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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury secretary appeared on track for Senate confirmation after a wide-ranging hearing Thursday that included substantial debate on tax policy and how tariffs would affect everyday Americans. Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager whom Trump announced as his pick in November, repeatedly deferred to the incoming president’s policies during […]

Missouri cannabis consultant John Payne appeared on 329 social-equity license applications last year as the designated contact — the person who handles all communications with state regulators. Amanda Kilroe, an attorney with the Michigan-based group CannaZoned, was listed on another 94.  Arizona-based cannabis investor Michael Halow is associated with at least a dozen designated contacts […]

The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon Patterson declared that defining fetal viability could be a difficult task.  A surgeon serving his fourth term in the legislature, Patterson said despite the vagueness of the medical phrase, the decision by voters to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban means lawmakers have no […]

If your mail-order prescription landed in a pile of snow on your doorstep last week, you may want to proceed with caution. Pharmacists warn that extreme temperatures — cold or hot — can change the chemical makeup of medicine, often making it less effective. But medicine coming through the mail in overheated UPS trucks or […]

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans Thursday for blocking a last-ditch effort to extend TikTok’s lifespan in the U.S. — even as the video platform’s CEO is expected to be among the tech moguls at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, Sunday marks the deadline set by bipartisan […]

Blue states are bracing for a battle with the Trump administration over their authority to limit tailpipe emissions, a showdown that will have major repercussions on the types of cars and trucks sold to American drivers. All sides expect President-elect Donald Trump to try to revoke states’ authority to adopt California’s strict rules on the […]

The new leader of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Arkansas’ John Boozman, has several ties to meatpacking behemoths, including Tyson Foods, and has recently resisted efforts by his fellow Republicans to reign in their economic power. New Democratic leadership on the committee also has strong agriculture ties, as Sen. Amy Klobuchar has received thousands from […]

Hell Woods has been couch-surfing between two friends’ apartments since their landlord refused to renew their lease in November. A former two-year resident of Quality Hill Towers, Woods joined the building’s tenant union and its now-paused rent strike after months of unresolved bedbug infestations and maintenance issues. Frustrated by the lack of action from management, […]

As the fate of widely popular short-form video app TikTok hangs in the balance this week, creators, users and social media experts lament the cultural and economic losses U.S. users could experience if the app is banned this weekend. “So many people are actually using it to make a living,” said Oliver Haimson, an assistant […]

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released an interim report saying that powerful drug middlemen marked up drugs for cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and other serious maladies far over the going rate — as much as a thousand percent over the going rate in 22% of instances. The upcharges provided $7.3 billion in additional revenue […]

Missouri cannabis regulators and the state’s largest marijuana trade group agree that people should be banned from flooding the license lottery with applicants they recruit who are never intended to have any actual control or profits. It’s a practice the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation has called predatory, and efforts to root it out of […]

WASHINGTON — A measure that would bar transgender students from participating on women’s school sports teams consistent with their gender identity passed the U.S. House on Tuesday. The legislation — which advanced 218-206 — came as an increasing number of states have passed laws banning trans athletes from participating in sports in K-12 schools and colleges that […]

More than five years ago, Kansas and Missouri declared a truce. The two states had for years engaged in a bloodletting competition to lure businesses to their side of the Kansas City region — handing out lucrative incentives to move a corporate headquarters just a few miles across the state line. These deals brought no new […]

The Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a $23 million ruling against the Department of Social Services for breach of contract.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week is moving to pass a bill that immigration attorneys and experts warn could have far-reaching ramifications, such as swamping federal courts with challenges by state attorneys general and subjecting some migrants — including children and teens — to rapid detention and deportation. The legislation, the Laken Riley Act, S. […]

WASHINGTON — A final report from former Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Smith contends that had President-elect Donald Trump not won in November, he would have been convicted on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The report was released just after midnight Tuesday, following a court battle to keep the […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a third regulatory reform under the Packers and Stockyards Act, with the latest regulation giving greater stability and fairness to chicken farmers working for major meat companies, according to an announcement Tuesday. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a press conference Monday the regulation came from “the ground up” […]

Deaths in Missouri prisons hit a new high in 2024. The preliminary total, 139, is two more than the 137 recorded by the Department of Corrections in each of the previous two years and represents the fourth year in the past five where deaths behind bars have averaged 10 or more a month. There were […]

When I think about Mike Parson’s tenure as Missouri governor, which came to an end Monday after six years, two moments jump out to me.  The first came at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Parson steadfastly refused to issue stringent statewide public health orders, instead leaving those decisions in the hands of local officials. […]

Task forces to arrest people with outstanding warrants and immigration enforcement training for the Missouri State Highway Patrol are among the actions Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered Monday as part of a program to combat crime in Missouri. Kehoe made controlling crime a centerpiece of his campaign for governor, and he signed the executive orders just […]