Missouri
Missouri parks now allowing harvesting of hay, drawing of water to help farmers deal with drought(The Center Square) – Missouri government agencies are allowing farmers to harvest hay and obtain water from state parks and conservation areas to deal with worsening drought conditions. Republican Missouri… Read More
Agriculture
Missouri governor joins coaltion to block California’s Proposition 12 limiting pork sales(The Center Square) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she’s a leader of a coalition that’s asking U.S. Congressional leaders to counter California’s Proposition 12 with a bill… Read More
Missouri
Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson encourages kids to help communities with CommUNITY Service ChallengeJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson is encouraging kids to get out of the house and help others in their community this summer. Read More
Gender Identity
Majority of Americans oppose trans athletes competing outside birth gender(The Center Square) – Nearly 70% of surveyed Americans say transgender athletes “should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that conform with their birth gender,” a poll from… Read More
Missouri
Analysis: 50% of school buses fail inspection in St. Louis, Jefferson City(The Center Square) – School buses that operate in St. Louis and Jefferson City's public school districts had high rates of failed inspections performed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol,… Read More
Free Speech
‘We should all be frightened’: landmark Missouri lawsuit over Biden’s ‘Orwellian’ censorship has judge’s full attentionA judge’s first crucial ruling is expected any time. But Missouri’s lawsuit fighting back against the Biden administration’s hectoring of Big Tech to censor conservative speech already has “landmark case”… Read More
COVID-19
Owner of Missouri companies indicted for $2.9M in COVID relief fraud, Clean Air Act violations(The Center Square) – A Missouri company has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million in federal pandemic loans and violating the Clean Air Act. Read More
Missouri, Springfield
Taxpayer funds support Springfield’s Ozarks Pridefest, where Satanic drag queen will perform for kids and familiesTaxpayer-funded organizations in Springfield, Missouri, are supporting this Saturday’s Ozarks Pridefest, which includes a drag queen known for lewd shows. What’s worse, critics say, is how the drag queen performances… Read More
Culture
Taxpayer funds support Springfield, Missouri’s Pridefest, where Satanic drag queen will perform for kids and familiesTaxpayer-funded organizations in Springfield, Missouri, are supporting this Saturday’s Ozarks Pridefest, which includes a drag queen known for lewd shows. What’s worse, critics say, is how the drag queen performances… Read More
AI, Congress
Congress must act urgently to protect personal data, kids and elections from growing threat of AI, Hawley warnsFacebook parent Meta may have unleashed the kraken with the apparent leak of its text-generating program “LLaMA,” while even more secure artificial intelligence models have already been used… Read More
Missouri
Harvest Outreach in Hannibal renovates new facility, continues to help less fortunateHANNIBAL, Mo. – This faith-based outreach ministry in northern Missouri helps the struggling and less fortunate through free meals, counseling and sober living. Loaves and Fishes,… Read More
Missouri
21st-century technology draws living history out of 1810 cemetery in MissouriST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – Black Walnut Cemetery has been around since 1810, placed in the Black Walnut area during a land transfer before Missouri became a state… Read More
Government
Prohibitions on transgender athletes, gender transitions signed into Missouri law(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed bills into law affecting transgender athletes and creating a moratorium for gender transition treatments for minors. “We support… Read More
Missouri
Missouri joins 19-state coalition challenging EPA on California regulations(The Center Square) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Tuesday she’s leading a coalition of 19 states challenging an Environmental Protection Agency decision regarding trucks, emissions and California. The… Read More
Public Education
75% of University of Missouri’s freshman class received merit-based scholarships(The Center Square) – Approximately 75% of the University of Missouri’s 5,000 freshmen in 2022 received some type of merit-based scholarship, the institution reported. The $92.3 million in total scholarships… Read More
Energy, Kansas
Kansas utilities regulator ignores landowners, grants route for power lines to take electricity out of stateIn a 2-1 vote earlier this week, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) — which regulates public utilities in the state of Kansas — approved a “Siting Application” for a 94-mile … Read More
Education
Missouri using federal COVID funds to pay for teacher certification tests(The Center Square) – Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will pay for educator certification tests with its remaining $500,000 in federal COVID-19 funding. The funds are from the… Read More
Missouri
Mitigation, response plan published day after Missouri issues drought alert(The Center Square) – The day after Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared a drought alert, the Division of Natural Resources announced publication of a new mitigation and response plan. Read More
Public Education
‘God, let me make it there on time.’ School Resource Deputy talks suicidal teen down from water towerWhen law enforcement officers responded to a late-evening call about a teen climbing a water tower, they discovered a suicidal 8th grader near the top who only wanted to talk… Read More
Josh Hawley
Missouri workers lose on debt deal, farmers win in Supreme Court case, says Senator Josh HawleyMissouri workers are getting a raw deal in the debt deal, while the state’s farmers and ranchers won a huge court victory on the right to manage their… Read More