Culture
Riley Gaines captivates Missouri crowd with fierce advocacy for women’s sportsHow is it that 24-year-old former collegiate swimming star Riley Gaines, with her endearing and disarming demeanor, so easily and frequently makes grown men cry? And when she walks into… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis joins other cities in raising school taxes while student achievement fallsShould public schools raise taxes to cover payroll, even amid failing test scores? Thatâs apparently what the St. Louis Public Schools district is considering: raising property taxes $6 million annually… Read More
Culture
Secret Service director resigns 10 days after Trump shot; Hawley says Mayorkas should resign nextOne day after being grilled by an angry bipartisan congressional committee, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has called it quits. Cheatleâs resignation was first reported by NBC News,… Read More
Culture
Missouri AG: Stopping gender experiments on children is âpersonal for meâ(The Daily Signal) â Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says his experience as a prosecutor of child abuse and as a foster father fuel his resolve to end gender âexperimentationâ on… Read More
Public Education
Missouri AG announces investigation of St. Joseph, Missouri school district over ‘disturbingâ allegationsThe St. Joseph School District is actively being investigated by the Missouri attorney general over allegations first reported by The Lion. Those allegations include violations of Missouri Sunshine Law related… Read More
Public Education
Report: Millions in school funding goes where kids were, not where they are now(The Center Square) â Missouri and Oklahoma should adjust school funding when enrollments drop instead of allocating amounts based on policies using previous numbers, according to a report by the… Read More
Public Education
Missouri teacher fired for attacking student in the bathroomA video taken inside a school bathroom reportedly shows a teacher hitting and then body-slamming a student to the ground. On Tuesday, the Raytown School District near Kansas City, Missouri confirmed… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court strikes down injunction against government censorship via big tech, citing plaintiffs’ standingIn a 6-3 ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the Biden administration in a lawsuit brought by two state attorneys general and… Read More
Culture
Missouri drops 4 spots to 32 in 50-state ranking on child well-being(The Center Square) â Missouri declined in all four areas measured by the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, published by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, as it dropped from 28th… Read More
Culture
Sen. Schmitt demands state department-funded censorship org disclose funding, partners(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt on Thursday demanded the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) provide information on its efforts to blacklist conservative news sites in a letter… Read More
Culture
Five illegal immigrants charged with trafficking 14-year-old girl across AmericaFive foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally were arrested Monday in Macon County, Missouri and charged with endangering the welfare of a child who was with… Read More
Culture
Fauci âand his minionsâ still lying about likelihood COVID came from Wuhan lab, fiery Hawley arguesFour years after the COVID-19 outbreak, and a year after a deadline for the federal government to come clean on what it knows, we still know precious little about where… Read More
Culture
Feds planning mammoth electric line corridor through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois; are residents informed enough to oppose it?The Biden administration is taking public comments on a proposed five-mile-wide electric transmission corridor crossing half of Kansas and all of Missouri â but do residents even have enough information… Read More
Public Education
Gender identity belongs in science class, Missouri teacher says(The Daily Signal) â A Missouri high school teacher has discussed her ex-husbandâs transgender identity with minors in her science class, a former student told The Daily Signal. Read More
Public Education
Missouri school board president runs unregistered for-profit food business out of nonprofit youth center she directsRecently reelected St. Joseph, Missouri School District (SJSD) board president LaTonya Williams is running a personal catering business that sold alcohol without a license and continues to operate out of… Read More
Courts
âWe never tell parentsâ: Video allegedly showing Missouriâs Planned Parenthood trafficking minors for out-of-state abortions leads to day in courtMissouriâs Planned Parenthood has a First Amendment right to help arrange out-of-state abortions for minors without the knowledge of parents, its attorneys reportedly argued in court this week. âFACT CHECK:… Read More
Courts
Missouri school board member pleads guilty to harassment over profane tirade caught on videoA school board member in St Joseph, Missouri pleaded guilty on Tuesday to harassment stemming from an incident following a school board meeting in February. Whitney Lanning, an at-large member… Read More
Culture
âBorrower bewareâ? That appears to be the policy for age-inappropriate books for children at this Kansas City-area libraryThe Missouri secretary of state last year enacted a rule requiring libraries to âadopt written policies determining what material is age-appropriate.â But at least one Kansas City-area library seems to have… Read More
Public Education
Former Missouri assistant coach charged with attempted sexual contact with studentA former football assistant coach and substitute teacher in Platte County, Missouri has been released on bail after being charged with attempted sexual contact with a student. Dillon D. Thomas… Read More
Homeschools
Midwest homeschoolers host used curriculum sale to help families save amid inflationAs inflation continues to pressure families nationwide, KC-area homeschool groups are offering creative ways to help parents save on educational costs, including a June 11 Used… Read More