Democrats flip 16 Missouri House seats, ending Republican supermajority
Democrats won 17 seats in the Missouri House on Tuesday, breaking the Republican supermajority (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The blue…
Missouri Republicans suffer biggest electoral setback in a generation
By a preliminary count, Democrats won 68 of the 163 Missouri House seats, a gain of 16 from 2024 (Getty…
Missouri election 2026: What to know before heading to the polls
The Missouri Independent has answers to some common Election Day questions (Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star). Missouri voters will decide whether…
Voters across the country reject data centers
People participate in a protest against the CoreWeave AI data center outside the municipal building on October 21, 2026, in…
Meta’s $25B fine left out accountability for harm from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition in a New Mexico court case is played for jurors on March 4, 2026. Jim…
Voters make governors, utility regulators answer for high power bills
A group of Maine residents protest a proposed electricity price increase ahead of an October 2025 public hearing in Freeport.…
The police crashed into a bar. St. Louis taxpayers paid $4.2 million for it.
Twenty-two seconds. That’s how long it took a St. Louis police officer to put a bar owner in handcuffs on…
Missouri voters approve constitutional protections for county sheriffs
Sen. Jill Carter, a Republican from Granby, studies the day’s business on the first day of the 2024 legislative session…
As a potential Democratic wave looms, Trump’s DOJ angles for last-minute power over midterms
President Donald Trump rallied with Iowa Republicans at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque on Sunday (Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch).…
Commentary: Art isn’t a luxury. It’s what helped me through my hardest times.
The House Lounge on the third floor of the Missouri Capitol, home of Thomas Hart Benton’s mural “The Social History…
IVF Patients, Doctors Navigate Fetal Personhood Laws’ Unknowns
In the summer of 2022, Allison Mertzman and her wife, Leanne, asked their fertility clinic to destroy their embryos. The…
Stuck in Shelters for Months, Some Migrant Children Abandon Hopes of Staying in US
One morning this summer, a 9-year-old girl from El Salvador picked through colorful markers at a Houston-area shelter for migrant…
A Few Miles From the US Capitol, Dozens Slept in Their Cars, Waiting for Free Care
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Friday night lights took on a whole new meaning at a high school here in this…