Missouri
Missouri bill focuses on antisemitic discrimination in public K-12 schools, higher education(The Heartlander) — Antisemitism is “a daily reality” for Nikolay Remizov, who chose to run for Saint Louis University’s student government president last fall. “My campaign materials were defaced with… Read More
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Missouri Ethics Commission fines school district for electioneering in 2024 bond campaign as district now asks voters to approve huge tax hike(The Heartlander) — The Saint Joseph School District (SJSD) has been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission for violating campaign finance rules in a 2024 campaign for a $20 million… Read More
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Study shows how Missouri taxpayers are subsidizing teachers’ unions(The Heartlander) — Since the pandemic, teachers’ unions have been widely criticized for having liberal agendas that undermine public education. What’s worse, according to one union watchdog, is how taxpayers… Read More
Health, Missouri
Missouri health reimbursement rate dispute erupts in war of words, could raise costs for patients, taxpayersDeclining health outcomes in rural Missouri could get even worse if University of Missouri Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield can’t agree soon on higher reimbursement rates… Read More
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Missouri library flier to illegals: You don’t have to open door to ICE; lawyer upA flier reportedly posted in at least one Missouri public library paints ICE agents like vampires who can’t enter a home without being invited, unless they have a… Read More
COVID-19, Missouri
Inside an earthquake: Missouri’s ‘likely’ billion-dollar judgment against China should rock the world, officials sayChina’s refusal to defend itself in a lawsuit over the spread of COVID-19 as well as the country’s alleged sabotage of the medical response to the pandemic is “an… Read More
DEI, Missouri
Audit called for after Missouri education commissioner claims DEI limited to ‘committee,’ but website includes far-left talking pointsMissouri’s education commissioner told state senators Tuesday the only DEI at her agency is a committee – but a quick glance at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education… Read More
Education, Missouri
Missouri school district silent after hiring white superintendent who made repeated anti-white statementsA Missouri school board representing a district with nearly 90% white enrollment has refused to answer questions about the hiring of a district chief who holds racially offensive views. New… Read More
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St. Louis-area superintendent faces two lawsuits over alleged sex harassment of former principals(The Heartlander) — A St. Louis-area superintendent has been placed on leave after two former district principals accused him of punishing them for rebuffing his sexual advances. Both plaintiffs in… Read More
Congress, Missouri
Cori Bush’s far-left radical group ‘never small,’ she claims to near-empty HouseOutgoing congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri claimed in her farewell speech that her infamous far-left “squad” was “never small.” All evidence to the contrary, however, as… Read More
Education, Missouri
Experts criticize Missouri board’s proposal to lower teacher GPA standard(The Heartlander) — The Missouri State Board of Education may lower teacher certification standards to recruit more middle and high school educators, but experts tell The Heartlander the problems run… Read More
Courts, Missouri
St. Louis’ former Soros-backed prosecutor Kim Gardner admits misusing public funds to save herselfA disgraced former St. Louis circuit attorney bankrolled by billionaire liberal George Soros now admits pilfering over $5,000 in public money to save her personal law license. But the agreement… Read More
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Here is an explanation of the issues on the Missouri ballotThe following is an explanatory list of the issues on the Missouri ballot for Nov. 5 from the Missouri Secretary of State’s office , with further editor’s notes from… Read More
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Two Missouri Veterans Affairs employees charged in COVID loan fraud scheme(The Center Square) – Two Missouri men, one a current employee and the other a former employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pleaded not guilty to charges of fraudulently… Read More
Abortion, Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court puts abortion amendment back on November ballot(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put Amendment 3, an abortion rights initiative, on… Read More
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Jackson County sues State Tax Commission for order on 2023 property tax rollback(The Center Square) – Jackson County leaders filed a lawsuit to overturn the Missouri State Tax Commission’s order to roll back 2023 property tax assessment values. Assessor Gail McCann Beatty,… Read More
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Guests of a Missouri resort at risk of Legionnaires’ disease as confirmed cases riseHealth officials in Missouri are cautioning recent visitors of a resort and RV park after three guests were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The guests who fell… Read More
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Missouri Highway Patrol reports 11% of school buses failed safety inspection(The Center Square) – Before children started riding buses to school this week for the first days of classes, the Missouri State Highway Patrol revealed approximately 11% of buses failed… Read More
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Got raw milk? Farm in Excelsior Springs specializes and thrives in controversial productEXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. – Missouri’s Be Whole Again Farm is certainly going against the grain with its marketing of much-debated grass-fed A2 raw milk – which hasn’t been… Read More
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University of Missouri research spending doubles in 10 years to $462M, ranks 70th(The Center Square) – As parents make tuition payments to Missouri’s universities, they might wonder about their taxes paying for multi-story laboratory buildings and salaries of researchers. Earlier this year,… Read More