Trump administration asks Supreme Court to permit quick third-country deportations
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday made…
US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map
The U.S. Supreme Court building (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom). The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday drove a stake through the heart…
Missouri should scrutinize all schools, not just St. Louis Public Schools
(Spenser Heaps/Utah News Dispatch). Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s demand that the president of the St. Louis Board of Education…
Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security
Are Presidents Trump and Xi walking down a dangerous path on AI? Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Amid the chorus…
CDC’s latest youth behavior report offers a narrower look at teen health
Students leave William H. Wells Community High School at the end of the school day in Chicago. The federal Centers…
Black Lung Disease Remains a Threat, but Federal Officials Delay Effort To Address It
OAK HILL, W.Va. — Each day at New River Health in Oak Hill, Lisa Emery finds disheartening signs of what…
Missouri should take the time to get its next education commissioner right
The Missouri State Board of Education discusses a proposed change to the state’s standardized test during its meeting on March…
Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is urging President Donald Trump to embargo diesel fuel exports as rising costs…
Missouri’s ‘unprecedented’ budget vote leaves schools around Kansas City in the lurch
A student at Ingels Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District. Superintendent Dennis Carpenter said he’s disappointed by the…
Journalists Discuss What RFK Jr. Recently Told the Anti-Vaccine Group He Founded
KFF Health News contributor Erin Rode discussed California prison heat protections on KVPR’s Central Valley Daily on Sept. 24. Click…
What does it mean to ‘control’ for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explains
Some participants in a clinical trial get the experimental drug, while those in the control group get a fake pill.…
Doctors and hospitals to see lower Medicaid payments in three dozen states
New federal rules likely will force three dozen states to reduce their annual Medicaid payments to healthcare providers by a…