In late February, the Missouri Supreme Court extended legal protections with two separate rulings in two different directions to the LGBT community. One of the cases involved employee rights, and the other addressed access to public facilities by transgender students. In the first case, Lampley v. Missouri Commission on…
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Ten thousand voters in Missouri receive false information from GOP mailers
Ray Bozarth, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party, acknowledged to the Kansas City Star Oct. 19 that the party sent mailers to 10,000 people across the state with false information about when absentee ballots are due. As of 2016, approximately 4.2 million people were registered to vote in the state…
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Kander risks political career, furthers mental health awareness
In the face of a conservative national government, former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander appeared to be the Democratic Party’s new golden boy. Over the past year, he’s had a private meeting with President Obama, been hailed by Joe Biden at donor dinners, become a New York Times bestseller,…
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Policy in question as Missouri ranks significantly worse than Kansas in study on bullying
A recent report released by WalletHub analyzed 47 states and the District of Columbia and ranked them to determine which had the largest problem with bullying. The study emphasized the sweeping and long-term detrimental effects bullying can have on a victim’s life as well as the negative cost to society…
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Eric Greitens has been indicted
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted Feb. 22 after allegations of sexual misconduct and blackmail were revealed in mid-January. The allegations concern a consensual encounter in March of 2015 during which Greitens allegedly took a partially nude photo of his hairstylist without her permission, threatening to leak it if she…
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Blackmail alleged against Governor Greitens
On Jan. 11, a St. Louis’ CBS affiliate, KMOV, revealed that Republican Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri was accused of blackmail. In an audio recording given to KMOV by the ex-husband of Greitens’ hairstylist, the hairstylist, whose identity remains unknown, confirmed an affair between her and Greitens in March 2015.…
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Missouri Prosecutor Under Fire
Eric Zahnd, a 1991 Oxbridge Institutions and Policy graduate of William Jewell College, became the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney in 2002. He was named one of the “40 Under 40” by Ingram’s Magazine in 2004 and was recognized as Missouri’s Prosecutor of the Year in 2014. In 2017, he was…
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House Bill 441: Cronkite New Voices Act
A new bill, pending deliberation in the Missouri State Senate, could limit the ability of administrators to censor student journalists. This bill passed in the House in March, but still has not been brought up in the Senate. A similar bill passed through the House last year, but ultimately failed…
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An update on the Missouri gubernatorial election
On their way to the polls this year, Missouri voters can relish the opportunity to take part in what could be a major shift in state politics. Incumbent Jay Nixon will not be running for re-election, as dictated by gubernatorial term limits, leaving a contentious race between current state Attorney…
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