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Trump shutdown of Job Corps will leave ‘big void’ in this rural Kentucky place

3 weeks ago
As torrential rains inundated Kentucky in April, Union County Judge-Executive Adam O’Nan needed labor to fill and distribute sandbags to protect homes and businesses from flooding. After a phone call, local students from the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center stepped up to the task. “They loaded those bags for them and were a tremendous […]
Liam Niemeyer

Will HIPAA protections continue for abortion care? Courts to soon decide.

3 weeks ago
Dr. Eve Espey has many stories she can tell about patients who travel to her clinic in New Mexico from their homes in Texas, where abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the country. In one recent case, Espey said a patient flew from Texas to Albuquerque for an abortion after her doctor […]
Kelcie Moseley-Morris

End of multi-billion Missouri fiscal surplus is near, budget director says

3 weeks ago
The historically high surplus Missouri has enjoyed for the past six years will be nearly depleted at the end of the coming fiscal year, state budget director Dan Haug warned lawmakers during a committee hearing last week. For several years, the state has budgeted billions more from the general revenue fund than current taxes were […]
Rudi Keller

State-federal tensions over ICE rise as Trump deploys troops against Los Angeles protests

3 weeks 1 day ago
President Donald Trump called for California Gov. Gavin Newsom to be arrested Monday and dispatched Marines to Los Angeles, shortly after Trump’s mobilization this weekend of California National Guard troops to quell protests without the governor’s consent. Protests of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ activity in Los Angeles sparked a weekend of conflict between protesters […]
Jacob Fischler

Missouri Attorney General threatens legal action against 18 hemp companies; more to come

3 weeks 1 day ago
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has sent several cease-and-desist letters to companies selling a hemp product called THCA flower that looks exactly like marijuana flower sold at dispensaries. Bailey’s letters threaten legal action, including injunctions, civil penalties and attorney’s fees if the companies continue to sell the products.  “When purchasing products, Missourians deserve to know […]
Rebecca Rivas

‘Problematic’ MAHA report minimizes success of lifesaving asthma medicines, doctors say

3 weeks 1 day ago
Medical experts are dismayed over a federal report’s claim that kids are overprescribed asthma medications, saying it minimizes how many lives the drugs save. Safe treatment protocols for asthma management have been carefully studied over the years, said Dr. Perry Sheffield, a pediatrician and professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “The […]
Nada Hassanein

Deal to pay for Chiefs, Royals stadiums fractures Missouri Freedom Caucus

3 weeks 1 day ago
A group of renegade GOP state lawmakers whose quarrels with party leaders defined years of Missouri legislative inaction appears to be ripping apart over a plan to fund stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals.  On Friday, state Sen. Rick Brattin stepped down as chairman of the Missouri Freedom Caucus just days after voting in favor […]
Jason Hancock

Retired educators to continue substitute teaching in Missouri without losing benefits

3 weeks 1 day ago
Missouri lawmakers have extended a rule allowing retired teachers to serve as substitutes without losing their retirement allowance. This measure is part of efforts to fill classrooms during a statewide teacher shortage. The state legislature first took notice of the issue in 2022, when the COVID-19 pandemic chiseled away at the teacher workforce. They passed […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Republicans throw transgender kids into line of fire on abortion debate 

3 weeks 1 day ago
Republicans in the Missouri legislature want everyone to know that they are very concerned about protecting children. Not so much the 130 children and teenagers who die from gunfire in an average year. Those deaths, about two-thirds of which are homicides, are unfortunate collateral damage in the race to make firearms ever more accessible in […]
Barbara Shelly

Wrongly deported Maryland man Abrego Garcia returned to U.S.

3 weeks 4 days ago
WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to his native El Salvador three months ago, was brought back to the U.S. on Friday and will face federal charges, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Abrego Garcia’s case had become a flashpoint in a debate over what due process rights protect immigrants from […]
Ariana Figueroa

Republicans in Congress axed the ‘green new scam,’ but it’s a red state boon

3 weeks 4 days ago
WASHINGTON —  Clean energy manufacturers and advocates say they’re perplexed how the repeal of tax credits in President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” will keep their domestic production lines humming across the United States, particularly in states that elected him to the Oval Office. While some Republicans have labeled the billions in tax credits […]
Ashley Murray

As feds resume student loan collections, states try to catch borrowers before they sink

3 weeks 4 days ago
Over the past few months, Celina Damian’s phone has been ringing off the hook with one bewildered, anxious question after another: “What kind of loan is this?” “Am I in default?” “Will the government really take my wages?” “Sometimes they just don’t know where to start,” said Damian, California’s student loan servicing ombudsperson. “I’m talking […]
Robbie Sequeira

Missouri begins issuing summer food aid for kids

3 weeks 4 days ago
Missouri has begun issuing federal food benefits that could reach 475,000 kids this summer.  The first batch of Missouri’s summer food benefits for children was issued on Thursday night, a spokesperson for the Department of Social Services told The Independent Friday. Each eligible child will receive a one-time benefit of $120, loaded onto a card […]
Clara Bates

Immigration surge cost state, local governments $9 billion in 2023, nonpartisan CBO says

3 weeks 4 days ago
WASHINGTON — The unprecedented increase in immigration starting in 2021 brought extra revenue to states and local governments, but the cost of services for those newly arrived migrants was greater, leading to a net cost of $9.2 billion in 2023, according to a report the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office published Thursday. The roughly 4.3 million immigrants […]
Ariana Figueroa

Congress hears of rewards, security risks of government use of AI

3 weeks 4 days ago
As Congress continues its investigation into the role AI should play in government, members of the House Oversight Committee are questioning the uses and procurement of AI tools for government work, as well as the privacy concerns the technology poses when unregulated. Expert witnesses testified at a June 5 hearing that the federal government is currently […]
Paige Gross