National
Home prices at 45-year high, pricing many buyers out of the market(The Center Square) – Home prices are at a 45-year high, pricing many buyers out of an historic seller’s market, new data published by CoreLogic show. Annual home prices… Read More
State Government
State Rep. David Gregory pre-files bill to ban Critical Race Theory from Missouri public schoolsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Rep. David Gregory of the 96th District has prefiled legislation to prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its principles within Missouri schools. Read More
State Government
Park Hill School District sued for discrimination and violating students’ constitutional rights after “Start slavery Again” petition was created by minority studentsRIVERSIDE, Mo. – Park Hill School District (PHSD) is being accused of discrimination and violating students’ constitutional rights in a federal lawsuit after its handling of an innapropriate joke petition… Read More
State Government
Marijuana legalization, criminal expungement to be addressed by legislature, ballot campaign(The Center Square) – Criminal justice reform wasn’t a priority for state Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, when first elected to the Missouri legislature in 2014. As he enters his final… Read More
Local News, Uncategorized
After 2020 holiday plans were foiled by pandemic, the City of Carthage builds bigger, better celebration for 2021CARTHAGE, Mo. – With their big plans for last year’s Christmas cancelled due to COVID-19, Vision Carthage says they have reignited the community’s holiday interests for a comeback in 2021. … Read More
State Government
Doug Russell, former Missouri GOP State Party Chair, Named Campaign Chair for Taylor Burks for CongressLEBANON, Missouri – Taylor Burks for Congress announced today that Lebanon businessman DougRussell, former State Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, is joining his team as CampaignChairman. Russell is the… Read More
National
AG Paxton: Texas will keep winning in court despite Biden administration’s disdain for state(The Center Square) – Attorney General Ken Paxton says it’s clear that the Biden administration dislikes the Lone Star State. He made the comments after the most recent lawsuit filed against… Read More
National
Op-Ed: Bob Dole, stateman, politician, soldier and citizen"The proudest moment in my life, I'll remember most is the sight of all the wheelchairs on the White House lawn, when President Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act… Read More
National
Analysis: Americans overwhelmingly oppose plan to hire IRS agents to audit Americans(The Center Square) – Included in the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act currently before the U.S. Senate is a proposal to allocate $80 billion to the Internal Revenue Service to… Read More
State Government
Springfield City Council to discuss policing issues at next meetingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Springfield City Council is meeting Monday night to discuss reversing a 2014 policy that prevented police officers from responding to non-injury motor vehicle accidents. Since the… Read More
National
CBO: Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan could add $3 trillion to the debt when accounting tricks removed(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden has repeatedly touted that his “Build Back Better” spending bill would not add to the national debt, but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office… Read More
State Government
‘School choice’ becomes a legislative priority for Missouri’s education department in 2022(The Center Square) – One word from one state agency is raising eyebrows throughout Missouri.Dozens of organizations publish thousands of words outlining priorities for the upcoming Missouri legislative session. Some… Read More
State Government
Springfield Public Schools refuse to obey Missouri judge’s ruling and AG Schmitt’s cease and desist lettersSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled last month that local health departments cannot issue public health orders such as mask mandates, and that all current public… Read More
Homeschools, Uncategorized
Former Kansas City Chiefs player leads Springfield homeschool football team to 5th national championshipSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Springfield’s Lighthouse Christian Chargers football team has won their 5th National Homeschool Football Association (NHFA) championship under 2nd-year head coach and former Kansas City Chiefs player Brett… Read More
Mizzou
Badie, Mevis, Maietti named to All-SEC teams ahead of Armed Forces BowlDoak Walker Award finalist Tyler Badie received more accolades for his spectacular 2021 season, earning All-American Second Team honors from multiple outlets and All-SEC Coaches’ First Team honors… Read More
State Government
UM Board of Curators vote to allow students, visitors to keep firearms inside of their vehicles on campusCOLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri System Board of Curators voted Friday to eliminate a rule that only allowed campus employees to keep firearms in their vehicles on campus. Read More
National
Inflation soars, hitting nearly 40 year high(The Center Square) – Consumer prices increased by nearly 7% in November 2021 compared to the same timae last year, newly federal inflation data show, the steepest rise in decades. Read More
State Government
New bill will prohibit any vaccine mandates, required testing for public school students and facultyJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Rep. Nick Schroer of St. Charles County pre-filed legislation last week to prohibit vaccine mandates within the school system for both students and faculty/staff. If passed,… Read More
National
U.S. Senate to Biden: No to private sector vaccine mandate(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate Wednesday night sent the Biden administration a message: Congress’ upper chamber does not support the president’s vaccine mandate on private businesses. With two… Read More
National
Longtime Kansas Senator Bob Dole passed away on SundayWASHINGTON D.C. — Longtime Kansas Senator and 1996 presidential candidate Bob Dole passed away on Sunday at the age of 98. Dole represented the state of Kansas in both the… Read More