In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people who are in the country illegally. The case is ongoing. But for now, immigrants — including those who are in the country legally […]
WASHINGTON — A Department of Homeland Security policy that barred unannounced visits for lawmakers seeking to conduct oversight at facilities that hold immigrants will remain in place, as ordered by a federal judge Monday. District of Columbia federal Judge Jia Cobb issued an order that denied a request from a dozen Democratic lawmakers, on the […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump showed no signs Tuesday of backing off his goal to acquire Greenland, after saying over the weekend he would place a 10% tariff on eight European countries that object to his plans and posting several times on social media. Trump’s insistence that the United States gain control of the Arctic […]
Missouri lawmakers are considering a package of bills they hope will curb child sex trafficking, train first responders to recognize signs of sex trafficking and shift punishment away from survivors. The bills would also establish the crime of “grooming a minor,” defined in the legislation as a pattern of behavior by an adult intended to […]
Missouri lawmakers are considering expanding the state’s private school voucher program with proposals to open eligibility and remove demands on private schools who accept voucher funds. But the program, which has spent a majority of the $50 million it received in state funding this fiscal year, may lack room to grow with Gov. Mike Kehoe […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” Before a town hall audience in Iowa in December 2023, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump, “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as […]
Gov. Mike Kehoe’s State of the State address rested on a tension he never resolved. Missouri, he warned, is falling behind. Its population is “stagnant.” Economic growth over the past decade has been “average at best.” When competing with states like Texas and Tennessee, Missouri too often loses before the conversation even begins. Yet in […]
KANSAS CITY — Roughly 1% of the more than 53,000 Missourians who received abortions over the last 10 years in Illinois and Kansas experienced complications, ranging from infection to incomplete abortions to hemorrhaging. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office are dissecting dozens of Missouri’s Targeted Regulation of Abortion, or TRAP laws, […]
A Missouri House candidate’s history of domestic violence. A Highway Patrol trooper’s sexual abuse of a fellow officer at a work conference. A lawsuit between prominent St. Louis attorneys. All of these cases were removed from Missouri’s public court database. Searching for them online, it appeared as if they never existed. Cases assigned a high […]
If left up to the Trump administration, Martin Luther King Jr. Day would likely be nullified as a federal holiday. Trump used his executive powers to change the observance of MLK Day by cancelling it as a free-admission day for those who wish to visit our national parks during federal holidays. The order also applies […]
I sure wish that ABC’s NFL football anchor, the late Howard Cosell, was alive today to reflect about how Missouri will not have an NFL team in the state after the Chiefs’ departure from Missouri. I’m sure Cosell would have some strong words about the financial factors and threats that have left Missouri without an […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump outlined his health care proposals to Congress on Thursday, asking lawmakers to approve several broad policy changes “without delay” — but left out any mention of enhanced tax credits whose expiration has left some Americans with skyrocketing costs. Health care costs, especially the rising price of health insurance, have become […]
Nationwide, the number of people buying health plans on Obamacare insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released this week. Many states are reporting fewer new enrollees, more people dropping their coverage, and more people choosing cheaper and less generous health insurance plans with higher deductibles. […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened Friday to place tariffs on Greenland and any country that opposes his efforts to take over the Arctic island, as members of Congress from both political parties were in Europe to assure allied nations that lawmakers won’t go along with his plans. “I may do that for Greenland too. […]
The Trump administration hit two major legal roadblocks this week in its effort to obtain sensitive personal voter data from states. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge David Carter dismissed a lawsuit by the Department of Justice against California seeking voter information. The Trump administration has demanded that at least 40 states provide unredacted voter […]
A plan to add Medicaid work requirements to the state Constitution was debated by a Missouri House committee this week, with Republican lawmakers hoping to put the issue before voters later this year. The proposed ballot measure, if approved by a majority of Missouri voters, would make it more difficult for the state to reverse […]
More Missouri public school students could receive gifted education under two proposals debated by the House Education Committee Thursday. State Rep. Brenda Shields, a Republican from St. Joseph, is sponsoring a bill that would require schools to screen all students to determine if they qualify as gifted before they reach third grade. She estimates that […]
Missouri cannabis regulators have changed their guidance on whether or not medical marijuana patients can purchase from licensed dispensaries as a regular consumer, following complaints over the last year that the state’s policy was an unconstitutional restriction. But the update ended up causing more confusion about what patients can or can’t do, cannabis advocates say. […]
WASHINGTON — A panel of appellate judges Wednesday heard a challenge from civil rights groups to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke an extension, as well as end, temporary protections for nearly 1 million immigrants from Haiti and Venezuela. The challenge comes from the National TPS Alliance, which represents immigrants with Temporary Protected Status because […]
President Donald Trump’s threat this week to stop federal funding to both so-called “sanctuary” cities and the states where they’re located was greeted with disbelief by many states and cities since the administration has fared poorly on that issue in court. “We will go to court within seconds, and we will win if he does […]
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