Lawsuit seeks Missouri ballot spot for amendment limiting changes to voter-approved initiatives
Volunteers with Respect Missouri Voters collect signatures during the No Kings demonstration at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City…
What Tuesday’s primary results say about Amendment 5 and the next Missouri Senate
The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City on May 12 (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). Missourians went to the polls Tuesday, and…
Negative, false and misleading political ads pollute and undermine the election process
(mcdustleroy/iStock Images) What is your reaction when viewing TV, listening to the radio or surfing digital platforms and there is…
Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role…
How do computers talk with voices that sound like people?
How often do you hear a phone, computer or video game speak with a humanlike voice? Phynart Studios/E+ via Getty…
Governors and lawmakers say they’re getting serious about states’ rights
Kristen Welker, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, interviews Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox…
States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools
A masked ICE agent stands guard outside as ICE and other law enforcement agents raid a restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota,…
Federal funding bill could spare Missouri hemp beverages from November ban
Hemp-derived THC beverages like these seltzers at Randall’s Wine & Spirits can be found at large liquor stores throughout Missouri…
Missouri should dump the use of junk science in its courtrooms
(Photo by simpson33 via iStock / Getty Images Plus) Missouri patients deserve confidence that the science presented in our courtrooms…
A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis
Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of three months in its Penn North neighborhood. In…
Missouri women have fought for abortion rights for decades. They’re still fighting
Marlene Hammerman, RHS alum, notarizes petitions collected by Wendy Flusser, chairperson of the National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis’…
‘We are living in reverse’: Fragile HIV funding puts another strain on Kansas City’s safety net
Roberto Archuleta (center), who was diagnosed with HIV in 1991, points to this photo from around that time as an…