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After facing costly heating bills this winter, consumers shouldn’t expect relief for the summer months, according to new projections for household utility costs.  The National Energy Assistance Directors Association projects the average electricity cost to cool homes between June and September will reach $778 this summer. That’s a $61 — or 8.5% — increase from […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans adopted their budget resolution Wednesday night, clearing the way for the party to pass a bill in the coming weeks that will provide tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement.  The 215-211 party-line vote unlocks the complicated budget reconciliation process that will allow the GOP to fund Immigration and […]

The Missouri General Assembly passed a sweeping public safety bill Wednesday that Democrats say would correct errors in legislation signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe three weeks ago. The legislation also combines bills aimed at clarifying the state’s sex offender registry law, establishing procedures for court-ordered outpatient treatment of people with severe mental illnesses, allowing lifetime […]

A quarter of immigration arrests since August were labeled by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as “collateral,” a type of arrest and detention that’s been challenged in court as an end run around civil rights. Public outrage and lawsuits over the arrests may be tamping down the large-scale sweeps that foster them, but tens of […]

The proposed $1.9 billion Royals ballpark at Crown Center could end up being the fourth-most expensive Major League Baseball stadium so far. At that price, even adjusted for inflation, it would be more than double the cost of Truist Park, which opened in 2017 in Atlanta. It would nearly quadruple the cost of Coors Field, […]

A bill that would establish masked intimidation as a crime was passed by the Missouri Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee on Wednesday morning. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Rep. David Dolan of Sikeston, would establish the new misdemeanor and outline its punishments. Masked intimation occurs when a person intentionally harasses, intimidates […]

The suspect in the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night was prepared for a mass casualty event, prosecutors said in a document filed in federal court early Wednesday. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and three assistants in her office signed a memorandum asking a judge to […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve was one step closer to the job Wednesday after North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis cast the deciding vote to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination to the full Senate. Lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs voted 13-11 along party […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office on Monday invoked an upcoming landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the role of race in drawing congressional districts to justify the Republican’s proposed gerrymander. “The use of race in redistricting should never happen,” the governor’s general counsel, David Axelman, wrote in a memo unveiling a map that aims to hand […]

A proposal to write Medicaid work requirements into the Missouri Constitution has been stripped down in a Senate committee to instead give lawmakers, the governor or the state’s social services department constitutional authority to impose them. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress will require new eligibility checks on […]

While the idea of a special tax on millionaires is hotly debated across the country, Maine state Rep. Cheryl Golek characterized her state’s new tax as a modest and reasonable step toward fairness. That’s because, she said, working- and middle-class households in Maine — including teachers, firefighters and nurses — are paying effective state income […]

The Senate Education Committee debated legislation Tuesday that would prevent further review of transgender athletes participating in high school and collegiate sports. Sponsored by state Rep. Brian Seitz, a Republican from Branson, the bill aims to remove the current end date of a 2023 state law requiring transgender students to participate in sports under their […]

Missouri businesses may soon begin applying for billions in tariff refunds after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but who actually benefits is already becoming clear. Last week, the federal government took its first step toward issuing refunds, launching a portal through U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that allows companies to apply for reimbursement […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators across the aisle pushed back Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate funding for programs serving disadvantaged students. Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended those and other proposed cuts to her agency outlined in Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, which calls for $75.7 billion in new discretionary budget authority for the department […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to make changes to a Senate-passed bill that would end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will further delay funding and prolong the stalemate that began in mid-February.  The holdup could again interrupt paychecks for workers at the Transportation Security Administration and […]

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday obtained a second grand jury indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, long a target of President Donald Trump’s anger for overseeing an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey related to a photo he posted on social […]

With under three weeks remaining in Missouri’s legislative session, Senate Education Committee Chairman Rick Brattin is forging ahead with legislation aimed at giving the public a clearer view of school spending.  Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, offered substitutes to five separate bills during a committee hearing Tuesday morning that added his proposal to require public […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is calling for Congress to take a closer look at presidential security following the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. Hawley sent a letter on Monday to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul of Kentucky calling […]

WASHINGTON — The California man said by federal prosecutors to have opened fire just outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was in attendance alongside Cabinet members and lawmakers, was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate the president, administration officials said. The 31-year-old identified by authorities as Cole Tomas Allen was […]

Republican lawmakers and candidates across the country have escalated their anti-Islam rhetoric in recent months, a strategy aimed at energizing voters by claiming without evidence that Muslim culture and religious tenets threaten American political values. Political observers say Republicans are seizing on anti-Islamic sentiment to gin up enthusiasm among their voters as they head into […]