Studies and modern-day engineering have proven that such projects are possible but would require decades of construction and billions of dollars. Politics are an even bigger obstacle.
Oklahoma's new attorney general wants to slow the pace of lethal injections as the state is set to execute nearly one person each month through the end of the year.
Recent contributions to potential candidate Will Scharf demonstrate the possibility of a bitter primary between GOP factions in 2024.
Extensive searching has yielded no signs of Aaron Duenke, who took off on an ice floe on Dec. 27.
The Republican governor wants state lawmakers to approve a spending plan worth more than $50 billion.
They argue the law violates the Missouri Constitution, which bars state government from establishing preferences for any faith.
“The time is now,” Gov. Mike Parson told lawmakers Wednesday in his annual State of the State message.
The push to allow Missouri students to transfer out of their home district and direct tax money toward their new school of choice is picking up momentum, with a state Senate committee set to approve a pair of bills this week. The bills — one that would allow public districts and charter schools to open […]
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Following a Missouri judge’s determination that the attorney general’s office “knowingly and purposefully” violated the state’s open records law while it was being run by now-U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, plaintiffs in the case say they are owed more than $300,000 in legal fees. In November, Cole County Judge Jon Beetem determined the attorney general’s office […]
The post Sunshine Law violations by AG’s office under Josh Hawley could cost Missouri $300K appeared first on Missouri Independent.
WASHINGTON — Nearly 80 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the White House expressing their “great concern” that the Biden administration is walking back on its promise to restore migrants’ access to asylum. In the letter, they also condemned the administration’s expansion of a controversial policy that immediately turns away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, […]
The post Democrats in Congress condemn Biden administration expansion of Title 42 appeared first on Missouri Independent.
The director of Missouri’s child welfare agency told lawmakers this week that the state has “effectively legally orphanized” around 1,500 children. Those children have had their legal ties to their biological parents severed — by a court, in what’s called termination of parental rights — but the social services agency had no adoptive parents ready […]
The post Missouri child welfare agency pitches plan to ‘rebuild’ overburdened foster care system appeared first on Missouri Independent.
A Missouri House committee approved four versions of proposals to overhaul the initiative petition process Thursday on party-line votes, despite warnings of well-funded opposition if lawmakers put one on the ballot. The differences among the competing proposals were enough that House Elections Committee Chairwoman Peggy McGaugh, R-Carrollton, said she didn’t feel comfortable combining them. “I […]
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A Cole County judge has ruled that a rule implemented by the Missouri House in 2019 allowing lawmakers to withhold certain information from public records does not violate the state constitution. The lawsuit was filed by Mark Pedroli, founder of the Sunshine and Government Accountability Project. He challenged a rule adopted by the Missouri House […]
The post Judge says Missouri House rule limiting access to public records is constitutional appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Kansas City is the only major city in the country where the city’s elected leaders don’t control the local police department — a state-appointed police board does. Up until 2013, St. Louis was in the same boat. However, the city gained local control of its police department after a 2012 statewide referendum. Now 10 years […]
The post Missouri Republicans push for state to take over control of St. Louis police department appeared first on Missouri Independent.
The Neiss family drove from St. Louis to Jefferson City on Tuesday, a trip they’ve made many times over the past four years. The reason is always the same: Legislation they fear will harm their transgender son. On the agenda Tuesday night in the House General Laws Committee were a litany of bills aimed at […]
The post Missouri committee debates transgender sports, healthcare, drag shows for nine hours appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Oklahoma's new attorney general wants to slow the pace of lethal injections as the state is set to execute nearly one person each month through the end of the year.
The Missouri Association of Realtors, an organization that spent millions in recent years on two successful initiative petition campaigns, is warning lawmakers it will oppose anything more than tinkering with the way the constitution is amended by voters. During testimony Tuesday before the House Elections and Elected Officials Committee, Sam Licklider, lobbyist for the realtors, […]
The post Missouri realtors vow to fight GOP push to make it harder to amend state constitution appeared first on Missouri Independent.
A Senate committee removed a controversial proposal targeting transgender athletes from a wide-ranging education bill Tuesday, but the committee’s chair indicated more debate to come on the issue. On a six to three vote along party lines, the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee approved legislation that would dictate how history and race are taught […]
The post Sweeping education bill clears Missouri Senate committee without anti-transgender provision appeared first on Missouri Independent.
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday from the state’s attorney general opposing yet another local prosecutor’s attempt to argue the innocence of a man convicted of murder. This time the case was for Michael Politte, a man who was charged with murdering his mother in 1999 when he was 15. In May, former Washington […]
The post Missouri Supreme Court hears AG’s opposition to prosecutor’s jurisdiction in innocence claim appeared first on Missouri Independent.
A drag performance last week at a diversity event attended by Columbia middle schoolers was “high-brow and innocent,” not the salacious sexual display alleged by Missouri Republicans, the marketing director for the group behind the performance said Sunday. At the annual Columbia Values Diversity Breakfast, timed to be near the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, […]
The post Drag performers at Columbia event push back against Missouri Republican attack appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Republican legislators have made it clear that challenging the authority of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor Kimberly Gardner — a progressive Black Democrat — is a top priority this year. And they’ll be searching for a way to make that challenge constitutional. On the first day of the legislative session, Republican state leaders said Missouri could […]
The post Missouri prosecutors face losing jurisdiction over violent crime cases appeared first on Missouri Independent.
A “shadowy organization” in the Department of Homeland Security leads the effort to undermine free speech by coercing social media companies, Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Friday in a speech to the Missouri chapter of the Federalist Society. In his first public speech to a nonpartisan audience since taking office Jan. 3, Bailey talked about […]
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Recent contributions to potential candidate Will Scharf demonstrate the possibility of a bitter primary between GOP factions in 2024.
Extensive searching has yielded no signs of Aaron Duenke, who took off on an ice floe on Dec. 27.
Some of Missouri’s animals’ last moments are spent in a gas chamber, suffocating in carbon dioxide – but a bill by Rep. Adam Schwadron, R-St. Charles, would bar shelters from using this type of euthanasia. “Humanely treating our animals in our shelters is something that’s very important for us in the state,” Schwadron said. “And […]
The post Missouri lawmaker works with Humane Society to stop use of gas to kill shelter animals appeared first on Missouri Independent.
When Missouri lawmakers put the words “Almighty God is the author of life” into the section of law stating the General Assembly’s intent for abortion regulations, they crossed the line separating church and state, a lawsuit filed Thursday in St. Louis charges. Thirteen Christian and Jewish leaders are suing the state and six elected prosecutors […]
The post Lawsuit seeks to overturn Missouri abortion ban as violation of religious rights appeared first on Missouri Independent.
The Republican governor wants state lawmakers to approve a spending plan worth more than $50 billion.
They argue the law violates the Missouri Constitution, which bars state government from establishing preferences for any faith.
Early in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson sang the praises of an income tax cut enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly late last year. Closer to the end of his nearly one-hour speech to a joint session of the legislature, Parson vowed to “support and defend our […]
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“The time is now,” Gov. Mike Parson told lawmakers Wednesday in his annual State of the State message.