Missouri Politics & News
The Daily Signal covers Missouri politics with reporting on state government, urban-rural divides, Second Amendment rights, and conservative policy battles in the Show-Me State.
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Missouri AG: Stopping Gender Experiments on Children Is ‘Personal for Me’
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says his experience as a prosecutor of child abuse and as a foster father fuel his resolve to end gender “experimentation” on children. Missouri’s top law enforcement officer told The Daily Signal about his litigation and investigations related to transgender surgeries and hormone therapy for minors. Missouri media have dishonestly…Hudson Crozier -
Supreme Court’s Murthy v. Missouri Ruling: A Blow to Free Speech Protections
Last week, in Murthy v. Missouri, the U.S. Supreme Court hammered home the distressing conclusion that, under the court’s doctrines, the First Amendment is, for all practical purposes, unenforceable against large-scale government censorship. The decision is a strong contender to be the worst speech decision in the court’s history. (I must confess a personal interest in…Philip Hamburger -
Gender Identity Belongs in Science Class, Missouri Teacher Says
A Missouri high school teacher has discussed her ex-husband’s transgender identity with minors in her science class, a former student told The Daily Signal. State law forbids teaching students about human sexuality without parental consent. The science teacher in the Webster Groves School District in St. Louis, Missouri, had previously written an article in 2020…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Missouri High Schoolers Asked If They Understand Difference Between Gender, Sex Assigned at Birth
A Missouri high school instructed students in a health class to complete a survey asking if they understood “the difference between sex assigned at birth and gender.” Webster Groves High School hosted a workshop in late April called “Understanding Gender and Relationships” presented by a speaker with a program run by the St. Louis-based domestic…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Missouri School District Spends $61,000 to Ensure Math Class Is ‘Free of Bias’
A Missouri school district spent more than $61,000 on a new math curriculum that prioritizes “cultural, racial, and gender diversity.” Webster Groves School District plans to roll out a new elementary math curriculum from Imagine Learning Illustrative Mathematics this fall. The school board approved spending $61,450 on the change at an April 25 meeting, according…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Missouri, Nebraska Advance Education Freedom
After three consecutive years of massive progress expanding education freedom and choice, 2024 is shaping up to be another banner year. This week, Missouri expanded its education choice policy and Nebraska adopted a new school choice policy. So far this year, five states have enacted new education choice policies or expanded existing ones, and several…Jason Bedrick -
Missouri AG Predicts ‘Negative Findings’ in Probe of Planned Parenthood’s Transgender Business
Planned Parenthood has refused to produce records that could prove it has irreversibly harmed children without parental consent as part of its booming transgender business, possibly in collusion with the Biden administration, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey revealed this week. Numerous transgender clinics in Missouri, including those affiliated with Planned Parenthood, have failed to comply…Ben Johnson -
Missouri, Kansas Lawsuits Remind Biden That Student Loans Remain Congress’ Prerogative
In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Missouri invites the federal courts to recognize that President Joe Biden’s preoccupation with canceling student loans is part of a pattern. Like Biden’s effort to impose an eviction moratorium and a vaccine mandate, and his efforts to alter the composition of the nation’s population and its power supply, Biden’s…Jack Fitzhenry -
Missouri AG Sues Planned Parenthood for ‘Trafficking Minors’ to Get Out-of-State Abortions
The attorney general of Missouri is suing Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the United States, for “trafficking minors out of state to obtain abortions without parental consent.” “This is the beginning of the end for Planned Parenthood in the State of Missouri,” Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement posted on X,…Mary Margaret Olohan -
EXCLUSIVE: Missouri AG Orders School District to End Race-Based Hiring
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey ordered a St. Louis school district Wednesday to abandon race-based hiring after The Daily Signal reported on the district’s plan to double its percentage of minority teachers. Bailey, a Republican, wrote to Webster Groves School District Superintendent John Simpson to demand that he and other administrators “cease and desist using…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
EXCLUSIVE: Missouri AG Orders School District to Cease Teaching Radical Gender Ideology Without Parents’ OK
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this week ordered a local school district to “cease and desist” teaching students about human sexuality, including gender ideology, without parental consent ahead of time. In a letter Monday exclusively obtained by The Daily Signal, Bailey also ordered the Webster Groves School District to review all…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Legal Issues Cloud Missouri School District’s Race-Based Hiring
A Missouri school district intends to double its percentage of minority teachers even as the state’s attorney general has warned that private companies that racially discriminate in hiring face legal action. Webster Groves School District’s teaching and administrative staff should match the racial demographics of its student body, according to the Missouri school system’s strategic…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Missouri Trans Clinic Whistleblower Has a Message for the Left
Jamie Reed, the former clinician who blew the whistle last year on a gender clinic in St. Louis, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” that there are more whistleblowers out there, and she raises the alarm about the “totalitarian” mentality of large LGBTQ organizations that seek to silence those who disagree with them. She also warns…Tyler O’Neil -
Missouri Governor Bans Chinese Purchase of Farmland Near Military Sites
Missouri is banning individuals and groups tied to China from purchasing agricultural land near military installations. Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting any entity tied to the Chinese Communist Party from buying up land within 10 miles of any “critical military facilities,” according to a statement from Parson’s office. There are several firms with…Jake Smith -
EXCLUSIVE: Missouri School District Offers Coloring Pages on Preferred Pronouns, Gender Expression to Kindergartners
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Missouri school district is providing elementary-school teachers with coloring pages, asking children as young as kindergartners to choose their pronouns and draw the corresponding hair and clothing. Webster Groves School District Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Shane Williamson emailed administrators a resource list of “Gender Identity and Expression Activities”…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
EXCLUSIVE: Missouri School District Assigns Roommates Based on Gender Identity Rather Than Biology
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Missouri school district’s procedure on overnight trips stipulates that students will be assigned to room with others of the sex they identify with, meaning that biological males who identify as female will be assigned to sleep in the same room as girls. Room assignments for field trips should be…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Missouri Transgender Center Shuts Down Over SAFE Act Liability Provision
The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has stopped providing gender-transition procedures for minors, it announced earlier this month, due to a provision in the Missouri SAFE Act that “creates unsustainable liability” for its operations. The law was passed earlier this year and became effective on Aug. 28. In June, an analysis by The College Fix found that…Joshua Arnold -
Missouri Attorney General Breaks Down State’s Battle Against ‘Child Mutilation’
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey spent the last week battling for the state’s law protecting children from irreversible transgender interventions, both surgical and hormonal. “We’re winning this fight and it’s important to keep fighting and pushing forward not to give up one inch of space in order to protect kids,” he stressed. The attorney general…Mary Margaret Olohan -
Missouri County GOP Cites Bible in Resolution Endorsing Natural Marriage
Years after many declared the debate on same-sex marriage closed, a chapter of the Republican Party has passed a resolution defining marriage exclusively as the union of one man and one woman, based on nature and the testimony of Scripture. On April 24, the Republican Party of Jackson County, Missouri, passed the “Defense of Marriage”…Ben Johnson -
Missouri School District to Fight Bias, Racism in Math Curriculum
A Missouri school district plans to include the personal pronouns “they/them” in math problems and hire certified teachers as “math interventionists” to fight racism and gender bias in math classes after a curriculum evaluation. “A persistent myth within math education is that since ‘numbers are universal,’ math classrooms are objective and free of bias,” says the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell