JEFFERSON CITY — A Cole County judge has upheld House Joint Resolution 73 on all constitutional grounds, certifying its ballot language and allowing it to move forward to Missouri voters as Amendment 3, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced.
(The Center Square) — President Donald Trump expressed a desire to designate Antifa a foreign terror organization; now, a U.S. senator is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make it happen.
KANSAS CITY — The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has upheld a decision awarding attorney’s fees and expenses to Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region (RHS) in its long-running dispute with the Missouri Department…
(The Center Square) – Half of U.S. states don’t have enough money to cover their bills, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Chicago-based Truth in Accounting.
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(The Center Square) – Louisiana and four other state public service commissions have filed a formal complaint against the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, accusing the grid operator of reliance on “patently unreasonable” assumptions to justify $22 billion worth of transmission…
(The Center Square) – Virginia is leading 21 states in a federal appeals case that could decide how much control religious organizations have in choosing their employees.
(The Center Square) - A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers wants to expand a program that allows noncitizens to fill physician vacancies in rural areas of the United States that are experiencing shortages.
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding, with a family advocate praising the…
(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson have taken up Texas’ fight to enforce its immigration law.
(The Center Square) − Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined 24 other Republican attorneys general Monday in backing President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at halting federal funding for sex change procedures on minors, marking the state's latest push in…
(The Center Square) – With the southern border crisis largely eliminated, Republicans and the Trump administration are setting their sights on China as the next major threat to U.S. domestic security.
(The Center Square) – In the coming months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will relocate more than half of its Washington D.C.-based employees to five different regional hubs across the country.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and several Republican cosponsors, introduced the Stop Financial Underwriting of Nefarious Demonstrations and Extremist Riots (Stop FUNDERs) Act to hold accountable financiers of rioters and vandals.
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) – Cities that host the NFL Draft have seen small increases in hotel revenue in recent years but those gains are far smaller than what is claimed by teams, the National Football League and the marketing and…
(The Center Square) – Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill Wednesday that prohibits foreign money from funding ballot issue campaigns, making it the ninth state to enact such legislation.
(The Center Square) – Maintaining aviation safety and cutting out financial opportunists in the form of airports is the driving factor of legislation pending in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
(The Center Square) – Republican leaders are racing to pass the Trump-endorsed One Big Beautiful Bill Act by Independence Day, but more than a dozen GOP members of Congress still harbor major concerns that could tank the giant package.
(The Center Square) – As riots continue to paralyze parts of downtown Los Angeles, Sen. Josh Hawley is taking steps to investigate the role of an immigrant rights organization.
(The Center Square) − Louisiana joined 23 states challenging Vermont's new "Climate Superfund Act," claiming the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and energy companies alike.
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