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Missouri law allows corporal punishment at school — but educators are mandated reporters of child abuse.
12/05/2025

Missouri law allows corporal punishment at school — but educators are mandated reporters of child abuse.

Replacing skim and 1% milk in school lunches isn’t about scoring political points — it’s about healthier kids, Kansas se...
12/05/2025

Replacing skim and 1% milk in school lunches isn’t about scoring political points — it’s about healthier kids, Kansas senator says.

In complexifying the tax code, the MAGA senator would give a subsidy to abortion, gender-affirming surgery, puberty bloc...
12/05/2025

In complexifying the tax code, the MAGA senator would give a subsidy to abortion, gender-affirming surgery, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. From David Mastio:

From the cost of living to health care, leaders who promised to protect working families have chosen political gamesmans...
12/05/2025

From the cost of living to health care, leaders who promised to protect working families have chosen political gamesmanship over solutions.

Kansas noncitizen mayor shouldn’t be sacrificed on the altar of anti-immigrant hysteria built by Kris Kobach, Kristi Noe...
12/05/2025

Kansas noncitizen mayor shouldn’t be sacrificed on the altar of anti-immigrant hysteria built by Kris Kobach, Kristi Noem and Donald Trump.

On the heels of a St. Louis visit, Missouri’s junior senator invited FBI Director Kash Patel to come here to “crush viol...
12/04/2025

On the heels of a St. Louis visit, Missouri’s junior senator invited FBI Director Kash Patel to come here to “crush violent crime.”

This alumnus learned that real estate management is never just about buildings. It’s about the people who live inside th...
12/04/2025

This alumnus learned that real estate management is never just about buildings. It’s about the people who live inside them.

One 64-year-old woman’s cheapest available plan is more than $1,000 per month, and she’s far from alone. Congress must a...
12/04/2025

One 64-year-old woman’s cheapest available plan is more than $1,000 per month, and she’s far from alone. Congress must act.

Like the great St. Louis divorce, Toriano Porter and historians don’t think it would be good for Kansas City.
12/04/2025

Like the great St. Louis divorce, Toriano Porter and historians don’t think it would be good for Kansas City.

Co-op CEO: Labor shortages, trade disruption and lack of a new farm bill damages farming not just as an industry, but as...
12/03/2025

Co-op CEO: Labor shortages, trade disruption and lack of a new farm bill damages farming not just as an industry, but as a way of life.

No new data supports these label changes, which fly in the face of known science. More than 100,000 women in Kansas City...
12/03/2025

No new data supports these label changes, which fly in the face of known science. More than 100,000 women in Kansas City and 670,000 in Kansas are affected.

Breaking immigration laws is often portrayed as a civil offense, but for the million Americans whose identities were tak...
12/03/2025

Breaking immigration laws is often portrayed as a civil offense, but for the million Americans whose identities were taken, it’s a real crime.

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