Missouri’s social-equity cannabis program has struggled to get off the ground since it began in 2023, with state regulators routinely revoking business licenses for relying on contracts they’ve publicly characterized as “predatory.” As it turns out, the attorney who crafted most of those contracts also represents the marijuana industry trade group, whose leaders helped create […]
Environmental groups are appealing a federal court’s decision to uphold a rule exempting livestock and poultry operations from reporting significant releases of air pollutants. The environmental groups allege the rule is unlawful and that exposure to ammonia and hydrogen sulfide from these operations is responsible for more deaths annually than exposure to air pollution from […]
The Office of Broadband Development, housed within the Missouri Department of Economic Development, released Missouri’s final proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, a federal initiative established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The state plans to invest over $700 million to bring broadband to over 200,000 homes and businesses throughout Missouri. […]
With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health. Scientists have long warned of climate change-driven extreme heat and its dangers to health. Studies have shown extreme heat can cause fatigue, poorer coordination and reduced attention. Put together, […]
After two revisions, a Cole County judge has approved the language for a proposed abortion ban that will go before voters in November 2026. Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Tuesday that the latest language drafted by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and approved by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is now “fair and sufficient.” It […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the Department of Justice. In one fervid exchange during the routine oversight hearing before the […]
Slot machines in locations across Missouri violate state gambling laws, a federal jury found Monday in a verdict that Torch Electronics, the most visible operator of “gray market” games, unfairly forced a competitor out of 20 locations. The case laid bare some of the secrets surrounding Torch, which began placing its games in convenience stores, […]
A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order. In a one-paragraph order, U.S. District Judge April M. Perry, whom Democratic President Joe Biden appointed to the bench, […]
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers. The change in stance, outlined in a memo from the Office […]
The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline. A new prison population report from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, released before the federal shutdown, shows that 1,254,224 people were incarcerated in state and federal prisons on the last day of 2023 — […]
A former speaker of the Missouri House whose final year in office was dominated by allegations of misconduct is trying to become a judge in St. Louis County. Dean Plocher, a Republican from Des Peres, is among the 17 applicants for the circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County created when Thomas Albus was appointed […]
Have you heard the one about a ceremonial sword, the Trump administration and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene? It’s no joke, unfortunately. It’s also not as cutting an anecdote as you may think. After hearing from ousted library director Todd Arrington, I’m left with more questions than answers. National and local media […]
Phillip Ramsey is a master gardener who’s planting fall produce in one of the community gardens he manages. It’s just two blocks from the Sun Fresh grocery store that operated at 31st Street and Prospect Avenue until it shut down in August. The retired Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient has lived in the neighborhood […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth. The case challenges a 2019 Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” for children and teens. Conversion therapy is a catchall term […]
WASHINGTON — The White House slammed a President Donald Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the administration and Democratic states where Trump has begun sending in troops over governors’ objections. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump administration is within legal […]
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is demanding health records of Planned Parenthood abortion patients in an effort to argue in favor of keeping in place several regulations that limit access to the procedure. The office is asking for patient medical records, incident reports, “adverse event documentation” and communications about patient care, according to court records. […]
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini. That evidence from the Trump administration is due by Wednesday to Maryland District Court Judge Paula Xinis. She will consider […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday again allowed the Trump administration to strip temporary protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans, opening them up for quick deportations as the president continues with his plans for mass deportations.  The conservative justices granted, 6-3, President Donald Trump’s request from last month to pause a federal judge’s ruling that found […]
Fifth in a five-part series. Hope Broussard’s intrauterine device should have brought relief from her severe periods. But at 17, it started causing debilitating pain. At the Sandpoint, Idaho, clinic where the device was implanted, providers suspected it was embedded in her uterine wall, but lacked the ultrasound equipment to make a diagnosis. Homeless with […]
SALEM, N.D. — Spending 12 hours a day in his combine this week, harvesting amber rows of soybeans he planted in the spring, Andrew Streff has time to think — and it’s hard not to think about the ongoing trade dispute with China. The country is boycotting purchases of U.S. soybeans in response to President […]
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