1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (349+ words) When Republican lawmakers set out to redraw Missouri’s congressional maps last year, they aimed to carve a new GOP-leaning district out of the one currently held by Kansas City U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II. Six Republicans have since filed for…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (778+ words) Missouri election officials began mailing Aug. 4 primary ballots Tuesday to military and overseas voters using the state’s gerrymandered congressional districts, even as the legal status of those districts remains unresolved. Missourians in 28 counties have been assigned to a different congressional…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1491+ words) It’s April 1st, and after waiting hours in an online queue, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of soccer fans taking their “last chance” to get World Cup tickets at face value were booted back to the start of the line....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1807+ words) The mother of four did not always plan to come to the United States but, after testifying against a family member who was selling drugs, moving hundreds of miles away from Costa Rica became the safest option. “This country is…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1205+ words) Victor Matheson has been to a lot of big international sports tournaments. So, he’s more familiar than most with how expensive tickets have gotten. It’s also part of his job. Matheson, a professor of sports economics at the College of…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1054+ words) Juan’s fingers interlock as he sits on his living room couch. He squeezes them tighter as he talks about his American journey. He came to the U.S. from Guatemala more than 30 years ago in search of a better life and…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (489+ words) Everyday use of artificial intelligence tools is growing, and with it, plans to build power-hungry data centers to support them. On Wednesday, Missouri lawmakers on the House Utilities Committee explored the potential benefits and pitfalls of the forthcoming data center…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (836+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, a move that could conceivably provide a green light for Missouri lawmakers to convert a St. Louis-based congressional district into a more Republican seat. But there is…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (723+ words) A new study finds bird populations are declining at a faster pace in areas with a lot of agriculture, especially in the Midwest. The loss of bird populations has been documented since the 1970s. A landmark study from the Cornell Lab…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (864+ words) Dozens of eight- and nine-foot fir trees are ready for Christmas at Dave Tubbin's plant nursery in southwestern Wisconsin. But the bestsellers this year are the five-foot potted spruce that customers can plant in the spring. Tubbin said Second Nature…...