Books including “The Hunger Games” and the “Harry Potter” series could be removed under proposals in the Francis Howell School District, librarians say.
The president dropped out of the race four months before the election after facing weeks of pressure following a disastrous debate with Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Campaign finance reports list the $25,000 expense as a donation from Mike Kehoe, who personally leased the bus because he "didn’t want to use campaign funds."
The pause opens the door to further arguments about whether the $6 million program, paid for largely with federal pandemic aid, should be shut down entirely.
The money comes through the federal CHIPS and Science Act, approved in 2022 to help localize semiconductor wafer production and advance U.S. technology leadership.
Controversy stems from how Andrew Bailey handled prosecution of Kenneth Lee Simpson in 2017. Simpson is now charged with the murder in 2023 of a Hermann police officer.