Missouri News Archives - Murfin Media

Hanaway declares victory on charter school statute

Tuesday, November 3 by The Center Square

(Legal Newsline) – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has declared a complete victory for Missouri students after the Cole County Circuit Court upheld a state law expanding charter school opportunities in Boone County. ... Read More.

Missouri throws support to Nebraska parental social media rights law

Tuesday, October 27 by The Center Square

(Legal Newsline) — Missouri has joined a multistate legal effort urging a federal appeals court to let Nebraska enforce a law requiring age verification for new social media accounts and parental consent before minors can create profiles. ... Read More.

Financial officers warn rating agencies about using ESG in state credit ratings

Thursday, October 15 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Twenty-two financial officers from across the U.S. wrote to the nation’s top rating agencies – Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P – asking them to explain the influence ESG policies have had on states’ credit ratings, with the officers detailing what they... Read More.

Op-Ed: The Missouri proxy audit: Why the Fitzpatrick report got it right

Thursday, October 15 by The Center Square

A pension system can outsource almost anything. It can hire managers, pay for expensive advice, and delegate the administrative work of voting the shares it owns. But it cannot delegate its responsibility to know how those shares were voted. ... Read More.

Republicans tout tax cuts ahead of midterm elections

Tuesday, October 6 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – With early voting having already started for the upcoming midterm elections, congressional Republicans are touting the tax policies in their so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act that became law last year. ... Read More.

GOP lawmaker issues bill to rein in AI surveillance camera abuses

Thursday, October 1 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – With Americans questioning the hundreds of thousands of AI-enhanced surveillance cameras across the country, one Republican lawmaker is introducing legislation to curb the worst abuses of the technology. ... Read More.

Election officials: mail ballots, citizenship key in midterms

Wednesday, September 30 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - With 34 days until the midterm elections, administrators from across the country said mail ballot processes and citizenship verification remain key issues. The Partnership for... Read More.

22 state AGs alert SEC of rating agencies’ ESG promotion

Tuesday, September 29 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 22 states sent a letter to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission detailing how multiple ratings agencies such as Moody’s Corporation, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings still push an ESG agenda, months after a group of... Read More.

Duffy asks $30B of Congress for air travel modernization projects

Monday, September 28 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Transportation is asking Congress for an extra $30 billion to modernize aging airport infrastructure across the country, some of which dates back to the 1960s. ... Read More.

U.S. Supreme Court again blocks Missouri congressional map

Friday, September 25 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) — The U.S Supreme Court blocked a Missouri congressional map favoring Republicans from going into effect for a third time. In a brief, unsigned order issued... Read More.