Thursday, December 26, 2024

Tag: Missouri

In blow to GOP narrative, Missouri cut to jobless benefits not...

“It’s almost as if the pandemic unemployment benefits weren’t the issue.”

Kansas City, Missouri implements Zero Fare Transit; first major US city...

While other cities such as Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Denver have floated around the idea, Kansas City is now the first U.S. city to offer fare-free transit.

Missouri’s last abortion clinic faces imminent closure. Meet one of the...

“This is harassment and attempted intimidation of doctors at the highest levels of government.”

Megadonor’s threat wasn’t enough to stop Missouri abortion ban

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed a bill into law that would ban abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy, defying a plea from a major megadonor.

Former county executive and chief of staff sentenced to prison

Michael Sanders defrauded political committees by converting campaign contributions for his personal use along with his then-chief of staff Calvin Williford.

Prosecutors drop felony charge after Missouri Governor resigns

In light of Eric Greitens’ recent resignation, the Missouri House committee is no longer pursuing impeachment proceedings against the former governor.

Missouri Governor indicted on another felony charge

While investigating the governor’s alleged crimes, a Missouri House committee is deciding whether or not to proceed with impeaching Greitens.

State of Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite exonerating DNA evidence

DNA evidence proves Williams’ innocence – Governor Greitens could commute his death sentence.

Family life without fossil fuels – slow and satisfying

A visit to the Possibility Alliance reminded me also that the one constant of life is change.

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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?

Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.

Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence

The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.

The world’s four legacy empires going down

In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.

Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor

Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.

It was the rage of the age

Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?