Missouri redistricting fight returns to US Supreme Court for third time
Missouri’s redistricting fight is before the U.S. Supreme Court for the third time this month. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)…
Appeals court backs Missouri’s gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled Monday that Missouri should use the 2025 congressional map drawn…
The curious case of a Ponzi schemer’s glowing profile in a Missouri newspaper
Prosecutors allege the profile of Siddharth Jawahar was part of a paid campaign aimed at influencing a federal judge (Getty…
False birth control claims are proliferating, survey says
More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are…
The higher your body fat percentage, the less accurate your smartwatch is at measuring calories you burn when exercising – new study
Study participants rode a recumbent bike while wearing four smartwatches and breathing into a metabolic analyzer. Taimy Alvarez/Florida International University…
Trump likes data centers. Congress seems stuck. The midterms could deliver a verdict.
Alabamans hold up signs that read “No Data Center” at a County Commission meeting on Aug. 24 in Hayneville, Alabama,…
Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is urging President Donald Trump to embargo diesel fuel exports as rising costs…
Missouri’s ‘unprecedented’ budget vote leaves schools around Kansas City in the lurch
A student at Ingels Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District. Superintendent Dennis Carpenter said he’s disappointed by the…
Missouri election officials begin mailing ballots as they await ruling on congressional map
Absentee voting for people who cannot get to the polls begins Tuesday in Missouri. Election officials are waiting for a…
Voters to decide fate of state taxes this fall
Canvassers in Denver received petition packets as they prepared to gather signatures in support of a graduated income tax measure…
Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce
The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which…
Economic Frustration Tests Trump’s Standing With Rural Voters, New KFF-AP Poll Finds
About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to…