Education
Schools spending federal relief money on employee bonuses(The Center Square) – School districts across the country are spending federal COVID-19 relief money on bonuses to employees, saying their employees earned it for their work during the pandemic. Read More
2022 election
Judge dismisses first of two lawsuits challenging new Missouri voter ID law(The Center Square) – A circuit court judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s new photo identification requirement for voting. House Bill 1878,… Read More
Biden administration
Biden takes heavy fire, defends himself after inflation data shows continued price increases(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden came under fire from Republican lawmakers and economists Thursday after newly released inflation data showed consumer prices continued to rise in September. “President… Read More
Economy
Prices continue to rise with food costs soaring, inflation data shows(The Center Square) – Prices continued to soar in September, newly released federal inflationdata shows, as Americans struggle to afford rising food and other consumer prices.The U.S. Bureau… Read More
Immigration
Report: ICE spent over $131.8 million on technology for foreign nationals released into U.S. to self-report to immigration hearingsOf 3.3 million with pending cases before immigration courts, ICE can only monitor 5%, or 100,000 people (The Center Square) – According to a new report published by U.S. Immigration… Read More
National
Florida to continue flying noncitizens in U.S. illegally north(The Center Square) – Florida will continue transporting foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally north for at least another eight months, according to a state contract and purchase orders reviewed and… Read More
Economy
Inflation is No. 1 concern for struggling small businesses(The Center Square) – Newly released polling data shows inflation is a top concern for small businesses as prices continue to rise. The National Federation of Independent Business released the … Read More
Local News
‘This is in our neighborhoods’: KC mom finds pornographic material in her neighborhood’s free little libraryKansas City mom Casey Thomas had always thought of her neighborhood’s free “little library” book exchange as a blessing – until Sunday, when she was startled to find books containing… Read More
State Government
KC Mayor Quinton Lucas using up to $450,000 in tax dollars to fund a lawsuit that could be dead on arrivalKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mayor Quinton Lucas is on his way to spending nearly half a million dollars of taxpayer funds – including on a $1,000-an-hour New York lawyer –… Read More
Politics
Tulsi Gabbard leaves the Democratic Party(The Center Square) – Tulsi Gabbard is leaving the Democratic Party and is encouraging others to join her, the former congresswoman from Hawaii said in a post published Tuesday… Read More
Immigration
VIDEO: Texas DPS, Texas National Guard apprehend human smugglers, gang members at border(The Center Square) – Law enforcement officers working through Operation Lone Star continue to interdict criminal activity at the Texas-Mexico border, including apprehending human smugglers and gang members.Members of Texas… Read More
Economy
Producer prices rose more than expected in September, federal data shows(The Center Square) – Producer prices rose more than expected in September, furthering the trend of rising costs in the U.S., according to newly released federal inflation data.The… Read More
Transportation
Oh deer! MoDOT reminds motorists to be deer aware during cooler monthsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As fall arrives and cooler weather sets in, more deer take to the roadways themselves, so the Missouri Department of Transportation is asking motorists to take… Read More
Education
More Americans than ever favor school choice amid growing belief public education is headed in the wrong directionMore Americans than ever are in support of school choice, according to an annual education survey.EdChoice’s annual Schooling in America survey has polled Americans for 10 years, asking them about their… Read More
Biden administration
Biden’s DOJ continues to target pro-lifers with federal arrests, indictmentsThe Department of Justice indicted 11 individuals earlier this month for federal crimes related to their pro-life activism at a Tennessee abortion clinic, charges many say are politically motivated. According… Read More
Biden administration
Lawsuit alleging government collusion with social media companies to censor speech expands(The Center Square) – Officials from the White House, Centers for Disease Control, the FBI and 11 other federal agencies are being added to a lawsuit alleging collusion with social… Read More
Agriculture
USDA unveils a $500 million stimulus program for domestic fertilizer production(The Center Square) – The Biden administration has announced $500 million in grant money to stimulate American-made fertilizer production. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled the new grant program,… Read More
Biden administration
U.S. State Department pushes ‘gender transition’ for kids as states consider bans(The Center Square) – The U.S. State Department’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan has sparked controversy for including taxpayer-funded “gender transition care” for employees and their… Read More
State Government
Oklahoma bans gender reassignment treatment for minors at Oklahoma University Health(The Center Square) – Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill to ban gender reassignment treatments for children, including hormone replacement therapy, at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. Read More
National
GOP senators’ scary Halloween fentanyl video mocked by media, but is ‘absolutely necessary,’ Missouri senator arguesThe “deadliest drug our nation has ever seen” may be dressed up as Halloween candy this year, warn 13 Republican U.S. senators in a public service announcement.Kansas Sen. Roger… Read More