Missouri Supreme Court questions effort to keep redistricting referendum off ballot
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Powell (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Judges of the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday repeatedly pressed…
Missouri GOP calls for Joplin legislative candidate to withdraw after arrest
The Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on May 12. (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). Thomas Ross, the Republican nominee for Missouri’s 161st…
Abuse lawsuits target Christian home whose director backed Missouri foster care bill
The lawsuits against Show-Me Christian Youth Home follow dozens of lawsuits against unlicensed Christian residential facilities alleging abuse over the…
Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders
The aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks casts a long shadow on survivors. Adam Gray/Getty Images Hundreds of first…
USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ effect on elections under Trump vote-by-mail order
A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower in a report published Sept. 1, 2026, alleged that USPS rushed the development of electronic…
Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?
Several space missions are searching for extraterrestrial life, which could come in the form of microbes. ClaudioVentrella/iStock via Getty Images…
Where have the workers gone? 2 million foreign-born men have left the country, analysis says.
An employee walks behind cattle on an Idaho dairy farm in an undated photo. Dairy farms in Idaho say they…
Missouri vote on initiative protections now before the state Supreme Court
Attorney Chuck Hatfield argues Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, for the Missouri Supreme Court to order two measures to be on…
Feds and 22 states sue Amazon, alleging deceptive advertising scheme
An Amazon warehouse near Newport, Delaware. The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states have sued Amazon over an alleged scheme…
LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss or forgo healthcare, survey finds
LGBTQ+ pride flags. LGBTQ+ adults are more likely than other adults to miss healthcare appointments due to cost or other…
Immigration activity is taking a toll on children’s health, doctors say
A child looks up at a masked federal agent as his parents are spoken to before being let go after…
Missouri AG spends $167,000 in state funds on abortion PSA ahead of November vote
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s office is airing a “women’s health PSA” warning patients about abortion clinics (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).…