/tags/missouri-independent Missouri Independent en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Thu, 29 May 2025 20:58:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-05-29/missouri-governor-stadium-funding-resistance-grows The Senate Freedom Caucus is demanding tax cuts in exchange for not blocking stadium funds, while Democrats on Thursday retaliated for slights during the regular session by derailing the routine work of signing bills. Thu, 29 May 2025 20:58:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-05-29/missouri-governor-stadium-funding-resistance-grows Jason Hancock, Rudi Keller /law-order/2025-05-07/planned-parenthood-missouri-attorney-general-patient-records-court-rules Eastern District Court of Appeals says Planned Parenthood must produce ‘de-identified’ medical records or otherwise cite exemptions. Wed, 07 May 2025 16:14:35 GMT /law-order/2025-05-07/planned-parenthood-missouri-attorney-general-patient-records-court-rules Annelise Hanshaw /government-politics-issues/2025-05-06/missouri-draws-scorn-over-treatment-teen-mom-foster-care State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman called the case "an amalgamation of all of the horrible things that can happen to kids when they’re in care." Tue, 06 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-05-06/missouri-draws-scorn-over-treatment-teen-mom-foster-care Anna Spoerre /government-politics-issues/2025-04-23/bill-overturning-protections-section-8-renters-missouri-governor-mike-kehoe The legislation is a response to laws passed by several Missouri cities protecting tenants from discrimination based on the source of their income. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:21:41 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-04-23/bill-overturning-protections-section-8-renters-missouri-governor-mike-kehoe Clara Bates /government-politics-issues/2025-03-21/proposed-tax-credit-boost-may-be-lucrative-for-missouri-anti-abortion-centers-and-their-donors Critics argue the way the proposal is crafted could create huge problems for the state budget. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:40:29 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-03-21/proposed-tax-credit-boost-may-be-lucrative-for-missouri-anti-abortion-centers-and-their-donors Anna Spoerre /government-politics-issues/2025-02-24/developmentally-disabled-missourians-suffer-abuse-death-in-states-dysfunctional-system From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:45:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-24/developmentally-disabled-missourians-suffer-abuse-death-in-states-dysfunctional-system William Skipworth /law-order/2025-02-04/missouri-prison-nursery-keeping-mothers-babies ‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,’ said one caregiver in the prison nursery. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2025-02-04/missouri-prison-nursery-keeping-mothers-babies Anna Spoerre /law-order/2025-01-10/warden-top-supervisor-removed-jobs-southwest-missouri-prison The Department of Corrections is giving few details, but advocates say the removal of the South Central Correctional Center warden occurred after an investigation into how contraband is entering the prison. Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:26:54 GMT /law-order/2025-01-10/warden-top-supervisor-removed-jobs-southwest-missouri-prison Rudi Keller /law-order/2025-01-10/kurtis-watkins-asks-federal-court-free-prison-citing-revelations-st-louis-cop The jury that convicted Watkins in 2016 was never informed that the white officer whose testimony was the only evidence at trial had a history of racist social media posts and a previous mistaken identification of a Black man that led to a death in custody. Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2025-01-10/kurtis-watkins-asks-federal-court-free-prison-citing-revelations-st-louis-cop Clara Bates /education/2025-01-07/lawsuit-accuses-st-louis-public-school-board-of-illegally-banning-advocate-from-meetings According to the lawsuit, the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education told Chester Asher he’d been warned about being “disrespectful” while speaking at public meetings before issuing a six-month ban. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:01:07 GMT /education/2025-01-07/lawsuit-accuses-st-louis-public-school-board-of-illegally-banning-advocate-from-meetings Debra Chandler Landis