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Decorated bricks spur free speech discussions

Decorated bricks spur free speech discussions

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter October 28, 2021

In early 2021 the Sunset Hills Art Committee asked residents to help decorate a new playground at Watson Trail Park by painting a brick for a mural, with some bricks now being called into questions by...

Letters to the editor

Last year’s presidential election was ‘momentous,’ this reader writes

August 26, 2021

To the editor: It goes without saying the 2020 presidential election was a momentous election. Today’s American children will live with the consequences. I am a supporter of former President Trump...

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri speaks at the December 2018 christening of the USS St. Louis in Wisconsin.

Despite ‘clearly reckless’ actions, Roy Blunt says Trump should not resign

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent January 13, 2021

Despite “clearly reckless” actions by President Donald Trump that incited a mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said Sunday morning on Face The Nation that Trump should...

House Speaker Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, speaks with House Budget Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, during the Nov. 10, 2020 special session (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel/House Communications).

House speaker declares education reform a top priority for Missouri legislative session

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent January 12, 2021

As a new legislative session kicks off, education reform will be a top issue for lawmakers to tackle, Missouri House Speaker Rob Vescovo declared Wednesday. Lawmakers from across the state returned to...

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt discusses the Safer Streets Initiative at an event in St. Louis (photo courtesy of the Missouri Attorney Generals Office).

Eric Schmitt denies involvement in call for Trump supporters to march on U.S. Capitol

By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent January 12, 2021

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt denies any knowledge of a robocall by an arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) encouraging “patriots” to participate in a march that ended...

Respiratory therapist Chastity White, pictured above, is the first health-care worker at St. Lukes to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Biden expected to accelerate vaccine doses to states

By Laura Olson, Missouri Independent January 11, 2021

WASHINGTON — More COVID-19 vaccine doses will be available to states sooner under changes that the incoming Biden administration is expected to make to how the Trump administration has been allocating...

Then-Senate candidate and now Sen. Josh Hawley speaks at a campaign stop in Ballwin, Missouri, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Hawley defeated incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in November 2018, receiving 51.43 percent of the vote compared to McCaskill’s 45.47 percent. Photos by Erin Achenbach.

Josh Hawley’s woes grow as another major backer abandons him

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent January 11, 2021

The list of Missouri supporters abandoning U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley grew Friday, when a prominent early backer accused him of “an act of reckless pandering” by raising objections as electoral votes were...

The U.S. Capitol building.

Police defend response to mob takeover at Capitol

By Laura Olson, Missouri Independent January 10, 2021

WASHINGTON — A day after a violent mob seeking to overturn the election forced its way into the U.S. Capitol, the chief of the law enforcement officers tasked with protecting that building and those...

Then-Senate candidate and now Sen. Josh Hawley speaks at a campaign stop in , Missouri on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Hawley defeated incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in November 2018, receiving 51.43 percent of the vote compared to McCaskill’s 45.47 percent. Photos by Erin Achenbach.

With rioting mob driven from Capitol, Congress certifies Biden win over Josh Hawley’s objections

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent January 9, 2021

After a day of insurrection and deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley continued his push on Wednesday to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. But...

Gov. Mike Parson tweeted this photo of himself without a mask speaking to a group of mostly maskless Republican senators in November 2020, including Sen. Andrew Koenig and Sen. Paul Wieland.

Trump should ‘absolutely not’ be blamed for U.S. Capitol riots, Gov. Parson says

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent January 9, 2021

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson expressed dismay Wednesday at news that a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to derail the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. But he said people should...

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