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Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to Capitol to gerrymander congressional map
Missouri lawmakers will return to the Capitol next week to gerrymander the state’s congressional map in the hopes of creating a new Republican seat. They will also debate putting a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot that would make it harder for voters to change the constitution through the initiative petition process. Both proposals were […]
Judge in Fed firing case looks to speed proceeding
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Friday said she would set an expedited briefing schedule for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of her earlier in the week. Cook is aiming to keep her position until her term expires in 2038, arguing that Trump’s attempt to remove her has no […]
Trump moves to revoke $5 billion of approved foreign aid spending
WASHINGTON — The White House budget office moved Friday to yank nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress in a controversial maneuver meant to bypass lawmakers. The so-called pocket rescission, which a top congressional watchdog and the Republican chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee have called illegal, would pull funding that Congress […]
US Senate health committee leaders question CDC tumult
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the direction of the country’s top public health agencies after President Donald Trump fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other high-level officials resigned. Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy — chairman of the Health, […]
States begin to see job losses from Trump’s cuts, housing and spending slowdowns
Virginia and New Jersey may be among the states most affected by the hiring slowdown that enraged President Donald Trump when it appeared in an Aug. 1 jobs report showing the United States had 258,000 fewer jobs than initially reported in May and June. Such revisions to earlier reports are based on more up-to-date payroll […]
Family of student who inspired new anti-hazing law visits University of Missouri
The parents of Danny Santulli, a former University of Missouri student who was the victim of a fraternity hazing incident his freshman year, came back to Columbia as the Mizzou school year begins and Danny’s Law goes into effect. Mizzou’s Interfraternity Council held an event for fraternity representatives that included a screening of the first […]
American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers
Babies and children in the United States are nearly twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood compared with their peers in other wealthy countries, according to a new study. The health of U.S. children has deteriorated since the early 2000s across a range of measures, researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University […]
Lawsuits challenge ‘deceptive’ summaries for Missouri public education ballot measures
Two initiative petition campaigns seeking constitutional protections for public education are suing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins alleging he crafted “deceptive and prejudicial” summaries that will appear on the ballot. One campaign, called “the Missouri Right to Education Initiative,” hopes to amend the state constitution to declare education a “fundamental right.” The other, filed […]
Missouri voters expanded paid sick leave. The GOP undid it, and the repeal just took effect
Andi Phillips has never really had the option of being sick. A server at a Springfield-area restaurant, the single mother of four finally has a job allowing her to financially support her family. But if she or one of her children falls ill, that financial security goes out the window. “When you miss a shift, […]
Missouri House committee urged to silo property into separate classes for taxes
MACON — Separate tax rates for the four classes of taxed property would protect homeowners from large tax increases during reassessment, Chariton County Assessor Darrin Gladbach told a special Missouri House interim committee at its final field hearing. If residential, commercial, farm and personal property each had a separate rate, any rate cuts due to […]
Fed Governor Cook sues Trump, blasts attack on central bank’s autonomy
WASHINGTON — Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, sued President Donald Trump Thursday, calling his move to fire her an “unprecedented and illegal attempt” that jeopardizes the independence of the board. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, sets up a fight between the Federal Reserve and the president who […]
Palestinian student group files suit over exclusion from University of Missouri homecoming parade
Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court challenging its exclusion from last year’s Homecoming parade. The lawsuit was filed against University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. It claims he violated students’ First Amendment rights by barring the group from participating in the parade because of their views on […]