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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

February 12, 2025
Courts
Kansas City, Jackson County face lawsuit over laws forcing counselors to self-censor on transgender ideology

Kansas 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

February 11, 2025
Government
Democrats, media, risk the republic in defending orgy of federal spending unearthed by DOGE, Missouri Sens. Schmitt, Hawley warn

The 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

February 7, 2025
Christian Schools
St. Louis-area Catholic high school to offer trades program as Gen Z explores hands-on skills

A “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

February 6, 2025
Public Education
Missouri mayor calls for resignation of school board member who called conservatives ‘Nazi f***s’

The mayor pro tem of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, has called on a local school board member to step down after the member called conservatives “Nazi f***s” in a social media… Read More

January 27, 2025
Public Education
Troubled St. Louis-area district refuses potential help from charter school 

A shrinking St. Louis-area school district that ranks among the state’s worst wants to solve its own problems instead of partnering with a proposed charter school, possibly viewing it as… Read More

January 22, 2025
Public Education
St. Louis school board member resigns after audit revealing former superintendent’s misuse of public funds

In the latest upheaval for the troubled St. Louis Public Schools, Sadie Weiss blamed a “less than sufficient response and no support” concerning finances when resigning from the school board. Read More

January 20, 2025
Public Education
Missouri State University defies trend, continues DEI spending

Missouri State University is continuing its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) spending, even as public sentiment and many state lawmakers have turned against it.  A survey of the DEI programs… Read More

January 17, 2025
Government
USA v. People of Faith? Anti-religious zealotry at DOJ needs yanking out, criminal probe, Hawley argues

There’s a pernicious “ingrained bigotry” against people of faith within the U.S. Department of Justice that needs to be rooted out and investigated for crimes and constitutional violations, says Missouri… Read More

January 16, 2025
Government
States cracking down on crime in trend that swept Trump into office

States from California to Maryland are getting tough on crime, reversing a trend of soft-sentencing and other lenient policies that saw an increase in drugs, shoplifting and assaults in recent… Read More

January 15, 2025
Courts
Saint Louis Public Schools accused of suppressing free speech, dissent in new lawsuit

Saint Louis Public Schools faces a lawsuit for allegedly stifling criticism from parents and community members. The lawsuit was filed by Chester Asher, a longtime educator and education advocate, who… Read More

January 13, 2025
Public Education
Missouri school district silent after hiring white superintendent who made repeated anti-white statements

A Missouri school board representing a district with nearly 90% white enrollment has refused to answer questions about the hiring of a district chief who holds racially offensive views. New… Read More

January 9, 2025
Courts
St. Louis-area superintendent faces two lawsuits over alleged sex harassment of former principals

A St. Louis-area superintendent has been placed on leave after two former district principals accused him of punishing them for rebuffing his sexual advances. Both plaintiffs in the separate suits… Read More

January 6, 2025
Government
Nearly 120 bills filed nationwide by state lawmakers to combat trans ideology

State legislators have already pre-filed about 120 bills to curb liberal transgender ideology in the 2025 legislative session, according to Truthout. That is about 50% more… Read More

December 27, 2024
Public Education
Kansas City area teacher arrested for possession, distribution of child pornography

A Kansas City-area high school teacher has been charged in federal court with distribution and possession of child pornography. Seth Brummond, 37, of Greenwood, Missouri, was charged Thursday with “one… Read More

December 20, 2024
Culture
Missouri, Arizona municipalities seeking to become ‘Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn’ 

The number of cities in the nation that have passed an ordinance outlawing abortion now numbers 70, reports the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the… Read More

December 20, 2024
Government
Schmitt lauds collapse of House ‘1,500-page monstrosity’ spending bill, Musk’s apparent role in defeating it

It’s a very good thing the House’s mammoth, pork-filled year-end spending bill “collapsed under its own weight” Wednesday, and that Elon Musk’s growing influence helped accelerate the crash, says Missouri… Read More

December 19, 2024
Government
Missouri delegation focusing on border security after brief with OLS Task Force

(The Center Square) – A Missouri delegation is focusing on border security after being briefed with an Operation Lone Star Task Force led by Goliad County, Texas, Sheriff Roy Boyd. Read More

December 16, 2024
Government
Hawley torches exiting FBI director Wray for multiple scandals, abuses, in bureau ‘dark chapter’

Christopher Wray’s impending departure as FBI director will put a wrap on “one of the darkest chapters in the bureau’s history,” according to Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Fox News Digital… Read More

December 12, 2024
Public Education
‘Grades don’t matter’: Experts criticize Missouri board’s proposal to lower teacher GPA standard 

The Missouri State Board of Education may lower teacher certification standards to recruit more middle and high school educators, but experts tell The Lion the problems run deeper.  In a… Read More

December 10, 2024