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(The Center Square) - A federal appeals court ordered Missouri to use a congressional map favoring Republicans that the U.S. Supreme Court halted.

(The Center Square) – With artificial intelligence becoming a political flashpoint as midterm elections loom, congressional Republicans and Democrats are split over the best approach to AI policy.

(The Center Square) — The Trump administration suspended around 870,000 people who are tied to nearly $39 billion in government loan fraud, officials announced on Monday.

(Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a Republican-drawn congressional map in November’s election, suspending a federal judge’s order that had briefly required the state to use the new districts.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a Missouri congressional map that would give Republicans an advantage ahead of the midterm elections.

(Legal Newsline) - A federal judge will let the Missouri Supreme Court have a contempt hearing Thursday for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins as the legal fight over a new congressional map continues.

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Missouri congressional map set to favor Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.

(The Center Square) – With Americans across the country rebelling against thousands of AI enhanced surveillance cameras infiltrating their cities, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed a bill prohibiting the funding of those cameras with taxpayer money.

(Legal Newsline) — An Independence woman has sued Apple Inc., alleging that the company’s AirTag tracking device enabled her stalker to follow her movements without her knowledge and that Apple failed to provide adequate protections for Android users.

(Legal Newsline) — A former vice president of human resources has sued Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri alleging she was fired in retaliation for reporting what she believed was an unauthorized abortion and for taking medical…

(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter…

(The Center Square) – A local Missouri health department has told Kathy Kite, a grandmother who serves free breakfast to her neighbors from her home, that she will face legal action if she continues doing so without a permit.

(The Center Square) — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Missouri has granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Iowa, Missouri and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce against New York Attorney General Letitia James…

(The Center Square) – Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are blocked from entering churches of Cooperative Baptists, Quakers and Sikhs to carry out enforcement operations unless they have a warrant, or in certain specified circumstances, the 4th U.S.…

(The Center Square) – A new report from the Archbridge Institute ranks states by occupational licensing, with Oregon ranking the worst by having the most “barriers to work,” and Missouri ranking the best by having the least barriers to work.

(The Center Square) – The Republican lawmaker who sponsored the Great American Healthcare Act presented a plan Wednesday to help fund the bill: Stop the Federal Reserve from paying interest on bank reserves.

(The Center Square) – A watchdog group filed a complaint with Missouri Attorney General Hanaway against the ACLU Foundation and Protect Majority Rule Missouri accusing them of violating Missouri’s Foreign Influence in Ballot Measures Act that prohibits foreign money from…

(The Center Square) – In a rare instance of bipartisanship, Congress is taking a closer look at AI surveillance pricing, where corporations will charge some consumers higher prices based on their shopping habits and personal data.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a letter to university presidents and board members to reaffirm their commitment to academic excellence and to outline reforms aimed at restoring confidence in higher education.

(The Center Square) – “Trans kids belong” is the T-shirt under a jacket that WNBA coach Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx wore Sunday against an Indiana Fever team featuring league lightning rod Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham.