Andrew Bailey is back in Missouri and talking like a candidate
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey answers questions from reporters about Gov. Mike Kehoe’s executive orders in January 2025 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri…
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Trump appoints committee to revive quest to remove Lisa Cook from Fed board
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook leaves the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin…
Missouri voters sent a message. Will their leaders listen?
A polling location in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). In early August, Missouri voters decisively rejected two efforts to rewrite some…
Former Missouri AG Andrew Bailey makes appearance in Columbia after leaving FBI post
Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks on Tuesday at American Legion Post 202. Bailey served as the co-deputy director…
Trump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls
President Donald Trump speaks at the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama on Oct. 2,…
Missouri students need more than a semester of financial literacy
(Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) As a high school teacher and parent, I see many things to change about our educational system,…
States OK solar panels for balconies. Safety guidelines haven’t caught up.
Solar energy panels hang from a residential apartment balcony in Erfurt, Germany. Balcony solar systems have become popular in Germany,…
Missouri tightened the rules. The wait still leaves microbusiness owners vulnerable
(Getty Images). Missouri drew its final round of marijuana microbusiness applicants on Sept. 9. The state received 888 applications and…
Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program
Student backpacks hang in their cubbies at a school in Alaska. At least 30 states have opted into a federal…
Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud
A voter takes an “I Voted” sticker at the Brackett Recreation Center in Minneapolis on Nov. 2, 2021. (Photo by…
Republican attacks on the Missouri Supreme Court may just be the beginning
The Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City, as photographed Sept. 10 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). I was baffled when I…
Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck…
Missouri judge hears challenge to Boone County charter school expansion
Columbia Public Schools is challenging actions related to charter school expansion into its district in Cole County Circuit Court. (Annelise…
Eric Schmitt bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing
Former Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday (Screenshot from committee…
Denny Hoskins’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins speaks to reporters following Missouri Supreme Court arguments Sept. 2 (Annelise Hanshaw/MissouriIndependent). There are…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to permit quick third-country deportations
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday made…