15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (652+ words) The number of private equity-involved healthcare deals has declined since last year, and the value of those deals in the first half of 2026 is lower than it was for the same time in 2025, according to a new report from Pitchbook,…...

15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (714+ words) In light of the ruling in the nation’s highest court, the administration late Monday asked U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts to vacate her decision from earlier in August that blocks the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out aspects…...

21+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1225+ words) But candidates are only part of the money story. In many of Missouri’s most competitive legislative races, some of the biggest checks — and some of the loudest campaign messages — come from political action committees representing businesses, unions, gambling companies, healthcare…...

21+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1771+ words) Then he threatened a cashier and swiped a handful of cigarette lighters in Kansas City in 2021. Landing at the Clay County jail, Louis became angry and afraid, questioning why he was being held. To the detention officers, he just didn’t…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1742+ words) EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving....

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1193+ words) The analysis found that states with strict non-cooperation policies — Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Washington state — have the lowest rates of immigration arrests in jails. The highest rates were generally in states that limit or bar so-called sanctuary policies....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1562+ words) Brianna and Elijah Campo admire their son, Wesley, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at their home at Fort Leonard Wood, the Army base where Brianna is stationed (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).When Brianna and Elijah Campo first learned how much it would…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1761+ words) Those details will become clearer when a future ordinance outlines a stadium “impact” area where taxes will be redirected to pay off the debt. The ballpark, totaling $1.9 billion, will be one of the most expensive major league ballparks of all…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (523+ words) During a White House Rose Garden event celebrating the back-to-school season, Trump and McMahon lauded the incoming federal school choice effort along with many of the education policies the administration has pursued, including ongoing efforts to dismantle the 46-year-old Education…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (660+ words) (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Lawmakers are hauling the Missouri Children’s Division back to the Capitol on Wednesday. The hearing will cover some of the agency’s recurring trouble spots: relative foster placements, child fatalities, reunification rates and how the department has…...