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Christian Rehder

Christian Rehder is the Editor of The Heartlander. He joined the publication in early 2021 after working in the nonpartisan Office of Presidential Correspondence for The White House for almost two…

2022 election
Kit Bond and John Ashcroft endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate, despite past relationships with John Wood

Independent candidate John Wood continues to take losses in his last-minute bid for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, missing out on two massive endorsements last week that some… Read More

August 23, 2022
Mizzou
UM System Board of Curators to vote on improved PTO system for employees

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri System Board of Curators is gearing up to vote on an improved paid time off (PTO) system providing MU employees more… Read More

August 19, 2022
State Government
Governor aiming for permanent income tax cut, rather than one-time rebate, in Missouri legislative special session

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With 40-year-high inflation continually causing citizens to spend more for everyday items, legislators and political leaders are gearing up for a special session intended… Read More

August 17, 2022
2022 election
Better Elections wasted millions of out-of-state dollars in failed effort to get ranked-choice voting on the ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A petition to get ranked-choice voting (RCV) on Missouri’s November ballot not only failed miserably, but wasted millions of out-of-state dollars in the process. … Read More

August 15, 2022
Crime
Kansas attorney sentenced for smuggling heroin into prison for her former client and romantic partner, who is a convicted child murderer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Shawnee, Kansas lawyer and former public defender has been sentenced to over a year behind bars after smuggling heroin to a convicted murderer… Read More

August 11, 2022