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December 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In a typical month, our stories are republished more than 800 times in news outlets across the state.
We let any publication republish our work for free, because we think our watchdog journalism is a public service that everyone should benefit from.
We let any publication republish our work for free, because we think our watchdog journalism is a public service that everyone should benefit from.
A trio of newspapers that cover Missouri’s capital city and surrounding communities will now be run by a familiar and polarizing figure in state politics whose career has been marked by scandal. #moleg #mogov
New owner with checkered political past takes over newspaper serving Missouri’s capital • Missouri Independent
A trio of newspapers that cover Missouri’s capital city and surrounding communities will now be run by a polarizing figure in state politics.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
China’s lawsuit makes Missouri’s $25 billion COVID judgment even harder to collect
Missouri was already unlikely to ever collect a dime, legal experts agree, and the countersuit could expose U.S. assets to retaliation. #moleg #mogov
Missouri was already unlikely to ever collect a dime, legal experts agree, and the countersuit could expose U.S. assets to retaliation. #moleg #mogov
China's lawsuit makes Missouri’s $25 billion COVID judgment even harder to collect • Missouri Independent
Missouri was already unlikely to ever collect a dime, legal experts agree, and the countersuit could expose U.S. assets to retaliation.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Missouri is trying to illegally enact a gerrymandered congressional map in violation of a century of constitutional precedent, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. #moleg #mogov
Lawsuit alleges Missouri officials are ignoring constitution to enact gerrymandered map • Missouri Independent
Missouri is trying to illegally enact a gerrymandered congressional map in violation of a century of constitutional precedent.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
State Sen. Nick Schroer said he will be filing legislation this week “to get rid of the asinine classification of the Chiefs as Missouri's official NFL team" and will work to get rid of "the asinine ‘handshake’ border-war resolution" with Kansas. #moleg
‘Painful day’: Missouri officials react to Chiefs announcing move to Kansas • Missouri Independent
Missouri learned Monday that the Kansas City Chiefs are moving across the state line to Kansas.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
State Sen. Nick Schroer said he will be filing legislation this week “to get rid of the asinine classification of the Chiefs as Missouri's official NFL team" and will work to get rid of "the asinine ‘handshake’ border-war resolution" with Kansas. #moleg
Missouri wasn’t able to put its best foot forward, House Speaker Jon Patterson said, because "leadership was very fragmented"
“Kansas leadership was very united and professional, and they just took advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity." #moleg #mogov
“Kansas leadership was very united and professional, and they just took advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity." #moleg #mogov
‘Painful day’: Missouri officials react the Chiefs announcing move to Kansas • Missouri Independent
Missouri learned Monday that the Kansas City Chiefs are moving across the state line to Kansas.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Kansas City Chiefs will leave Missouri for a new stadium in Kansas
Kansas lawmakers agreed to help finance a domed stadium and a mixed-use entertainment district, as well as a new team headquarters, training facility and mixed-use development #moleg #mogov
Kansas lawmakers agreed to help finance a domed stadium and a mixed-use entertainment district, as well as a new team headquarters, training facility and mixed-use development #moleg #mogov
Kansas City Chiefs will leave Missouri for a new stadium in Kansas • Missouri Independent
Kansas legislative leadership voted unanimously Monday in a closed door meeting to issue STAR bonds to build a new stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I am in Topeka at the Docking State Office Building waiting for an official decision between Kansas and a professional sports team #ksleg
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am in Topeka at the Docking State Office Building waiting for an official decision between Kansas and a professional sports team #ksleg
As US Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps #moleg #mogov via @jonshorman.bsky.social
As US Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps • Missouri Independent
As some states engage in an extraordinary redraw of congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, state courts may decide the fate of the new maps.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As US Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps #moleg #mogov via @jonshorman.bsky.social
Federal officials framed the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as a salve for struggling hospitals. But rural health advocates and experts say there’s friction between federal investment in innovation and Medicaid cuts. #moleg #mogov
Missouri hopes federal funds can ease strain on rural hospitals amid looming Medicaid cuts • Missouri Independent
Experts and advocates described tension between federal investment in rural health innovation and an expected uptick in uncompensated care.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What Trump’s marijuana rescheduling order does — and doesn’t — mean for Missouri cannabis #moleg #mogov
What Trump’s marijuana rescheduling order does — and doesn’t — mean for Missouri cannabis • Missouri Independent
Rescheduling won’t allow interstate commerce, federal legalization, or an instant federal regulatory takeover — just tax relief.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The process of drafting a new formula to calculate state aid for Missouri’s public schools became more challenging this week as state officials discovered some federal data sources are likely to disappear. #moleg #mogov
Federal education cutbacks cause problems for Missouri school funding formula • Missouri Independent
Efforts to reform the formula that funds Missouri public schools have hit a snag as federal agencies stop collecting certain data.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Missouri among states offered Trump DOJ deal to purge voters flagged by feds as ineligible
The proposed agreement would hand the federal government new power over state election administration, alarming election officials and privacy advocates. #moleg #mogov (via @jonshorman.bsky.social)
The proposed agreement would hand the federal government new power over state election administration, alarming election officials and privacy advocates. #moleg #mogov (via @jonshorman.bsky.social)
Missouri among states offered Trump DOJ deal to purge voters flagged by feds as ineligible • Missouri Independent
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Missouri among states offered Trump DOJ deal to purge voters flagged by feds as ineligible
The proposed agreement would hand the federal government new power over state election administration, alarming election officials and privacy advocates. #moleg #mogov (via @jonshorman.bsky.social)
The proposed agreement would hand the federal government new power over state election administration, alarming election officials and privacy advocates. #moleg #mogov (via @jonshorman.bsky.social)
The capital gains tax cut was supposed to cause revenue loss of about $160 million in the current fiscal year, w/ongoing losses at $111 million. The state now expects $500 million loss this year and $360 million annually. #moleg #mogov
Missouri faces budget crunch as capital gains tax cut hits harder than expected • Missouri Independent
The capital gains tax cut passed this year by Missouri will cost far more than expected and shrink state revenues, a new estimate shows.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. When 300,000 people sign their names to challenge a law, they aren’t offering a suggestion. They are exercising a constitutional veto belonging to the voters alone. #moleg #mogov
Missouri officials defy decades of precedent in bid to block gerrymandering referendum • Missouri Independent
Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. Republicans shouldn't ignore that.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Missouri Department of Mental Health has long acknowledged the problem. With a federal lawsuit alleging the department is illegally denying services to incarcerated Missourians, lawmakers want solutions. #moleg #mogov
Missouri lawmakers vow to tackle mental health backlog as hundreds languish in jails • Missouri Independent
Several bills filed ahead of the 2026 legislative session seek to reduce the backlog or get people mental health treatment outside of jail.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Missouri’s fourth-largest school district sued the state Monday to prevent establishment of a new charter school in Boone County. #moleg #mogov
Columbia schools sue to block law expanding reach of Missouri charter schools • Missouri Independent
Missouri’s fourth-largest school district sued the state Monday to prevent establishment of a new charter school in Boone County.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Missouri AG faces coordinated, pro-China social media attacks over $24B COVID judgment #moleg #mogov
Missouri AG faces coordinated, pro-China social media attacks over $24B COVID judgment • Missouri Independent
A new report reveals an online campaign, likely originating from China, aimed at discrediting Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM