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Grain Belt Express files dozens of eminent domain petitions to build power line across Missouri

7 months ago
Grain Belt Express has filed nearly 40 eminent domain petitions against Missouri property owners since 2021 as it prepares to build a transmission line across the state. The first eminent domain petition in Callaway County was filed last month for an easement of nearly an acre of land owned by Jordyn and Mitchell Christensen. Grain Belt Express offered the property owners $8,046 for the easement, but the owners rejected the offer and the two parties could not agree on compensation. If granted,…
Nikita Ponomarenko

Hazardous weather outlook issued for St. Louis as snow to hit Tuesday, Wednesday

7 months ago
St. Louis was recently treated to temperatures in the mid-70s, reminding everyone that spring is just around the corner. But before spring warmth returns, more winter weather is headed for the region. The National Weather Service early Monday issued a hazardous weather outlook for parts of eastern and central Missouri, as well as west central and southern Illinois. Tuesday and Wednesday will likely see measurable wintery precipitation, including some shovel-able snow, ice, or sleet, KSDK meteorologists…
Garry Frank and Hunter Bassler

No, The People Didn’t Vote For This

7 months ago
A stunning 54% of Americans now believe we’re in a Constitutional crisis, according to recent YouGov polling. They’re right. As a tech billionaire effectively dismantles federal agencies without Congressional authority — agencies that Congress explicitly created and funded — we’re watching in real-time as our system of checks and balances crumbles. Yet supporters of the […]
Mike Masnick

Winning KC Chiefs Super Bowl gear going to charity

7 months ago
The NFL has partnered with Good 360 to send pre-printed merchandise featuring the losing team's logo to countries including Ukraine, Mongolia, Georgia, Estonia, and Latvia, providing assistance to those in need.
Joe Millitzer

Republican unity undercuts Democratic leverage in Missouri General Assembly

7 months ago
For the first time in years, Democrats in the Missouri Legislature think they are about to feel the power of a fully operational Republican supermajority. Factional fighting in the state Senate made that body “a dumpster fire” last year, state Sen. Rick Brattin, chairman of the Missouri Freedom Caucus, said Thursday. The Freedom Caucus initiated […]
Rudi Keller

Fear, misguided beliefs fuel backlash against DEI and Black history

7 months ago
With the stroke of a pen, efforts to create an equal playing field for all Americans irrespective of race and gender are being eliminated under the guise that they promote unfairness and incompetence. Nothing could be further from the truth. History is our witness. There seems to be amnesia about whether this country has always […]
Janice Ellis