Illinois, Missouri
Illinois lawmakers react to Missouri law restricting transgender procedures(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he will support any family who moves to Illinois from Missouri after a new law in the Show Me State bans procedures… Read More
Public Education
Biden’s Secretary of Education in St. Louis for school tour to ‘raise the bar’ after government lockdowns set kids backU.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona was in St. Louis Wednesday as part of the Biden administration’s “Back to School Bus Tour 2023: Raise the Bar” event. But critics told… Read More
Missouri, St. Louis
Missouri House speaker: St. Louis’ crime, taxes will be focus during 2024 session(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis will be an important area to focus on during the 2024 legislation session, according to Missouri’s speaker of the House of… Read More
COVID-19
Third Missourian pleads not guilty to fraud in obtaining $185K in pandemic funds(The Center Square) – The third of three people charged in two schemes to fraudulently obtain more than $185,000 through federal pandemic financial assistance pleaded not guilty to charges. Shonta… Read More
Public Education
Missouri, Kansas rank No. 1 and No. 2 in this alarming school sex assault category, while Biden admin focuses on ‘gender discrimination’ insteadStatistics released by the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Civil Rights Data Collection unit shows Missouri schools rank first in rapes and attempted rapes, behind Kansas and Massachusetts. “Comparatively, the… Read More
Courts
Missouri school district faces federal lawsuit from outspoken parent it banned from district propertyAs one Missouri school district resumes classes, it awaits a court date over a lawsuit filed last month by a parent who says he was banned from the school for… Read More
St. Louis
Missouri House special committee to focus on St. Louis’ 1% earning tax(The Center Square) – The Republican chairman of a special House interim committee on the earnings tax believes its impact on the City of St. Louis also affects all of… Read More
Public Education
St. Joseph, Missouri Board of Education member cries foul over ‘coded language’ in new member ethics policy meant to muzzle dissentA board member of a Missouri school district is denouncing a new ethics policy that he says contains “coded language” meant to muzzle his First Amendment rights. St. Joseph School… Read More
Internet, Missouri
Grassroots effort helps Missouri gain billions in federal broadband funding(The Center Square) – Missouri’s share of $42 billion in federal funds for expanding broadband infrastructure was partially dependent on verifying areas without internet throughout the state. Late last year,… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Missouri voters favor charter school expansion, educational freedom and restrictions on gender ideology in schoolsA recent poll revealed the majority of Missouri voters support socially conservative and pro-school choice policies for education. The survey was conducted by Saint Louis University… Read More
Springfield
Employee who called Greene County commissioners ‘bigots’ for not funding LGBTQ group with outreach to young children resignsSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield government employee who called Greene County commissioners “bigots” for not supporting an LGBTQ grant because of its possible “outreach”… Read More
Missouri
Silver Dollar City unveils plans for new Fire In The Hole indoor coasterBRANSON, Mo. – Those familiar with Silver Dollar City were heartbroken to learn the amusement park would close one of its oldest and most beloved rides, Fire In… Read More
Abortion, Opinion
Secretary of State: Missouri voters must not be misled on the aim of pro-abortion ballot proposals“The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” — Thomas Jefferson, to Maryland Republicans,… Read More
Missouri, UFOs
Piedmont, Wayne County designated as UFO Capitals of Missouri under new billPIEDMONT, Mo. – Hundreds of UFO sightings have been reported in the Piedmont and Clearwater Lake areas for decades, garnering the attention of the FBI, military and researchers… Read More
Springfield
‘The Flying Greek’ Mike Pappas receives posthumous mural in Springfield after fight with cancerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The nonprofit group Fight Colorectal Cancer has unveiled a sizable mural in downtown Springfield honoring late professional wrestling legend Mike Pappas, “The Flying Greek.”… Read More
Springfield
Government employee blasts Greene County commissioners as ‘bigots’ for not funding LGBTQ group with outreach to young childrenSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A local health department spokesman called his county commissioners “bigots” for not approving a grant to an LGBT organization because of its “outreach” to kids… Read More
Culture
Missouri Rep. Cori Bush received $15K from university for lectures on reparationsMissouri U.S. Rep. Cori Bush received $15,000 from George Mason University for lecturing students on reparations, according to financial disclosure filings. Fox News first reported on the payments and… Read More
Kansas City
Jackson County assessor facing class action lawsuit, probe by Missouri auditor, over wildly varying assessments, chaotic appeals processKansas City taxpayers have performed their own assessments of the Jackson County property tax system. The verdict: mass confusion, myriad complaints and record numbers… Read More
Public Education
Less service, more pay: Missouri state rep. cautions on 4-day school week as levy increase passesProponents of a shortened school week aren’t asking what is best for the kids, says a Missouri lawmaker who represents a large district moving to four days per week while… Read More
Education, Missouri
New Missouri school board member elected to listen to parents attacked by district for public ‘listening sessions’A newly elected Missouri school board member was reprimanded for holding “listening sessions” with parents in a letter signed by six other members of the board. Ozark, Missouri school board… Read More