U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday the Federal Aviation Administration would restrict air travel in 40 “high-traffic” areas of the country to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who have been working without a paycheck since Oct. 1. The cutbacks will start Friday, Duffy said at an afternoon press conference. He and FAA Administrator […]
WASHINGTON — Following major Democratic wins in local and state elections across the country on Election Day, top Democratic congressional leaders pushed for a meeting with the president to end the federal government shutdown, which on Wednesday became the longest in U.S. history at day 36. “The election results ought to send a much-needed bolt […]
When the Independence School District announced it was switching to a four-day week during the 2023-24 school year, it drew questions from local families and statewide officials. Parents wondered what kind of child care they would have on days without classroom instruction. And lawmakers debated whether the state needed to intervene. Ultimately, Missouri’s General Assembly […]
Young homebuyers have been priced out of the market even more than previously, according to a report released Nov. 4 by the National Association of Realtors. “As a result of decreased housing affordability and limited housing inventory, potential first-time buyers retreated further from the housing market,” the report stated, comparing homebuyers between July 2024 and […]
One year ago today, Missourians voted to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution. But access remains fragmented as court battles and proposed abortion bans introduce more confusion into an already complicated situation. Procedural abortions are sporadically available at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri as numerous legal fights unfold, including a question over whether […]
Voters expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2020 to reduce the number of uninsured adults, stabilize hospitals and bring more federal tax dollars back into the state’s health system. At the time expansion was implemented, many rural hospitals were already under severe financial strain. Four years later, the program delivered what voters intended: fewer uninsured patients, steadier […]
President Donald Trump backtracked Tuesday on a pledge by his administration in court filings to partially fund November food assistance during the government shutdown, posting on social media that benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” White House press secretary Karoline […]
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 14th time to advance a stopgap spending bill to fund the government, as the ongoing shutdown hit 35 days and is now tied with the shutdown of 2018-2019 as the longest ever. The 54-44 vote was nearly identical to the previous 13 […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the first major cases of President Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday, when the administration defends the president’s emergency tariffs that American small business owners say are upending their livelihoods. The question at the heart of the case is whether Trump can authorize sweeping tariffs under […]
Boeing’s decision to use replacement workers to complete fighter jet projects in St. Louis has once again put the company at odds with members of the U.S. Senate. Three months after union workers walked off the job on strike, five Democratic senators pilloried the plan for replacement workers as potentially putting the nation’s military at […]
In its quest to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities, a move many teachers and parents fear will strip away crucial federal oversight and deny vulnerable children the services they’re guaranteed under law. In October, the Trump administration […]
In 2015, two Missouri lawmakers were forced to resign over inappropriate behavior with interns. Soon after, dozens of women spoke out about a Capitol culture that was often more frat house than statehouse, sparking a reckoning that predated the #MeToo movement by two years. House leadership promised change, rolling out reforms meant to clean up […]
WASHINGTON — A panel of District of Columbia Court of Appeals judges Monday heard oral arguments from the Trump administration defending the president’s move to end asylum claims at the southern border through an executive order. Civil rights and immigration advocacy groups sought to make permanent a District of Columbia District Court’s July injunction that […]
A hearing that was to be the first of at least three this month deciding the fate of Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map was postponed Monday due to a judge’s illness. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green was scheduled to hear the lawsuit filed by People Not Politicians over Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ rejection […]
This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island. A four-page report from the USDA […]
Every year, the University of Kansas Cancer Center must file a report with the National Cancer Institute in order to get its annual grant allotment. This year that typically routine report, known in research jargon as a noncompeting renewal, was repeatedly rewritten. Triggering words targeted by the Trump administration had to be eliminated before a […]
Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A handful of places with rising overdoses are responding to the problem with cooperation, they say, by sharing information […]
LAWRENCE — Political analyst Amy Walter views the campaign by President Donald Trump to gerrymander congressional districts as a gamble unlikely to blunt historical precedent and prevent a Democratic takeover of the U.S. House after the 2026 midterm election. “I like to say in midterm elections there are three options if you’re the party in […]
On Dec. 1, Missourians will officially be able to start placing sports bets. As the rollout has progressed, a number of sportsbooks have already been jockeying for positioning in the market and will continue to do so up to and past the launch date. That means prospective gamblers will be able to choose between a […]
It is easy to blame the president and Congress for the government shutdown — on track to become the longest in history — and the additional disruption and havoc it is causing. They surely are. This shutdown, however, is the result of a deeper more dangerous problem. What are local legislators doing to represent, promote […]
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