Government
âHe flip-flopped’: Missouri legislator one of three in hot water over about-face on school choiceMissouri Rep. Chris Lonsdale, R-Liberty, is taking heat for voting against an open enrollment bill last week after promising during his election campaign to support it and other school… Read More
Culture
Missouri needs to ban transgender treatments for minors, says Senator Josh Hawley, as national group decries the treatments for kidsMissouri lawmakers should go ahead and ban transgender treatments for children, in U.S. Sen. Josh Hawleyâs considered opinion. Hawleyâs office last month launched an investigation of the Washington University Transgender… Read More
Government
Missouri House passes open enrollment billThe Missouri House narrowly voted Thursday to allow open enrollment across school districts. HB 253, spearheaded by Republican Rep. Brad Pollitt, now heads to the… Read More
Government, Public Education
1 in every 5 Missouri schools is at risk of losing full accreditation after latest test scores plummet 25% statewideMissouri assessment test results from 2021-22 were released Tuesday, revealing breathtaking performance drops leaving more than 100 school districts short of the full accreditation mark. The Department of… Read More
Government
Two school choice bills pass committee, head to Missouri Senate floorTwo bills to expand school choice in Missouri passed out of the Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development on Tuesday. SB 360, sponsored by Sen. Read More
Culture
Walgreens says it wonât sell abortion pills in nearly 20 red statesWalgreens announced that it wonât sell abortion pills in states where it is banned or where the legality of the pills remains in question. The decision comes after nearly… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Missouri Senate Bill 49 is an essential step to protect Missouri children from âsex transitionâ treatmentsThis coming week the Missouri Senate will again see floor debate on Senate Bill 49, legislation designed to protect children from dangerous cross-sex hormones and experimental surgeries. Especially… Read More
Culture
Americans deserve to know what the government knows about the âlikelyâ leak of COVID-19 from a lab in Wuhan, China, says HawleyJosh Hawley wants you to know what he knows about the origin of the COVID-19 virus. The U.S. senator from Missouri, along with Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, introduced the COVID-19… Read More
Culture
Missouri State University clings to robust Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and âloyalty oathsâ despite nationwide retreat from themEven as companies, universities and whole states back away from divisive and legally suspect Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, Missouri State University is all in â even requiring job applicants… Read More
Culture, Homeschools
Homeschool conference to help KC-area families with workshops, curriculum resourcesTodd âThe Familymanâ Wilson grew up in public school. But once he became a dad, he knew he wanted something different for his family. âSchool is an okay… Read More
Courts
Prosecutor Kim Gardner no-show at bill hearing addressing violent crime in St. LouisEmbattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner was absent from a legislative hearing on a measure that would allow an appointment of her replacement in the prosecution of violent… Read More
Courts
Librarians, ACLU sue to keep ‘sexually explicit’ books in Missouri schools(Daily Caller) â Missouri librarians are challenging a state law which bars sexually explicit books from being in the classroom, according to a lawsuit. Under Missouri law,… Read More
Government, Public Education
Nearly 40% of Missouriâs $10B education dept. budget reflects âmission creepâ and âbureaucratic bloat,’ says lawmakerOf the $10 billion allotted to K-12 education in Missouriâs current budget, $4 billion may never make it to the classroom. If that staggering amount of money alarms taxpayers… Read More
Courts
Missouri attorney general files ouster of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after she keeps suspect free to critically injure young athleteSt. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who has faced searing criticism for repeatedly failing to prosecute serious crimes, is now facing ouster proceedings from the state attorney general. Attorney General… Read More
Government
Former presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway urges Missouri legislators to enact school choiceAs Missouri appears poised to spend an unprecedented amount of money on K-12 education, it must spend it wisely â meaning school choice and an âeducation renaissanceâ in the state,… Read More
Courts
St Louis prosecutorâs office under fire from all sides as suspect in crash critically injuring teenager had more than 40 bail violationsSt. Louis Attorney Kim Gardnerâs office is in hot water again as its soft-on-crime prosecutors left a suspected criminal free to commit another crime, this time resulting in the… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Urban Christian Academy loses most of its support after leaders abruptly push LGBT agendaWhen a Christian school in Kansas City announced it would close due to backlash against its sudden LGBT-inclusivity, the media had a field day while failing to even question… Read More
Culture
Hawley files bills, launches investigation of St. Louis Childrenâs Hospital, to protect children from social media and gender transitionsBills have been filed and an investigation launched by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley to protect children from both Big Tech and gender transition treatments. One Hawley bill would authorize patient… Read More
Culture
Missouri Senate poised to ban cross-sex surgery and hormones for minorsThe Missouri Senate conducted a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would ban gender transition procedures for minors. The Emerging Issues Committee heard arguments for and against… Read More
Culture
âI want my breasts backâ: Former transgender clinic employee remembers the horrors of the âgender-affirming careâ she once believed inLies are most effective when they sound like the truth. And gender-affirming doctors have their lies tailored to perfection, according to one insider. âResearch shows that when transgender… Read More