Missouri education board wary of $300 million school funding increase
Missouri State Board of Education President Brooks Miller (far right) welcomes Park Hill High School math teacher Michael McDonald and…
Missouri ballot proposals blocked by secretary of state had enough signatures, records show
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins denied a place on the November ballot to two measures proposed by petition, one…
DNC approves 2028 presidential nominating cycle starting in South Carolina, Nevada
The South Carolina delegation’s sign is seen as former President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago…
Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting
A person works on a condominium in Chicago. Some U.S. cities are trying to modernize the housing permitting process by…
Missouri must fix Medicaid’s paperwork problem before work requirements begin
(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). More than 300,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage. Ninety-two percent of them weren’t found ineligible. They lost coverage…
Trump’s ballroom ‘illegal’ without congressional approval, high court told
A crane on the construction site of the planned White House ballroom, where the East Wing used to be, during…
If we care about students, we must broaden Missouri’s teacher pipeline
(kali9/Getty Images) Genis Tobias smiles as she kneels next to a young learner and watches him sign his message to…
No more ‘hypothetical situations’: States move to fortify elections against Trump
Georgia residents line up to vote in 2024. State Democratic officials nationwide are bracing for potential federal interference during November’s…
Missouri needs more teachers. Its licensing process gets in the way
(Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) May 21, 2026, is the day I became a certified biology teacher in Missouri,…
Appeals court upholds ban on immigration enforcement ‘at or near’ churches across 33 states, DC
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall, a detention center, in Newark,…
How Much of a Cancer Drug Is Too Much? Patients, Researchers Challenge FDA-Approved Dosages
Northwestern University economist Chuck Manski studies decision-making amid uncertainty. That prepared him better than many other cancer patients to decide…
Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect…