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Why the rushed Postal Service plan for mail-in voting has states in a panic

19 hours 47 minutes ago
President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections. The order directed the U.S. Postal Service to strictly regulate the envelope design of mail-in ballots and to collect voter data from each state through an online portal, among […]
Jacob Fischler

More states are putting panic alarms in schools

20 hours 47 minutes ago
Three states this year have enacted laws that require or allow schools to use mobile, wearable, wireless or silent panic alarms to quickly summon emergency responders. The new laws in Illinois, Virginia and West Virginia bring the number of states with such laws to 13, with 10 of them acting since 2023. Another dozen states […]
Robbie Sequeira

Tom Cruise Parrots Paramount’s Empty Merger Promises Because He Loves His ‘Hollywood Family’

21 hours 22 minutes ago
Just so we’re clear: pre-merger promises (especially in the media and telecom sectors) are absolutely worthless. There’s fifty years of indisputable evidence that all of the “synergies” and innovative improvements promised on the front end of major media mergers mean absolutely nothing. Especially in a country dead-set on defanging its labor and consumer protection regulators. […]
Karl Bode

Women on parole face higher rates of mental health, housing challenges

21 hours 47 minutes ago
Women on parole report higher rates of housing instability, poor health and serious mental health and substance use disorders than men on parole and women who weren’t on parole, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice. For people leaving prison, parole is a period of transition that can […]
Amanda Watford

Missouri school leaders concerned ahead of ‘A’ through ‘F’ report card rollout

21 hours 47 minutes ago
Missouri educators voiced concerns Thursday that the state is rushing to roll out an “A” through “F” report card system for public schools without fully considering its provisions. In the second of four feedback sessions the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is holding to meet with stakeholders about the proposal, public school leaders peppered […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Wak’a Garden

21 hours 47 minutes ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Evacuations canceled after major gas leak in Troy, Missouri

21 hours 56 minutes ago
LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. - The City of Troy canceled evacuations Friday morning after previously declaring a state of emergency due to a gas leak. According to the City of Troy, emergency crews responded to the incident around 7 a.m. in the area of Highway J near Bobeen. The ammonia leak occurred during a delivery's failed [...]
Nick Gladney