Government
Missouri considers mandatory Ten Commandment displays in schools amid religious revivalMissouri lawmakers are considering legislation requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in school classrooms, amid a national shift to allow more religious references in the public square. Senate Bill 594… Read More
Government
Media apathy makes Schmitt’s hearing on government censorship all the more vitalThe legacy media seem to have ho-hummed their way past a landmark Senate hearing on Biden administration censorship – what Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt calls “one of the biggest scandals in… Read More
Government
Missouri House passes born-alive protections; Virginia governor vetoes pro-abortion billPro-life legislators are taking action in Missouri, and so is Virginia’s governor. The Missouri House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act” 109-32 on… Read More
Courts
Landmark racial gerrymandering Supreme Court case puts another Missourian front and centerAfter its record $24 billion COVID award from China and its two U.S. senators’ key roles in a watershed hearing on government censorship this past week, Missouri may be about to make even more… Read More
Government
Missouri AG orders Planned Parenthood to stop chemical abortionsMissouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued a cease-and-desist order barring Planned Parenthood from providing chemical abortions. The March 12 order argues Planned Parenthood is in… Read More
Public Education
Kansas City Public Schools needs more accountability, not money, critics sayCritics of Kansas City Public Schools’ impending $474 million bond proposal say the district needs more accountability, not money. If approved in the April 8 election, the bonds will… Read More
Government
Missouri mulls legislation allowing homeschool students to join public-school extracurricular activitiesMissouri homeschoolers may soon be able to participate in any extracurricular activities hosted by school districts, according to a new bill under review by the state House. Sen. Ben Brown,… Read More
Public Education
Some Missouri universities want more freedom in offering degrees. Should that apply to community colleges too?With Missouri lawmakers looking at allowing more public universities to offer advanced degrees, one might wonder: Why not allow community colleges to offer more four-year degrees? Community colleges are typically more… Read More
Government
Missouri lawmakers file bills on porn restrictions, PRC tax credits, illegal immigrationOn pornography, abortion and illegal immigration, Missouri lawmakers are fighting for conservative values. A measure that aims to prevent children from accessing pornography by requiring age verification on adult websites… Read More
Government
Missouri bill focuses on antisemitic discrimination in public K-12 schools, higher educationAntisemitism is “a daily reality” for Nikolay Remizov, who chose to run for Saint Louis University’s student government president last fall. “My campaign materials were defaced with antisemitic imagery, horns… Read More
Culture
Trump’s ‘perfect the way God made you’ remark a dagger in heart of radical gender ideology, Hawley arguesPresident Trump’s message Tuesday “to every child in America … that you are perfect exactly the way God made you” was “perhaps the most important line of the night,”… Read More
Public Education
Missouri Ethics Commission fines school district for electioneering in 2024 bond campaign as district now asks voters to approve huge tax hikeThe Saint Joseph School District (SJSD) has been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission for violating campaign finance rules in a 2024 campaign for a $20 million bond issue. The… Read More
Public Education
Study shows how Missouri taxpayers are subsidizing teachers’ unionsSince the pandemic, teachers’ unions have been widely criticized for having liberal agendas that undermine public education. What’s worse, according to one union watchdog, is how taxpayers are unwittingly funding… Read More
Homeschools
Homeschool conference to support Midwestern families through special-needs resources, learning screeningsWhile Christy-Faith has more than 20 years’ experience coaching children of “A-listers and billionaires,” her newest initiative lies in helping homeschool parents – not celebrities. “I’m on a mission to… Read More
Public Education
Springfield news outlet’s deep MSU ties raise questions about independenceA Springfield news organization that claims to be independent has extensive financial and personnel ties to Missouri State University (MSU), raising concerns about its objectivity. The Springfield Daily Citizen, which… Read More
Public Education
Education group requests federal investigation into race-based hiring at Kansas City Public SchoolsA grassroots group working to counter indoctrination in public education has requested the federal government open an investigation into race-based hiring practices at a large Missouri school district. The group… Read More
Government
University of Missouri splits with NPR stations. Will other universities follow suit?Early radio stations were often run by college engineering professors, but nearly a century later, some schools are finding public radio no longer aligns with their mission. Two schools in… Read More
Courts
Kansas City, Jackson County face lawsuit over laws forcing counselors to self-censor on transgender ideologyKansas City and Jackson County are now being sued for ordinances forcing “transgender ideology” on licensed counselors, and making it illegal for them to differ from the governments’ views on… Read More
Government
Democrats, media, risk the republic in defending orgy of federal spending unearthed by DOGE, Missouri Sens. Schmitt, Hawley warnThe left has made the federal government its “personal piggy bank,” and that’s why Democrats and their bought-and-paid-for media are squealing like stuck pigs at DOGE’s exposure of it. That’s… Read More
Christian Schools
St. Louis-area Catholic high school to offer trades program as Gen Z explores hands-on skillsA “Building Trades” program is set to launch at a Catholic high school in Missouri as a growing number of students express interest in alternatives to traditional four-year college degrees. Read More