Trump’s DOJ steps up pressure on California over noncitizen voters 2 weeks from election
A voter fills out a ballot at the Portland Expo in Maine’s June 9, 2026, primary election. (Photo by Jim…
Six years in, The Missouri Independent is growing because of you
Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City (Getty Images). Six years ago, when we launched The Missouri Independent, I made…
Missouri Democrats gain ground in polls, but congressional races remain uphill battles
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., amid fog on Dec. 10, 2024 (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom). Missouri Republicans’ advantage among…
As Politicians Argue About China, US Patients Find Cutting-Edge Treatment There
Until recently, a Manhattanite might venture no more than a few dozen blocks to find the world’s most sophisticated cancer…
Why calling for a ‘kill switch’ is the wrong way to think about reining in AI
It would be nice to think that stopping an out-of-control AI could be this simple. Zhihao/Moment via Getty Images In…
NASA’s Mars orbiter fleet is getting old – here’s how that could affect future exploration
Orbiters around Mars help scientists study and photograph the red planet. CU/LASP EMM/EXI ITF/Kevin M. Gill, CC BY Currently, about…
Commentary: Missouri faces growing North American trade uncertainty
President Donald Trump points into the crowd after headlining a midterms rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Oct. 5, at…
Republicans pour $300,000 into defense of GOP-leaning Senate seat in northwest Missouri
The Missouri Senate at the end of the 2023 legislative session (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). Donald Trump carried Missouri’s 34th Senate…
The next act for the No Kings movement: Early voting in the midterms
Bishop William Barber, of Repairers of the Breach, spoke alongside voting rights advocates from Common Cause, the ACLU, Indivisible, State…
New Arrivals in the ER? Georgia Gears Up To Solve Rural Maternal Health Crisis
LAVONIA, Ga. — It had been a decade since Kara Holden last had a baby. But as the former obstetric…
States Are Forcing Hospitals To Offer More People Financial Aid. In Oregon, It’s Working.
Four years ago, Oregon hospitals were under fire from state authorities and patient advocates. Hospitals, critics said, had made it…
Missouri’s Amendment 3 would allow some abortions. Whether women could get them is unclear.
An abortion procedure room pictured on March 3, 2025, at Planned Parenthood in Columbia (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). After Missouri banned…