Missouri school leaders concerned ahead of ‘A’ through ‘F’ report card rollout
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Deputy Commissioner of Learning Services Lisa Sireno explains the department’s ‘A’ through ‘F’…
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…
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…
Missouri voters will decide limits on lawmakers rewriting ballot measures
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins listens to three cases during Missouri Supreme Court arguments Wednesday (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). An…
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…
Women on parole face higher rates of mental health, housing challenges
Computers line the walls of a reentry center inside the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Mo.…
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…