Missouri Independent
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Health
Missouri hospital that denied emergency abortion is being investigated by federal officials
The federal government, not state political leaders, initiated an investigation of the care Freeman Health Services in Joplin provided after a denying…
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Opinion
Opinion: Vote. The future of our state and nation is riding on it
Voting has never been more important. The future well-being of our state and nation may very well depend on voters…
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Politics
Jones announces opposition to recreational marijuana amendment
In a move highlighting a growing divide among Black leaders and organizations in Missouri over a push to legalize marijuana,…
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Health
Medicaid application wait times average 41 days, the lowest in nearly a year
Average wait times for Missouri Medicaid applicants fell in September below the federally allowed maximum for the first time in…
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Business
Black families fall further behind on homeownership
Some cities and states are trying to boost Black homeownership, which dropped to a 60-year low even before the economic…
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Education
National report finds Missouri student test scores dropped during pandemic
A new report released this week documents the impact of COVID-19 on student performance in Missouri, with test scores for…
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Crime
St. Louis leaders call for ban on assault rifles following school shooting
The first time St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones publicly spoke about the tragic shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts…
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Education
Few school districts in state used a COVID testing program for which vendor was paid $16 million
A Boston biotech company was paid more than $16 million in Missouri for its work operating a little-used COVID testing…
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Education
U.S. judge in Missouri rejects GOP challenge to student-loan forgiveness program
A federal judge in Missouri has rejected GOP efforts by six states to block President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive…
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Education
Commission recommends salary increases to address Missouri teacher shortage
A state commission Tuesday laid out its recommendations to improve teacher recruitment and retention in Missouri, including a push to…
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Health
Monkeypox cases are in sharp decline overall; percentage among Blacks is rising
New monkeypox cases have been trending downward nationwide for more than two months, giving some hope the decades-old virus that…
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Health
Missouri families still waiting for summer food benefits for low-income children
As food prices spiked over the summer and her children lost access to school-provided subsidized meals, Jennifer Sheils scrambled to…
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Politics
Ashcroft can delay review for 2024 initiative petitions until after election, judge rules
There is no way under Missouri law to save time on initiative petitions by submitting them early, Cole County Circuit Judge…
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Politics
Judge tosses voter ID lawsuit; plaintiffs call ruling a ‘procedural pit stop’
A Missouri judge has dismissed a lawsuit that argued that a new law requiring Missourians present a government-issued photo ID to vote is…
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Crime
Costs of incarceration rise as inflation squeezes inmates, families
Across the nation, prison commissaries are raising prices on items that many consider basic necessities — from deodorant to fresh…
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Health
FDA greenlights updated COVID-19 booster for children ages 5-11
The federal government recommended on Wednesday an updated COVID-19 booster for children between 5 and 11, expanding use of the…
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Education
Missouri judge hears lawsuit challenging Biden’s student debt relief plan
Whether student debtors will get the loan relief promised by President Joe Biden is now in the hands of a…
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Education
‘Invading academic freedom:’ Missouri AG’s probe for university emails raises concerns
A push by the attorney general’s office for the emails of professors and staff at the University of Missouri has…
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Police Accountability
St. Louis judge orders civilian oversight of city jails – but not of police work – to continue
A St. Louis judge issued an order Tuesday walking back part of his decision to block a city ordinance that expanded civilian…
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Politics
With changes in Missouri election law, here’s what voters need to know to cast a ballot
Election Day is just over a month away, and a lot has changed for voters since the last time they…
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Crime
Parson won’t issue blanket pardons for marijuana offenses, he says
While announcing a plan to pardon those with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, President Joe Biden urged governor’s to…
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Crime
Prosecutors’ biggest roadblock in wrongful conviction cases? Missouri’s attorney general
Up until last year, if elected prosecutors believed a person was wrongfully convicted, there wasn’t anything they could do about…
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Business
Missouri AFL-CIO endorses marijuana legalization constitutional amendment
The push to legalize recreational marijuana has won the endorsement of Missouri’s largest labor union. Missouri AFL-CIO president Jake Hummel…
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Politics
Women could claim the most governors’ seats in U.S. history in November
Women running in governors’ races throughout the country are potentially set to break records if elected this November. In total…
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Politics
Biden to pardon all federal offenses for simple marijuana possession, review criminalization
President Joe Biden has announced executive actions that would pardon thousands of people with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. Biden…
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Politics
DACA is ruled unlawful by federal appeals court, but program continues for now
A federal appeals court has upheld a prior ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programenacted under President Barack Obama is…
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Politics
Scattershot polling leaves both sides of Missouri marijuana campaign optimistic
A pair of polls in recent weeks found voters closely divided over the question of whether Missouri should legalize recreational…
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Politics
Parson signs $764 million income tax cut, rural incentives package
Gov. Mike Parson signed on Wednesday an income tax cut and a package of incentives targeting rural economic projects into…
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Politics
Judge to decide when Jay Ashcroft must begin review of 2024 Missouri initiative petitions
It is settled law in Missouri that those seeking to amend the state constitution or law through the initiative petition…
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Health
Planned Parenthood launching mobile abortion clinic in Illinois to boost access in Missouri
In an effort to fortify access to abortion throughout the Midwest and in Missouri, where the procedure is almost entirely…
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