The Critical Mineral Recovery lithium-ion battery plant near Frederickton, Missouri, caught fire Wednesday, forcing ...

Leonard Leo, an activist and leader at the conservative Federalist Society, is boosting the anti-abortion campaign in ...

With less than a week before the polls close on Nov. 5, the U.S. Justice Department Wednesday reiterated its efforts to ...

Law enforcement inquiry determined there was “no malice, nor ill intent” by anyone involved in the shooting injury at a Lucas ...

In May, a CBS News reporter asked the Illinois Department of Agriculture if there were bird flu-positive dairy herds in Kane County, only to be told the department “doesn’t have any role in this ...

Early voting, called no-excuse absentee voting, is new and popular in Missouri, with more than 100,000 votes cast in the largest county.

Jennifer Bamberg covers agribusiness and food systems policy in Illinois for Investigate Midwest.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated his hard-line immigration position in an hourlong appearance from his ...

Tracking by The Independent shows that spending on ballot measure campaigns in Missouri this year so far at $95 million.

Legislative momentum against PFAS has surged this year, as at least 11 states enacted laws to restrict the use of “forever chemicals” in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting foam.

Democrats have increasingly cried out for new rules for the nation’s highest court, and the 2024 presidential election ...

The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while ...