Five Republican state treasurers have pressed AT&T in a letter over its removal of the One America News Network (OANN), calling it “apparent censorship of political discourse” driven by partisanship. AT&T, the majority owner of satellite television provider DirecTV, terminated its contract with OANN and dropped its channels from its lineup earlier this year. In…
GOP State Treasurers Weigh in on AT&T Following Removal of One America News
Missouri Latest State to Divest from BlackRock Over ‘Woke Political Agenda’
Missouri plans to remove $500 million of its pension fund investments from BlackRock, making it the latest state to divest from the giant asset manager in response to the company’s overt leftist agenda. Missouri’s State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced the plans on Oct. 18. The realignment followed Louisiana’s Oct. 5 announcement on its pending removal…
February Execution Date Set for Missouri Man Who Killed 4
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a February execution date for a suburban St. Louis man who was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three young children nearly 18 years ago. Leonard Taylor, 58, is scheduled to be executed on Feb. 7 at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He was…
Radioactive Waste Found at Missouri Elementary School
FLORISSANT, Mo. — There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report by environmental investigation consultants. The report by Boston Chemical Data Corp. confirmed fears about contamination at Jana Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District in…
Abortion Notification Rules for Minors Dispute Arrives at Supreme Court
A county court clerk in Missouri is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an appeals court decision holding a minor has a “clearly established” right to skip parental notification before asking a court to rule on whether she can have an abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights think tank, the laws…
Missouri Supreme Court Reprimands Radical St Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner for Misconduct
The Supreme Court of Missouri ordered St. Louis Circuit attorney Kim Gardner, a high-profile left-wing Democrat, disciplined for misconduct in the 2018 prosecution of then-governor Eric Greitens, a Republican. Gardner is one of several prosecutors—accused of being soft on crime—in major population centers throughout the country elected with the support of left-wing billionaire George Soros….
Execution Date Set for Missouri Man Who Killed Police Officer
The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Nov. 29 execution date for a man who shot and killed a suburban St. Louis police sergeant in 2005. The court announced Wednesday that Kevin Johnson, 36, is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the death of 43-year-old Kirkwood Police Sgt. Bill McEntee. Johnson, who was 19…
Spelunkers Find Dog 500 Feet Inside Missouri’s Second Largest Cave System After Going Missing for 2 Months
A team of spelunkers were mapping a sprawling Missouri cave system when they stumbled on an emaciated senior dog that somehow had fallen in and become trapped. The group were surveying the Berome Moore cave system—the second largest cave in the state—in Perry County when they were compelled to undertake an unexpected rescue operation. The…
Missouri Sheriffs Resisting FBI’s Concealed Carry Weapon Audit
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has so far randomly audited 24 sheriff’s offices in Missouri in search of concealed carry weapon (CCW) details, but they all refused to comply, according to law enforcement authorities. “None released anything pertaining to CCWs themselves, but some did partially comply by answering procedural questions on issuing CCWs,” said…
Prosecutor: Missouri Man Fatally Shot in Lawn-Mowing Dispute
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A Missouri man has been charged with shooting and killing his neighbor following an argument over lawn mowing, bringing to an end years of hostility between the two, officials said. Samuel Avery, 42, of Kansas City, was charged Monday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the killing of 41-year-old Warner Trotter,…
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