warning Walgreens and CVS pharmacies that any plans to mail abortion-inducing pills is illegal… Read More
Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden’s claim he’s a victim and his critics should be criminally investigated is ‘rich,’ says Missouri Sen. Josh HawleyHunter Biden is now on the offensive against his detractors – which Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley finds offensive in itself. Lawyers for President Biden’s embattled son have asked the… Read More
First Responders, Missouri
New Webster County organization aims to support families of fallen officers and firefightersWEBSTER COUNTY, Mo. – A new nonprofit in Webster County is looking to assist families of fallen officers and firefighters. Teresa Housholder, vice president of the Webster County 100 Club,… Read More
Education, Parenting
Kansas City-area school district quietly removes alarming ‘designer baby’ assignment with eugenic overtones after mom’s concerns(The Heartlander) — Students in a Missouri middle school were given a genetics assignment suggesting traits such as “skinny,” blond hair and gray or blue eyes are the most valuable.If… Read More
Water
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and 24 other GOP governors ask Biden administration to pause its broader clean water rule(The Center Square) – Twenty-five Republican governors oppose a revised federal rule regulating U.S. waterways, citing uncertainty from an undecided U.S. Supreme Court case related to the rule. The governors… Read More
President Biden
Biden’s second home searched by FBI for classified documents(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s personal residence in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, was searched by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday as part of an ongoing probe into… Read More
Water
Missouri announces $1M plan to reduce runoff harming Gulf of Mexico(The Center Square) – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday a $1 million plan to address harm created by nutrients flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Wyoming bill would allocate resources to fund border wall(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers in Wyoming are advancing legislation that would appropriate more than $5 million toward border security efforts in Texas, Arizona and Florida. SF0166, “Border wall… Read More
Crime
Missouri lawmakers have another chance to create a violent offender registryCreation of a violent offender registry has been reintroduced in the Missouri General Assembly. According to state Rep. Lane Roberts, R-Joplin, individuals convicted of first- and second-degree murder would be… Read More
Education
Kansas parent wins fight against school’s ‘social justice’ curriculumKirsten Workman, the Lansing mom who withdrew her 12th-grade daughter from an English Composition class over content she found objectionable and mounted a curriculum challenge to the material offered in the… Read More
Inflation
Survey: Two-thirds of Americans fear inflation will worsen; almost 90% worried about it(The Center Square) – Two out of every three Americans fear inflation will be worse in 2023 than it was last year, prompting nearly 90% of respondents overall in a… Read More
Missouri
Missouri Senate bills would change ballot initiative process(The Center Square) – A number of bills filed in the Missouri legislature would change the way constitutional amendments and laws would make it to the ballot and the number… Read More
Crime
Crime continues to be main issue among Chicago mayoral candidates(The Center Square) – Candidates in the 2023 Chicago mayoral election say incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot has not done enough to stop crime.Earlier this week, Lightfoot broke ground… Read More
School Choice
Students join in the call for school choice at the Kansas capitol(The Sentinel) — It was standing — and sitting on the floor –room-only, as some 200 students and educators from as far away as Wichita joined advocates in urging legislators… Read More
Critical Race Theory
Bill seeks to block federal funds for schools that ‘indoctrinate with critical race theory’(The Center Square) – A Texas congressman has introduced legislation to ban federal funding for public schools that promote theories that discriminate on the basis of race, color or national… Read More
School Choice
Poll: 62% of parents support school choice, but over half cite a lack of information on it(The Center Square) – More than six out of every 10 voters with children under 18 would be receptive to the prospect of their child attending a school outside of… Read More
Congress
Republicans, including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, seek broader TikTok ban(The Center square) – A bill introduced by a pair of Republican lawmakers seeks a broader ban on the use of the social media platform TikTok in the U.S. Read More