A new federal report released the week before Tuesday’s midterm elections found that Americans experienced declines in several categories of violent and property crime victimization in 2025, including aggravated assaults, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts. The preliminary survey findings from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics offers a fresh look at crime trends as the […]
Missouri must pay $150,000 to the mother of a man who committed suicide in a Southeast Missouri prison, a Mississippi County judge ruled Friday. Jahi Hynes was 27 when died April 4, 2021, at the Southeast Missouri Correctional Center in Charleston. His mother, Willa Hynes, sued the Department of Corrections, three of the agency’s corporate […]
The age of the typical first-time homebuyer last year remained stuck at a historic high of 40 years old as younger people continue to get the worst of brutally high prices and interest rates in much of the country. That’s according to new data from the National Association of Realtors, and it’s the second year […]
Missouri Republicans spent two years trying to reinstate an abortion ban. They emerged from Tuesday’s election with fewer ways to do it — and no plans to stop trying. About 55% of voters rejected Amendment 3, preserving the constitutional right to abortion approved in 2024. Voters also approved Amendment 6, which sharply limits lawmakers’ power […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to establish the Oval Office and White House Cabinet Room as a national monument in order to prevent any major renovations to those spaces that are not approved by Congress. Trump, who tore down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom, […]
Missouri’s crackdown on intoxicating hemp products is already underway, a week before a new state law threatens to push thousands of businesses out of the market. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced four new lawsuits Wednesday against retailers accused of illegally selling marijuana disguised as hemp. That same day, a federal judge dismissed a hemp industry […]
Alabama Republicans had hoped Rep. Shomari Figures would deliver a concession speech on Tuesday night after the state legislature redrew his district to be more GOP-friendly. Instead, the Democrat declared victory — winning nearly 54% of the vote. “We know what happened with this district,” Figures told supporters as he invoked the Republican gerrymander. “But […]
Missouri Senate Republicans will return to Jefferson City in January with fewer seats, a flood of newcomers and new leaders who say they heard voters’ frustration Tuesday — even as they have yet to settle on what to do about it. Sen. Jason Bean, a Republican from Holcomb chosen Thursday to serve as Senate president […]
WASHINGTON — As the monumental midterm victories set in, Democrats began to talk strategy Wednesday on how to deliver what voters want: lower prices, attainable health care and an end to a stagnant and expensive conflict in the Middle East. Starting in January, the party will control both chambers of Congress, giving them the upper hand over much […]
Fewer than 1 in 20 rental listings across the largest U.S. cities are flagged as reserved for renters under an income limit, according to new data from Apartments.com. But average income-restricted rent fell year over year in 13 of the 50 markets, compared with three for market-rate rent. Just 4.6% of listings across the 50 […]
Missouri childcare providers have classrooms sitting empty and parents eager to fill them. But with funding stretched thin, the state isn’t approving most new applications for subsidies that would make those openings affordable. There were 11,618 children on the waiting list for Missouri’s childcare subsidy program on Oct. 5 — more than a third of […]
After losing 16 Missouri House seats Tuesday in their worst election since Watergate, Republicans are questioning whether their own legislative agenda helped drive voters away. Some blamed national political headwinds and low Republican turnout. Others pointed directly to a string of unpopular proposals pursued by their own party. “We need to focus on the business […]
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have just a couple months to decide how they want to balance investigations into President Donald Trump and his administration with securing his signature on major bills to address the cost of living, a top concern for voters. While Democrats gained control of the House and Senate in this year’s midterm […]
Missouri’s refusal to establish setback spacing requirements between concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, isn’t just a bureaucratic oversight — it’s a structural failure that guarantees cumulative pollution. Our laws treat each CAFO as if it exists in isolation, but rural communities live with the reality of multiple industrial barns clustered together, all potentially draining […]
Ahead of the midterms, Democrats wargamed dozens of scenarios looking at how President Donald Trump might try to undermine the election, everything from seizing voting machines to falsely declaring a foreign attack. But when the blue tsunami arrived Tuesday night, Trump seemed to let it wash right over him. In a series of late-night interviews, […]
The fingerpointing is coming from inside the house. Vice President JD Vance said in a lengthy social media post Wednesday that Republicans’ shellacking in the midterm elections the night before was mainly due to the administration’s war in Iran. Though Vance sought to soften the blow to President Donald Trump by ascribing the same opinion to […]
WASHINGTON — Voting ended Tuesday in this year’s midterm elections, leaving officials and volunteers counting tens of millions of ballots to determine which U.S. House and Senate candidates will take the oath of office in January. The post-election process includes numerous steps and varying deadlines for when ballots have to be certified, since each state […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries got one step closer to becoming the next speaker after Democrats delivered a sweeping victory in the midterm elections. If elected by a majority of House members, Jeffries would make history as the first Black person to hold the gavel. The 56-year-old Brooklynite would lead Democrats’ charge against President […]
Democrats have won the majority of governor’s offices for the first time in 16 years after the GOP racked up major losses across the country. Democrats flipped governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas and defended competitive races in Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to unofficial results from The Associated Press and Decision Desk […]
In local elections across the country, Americans voted overwhelmingly to restrict the buildout of data centers in their communities. As of Friday, 44 ballot measures to restrict data centers were passed by voters and two held significant leads in ongoing vote counts, according to the tracking website Data Centers on the Ballot. The measures included […]
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