Missouri and Kansas are polar opposites when it comes to their love of the apple. The tasty fruit, a sure sign of fall, is a favorite of Missourians who visit many of ...
Read More »Missouri attorney general joins investigation of six woke banks
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has joined 18 other state attorneys general to investigate six major banks involved with the environment, social and governance investing movement. Kansas is also one of the ...
Read More »Proposal would require Missouri libraries to monitor age appropriateness of materials
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Monday proposed a rule that would require libraries receiving state funds to determine what material is age appropriate and restrict minors from accessing some books. ...
Read More »St. Louis ranks dead last among safest cities, and Kansas City is not much better, study finds
Kansas City ranks 162nd in a new study of the nation’s safest cities based on various factors, including crime levels, auto accidents and natural disasters. Across the state, St. Louis fared even ...
Read More »Harvesters food bank feeling pinch of high inflation, reduced federal funding
Harvesters food bank, which serves 760 member organizations in 26 counties in Missouri and Kansas, is being squeezed by high inflation and reduced federal funding. “We’ve sort of gone from a pandemic ...
Read More »Wednesday is deadline for Missourians to register to vote in November elections
Wednesday is the deadline for Missourians to register to vote in the November 8 midterm elections. Registration application must be submitted online, completed in person or postmarked on that date for it ...
Read More »Gov. Mike Parson signs tax cut for Missouri families and farmers
Missouri families battling record inflation will find some financial relief at tax time. Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation to cut personal income taxes in the state. He also signed HB 3 into ...
Read More »Missouri legalizing marijuana could have serious economic, social downside
As Missouri prepares to vote on fully legalizing marijuana for recreational use, a study in Colorado shows the dark social and economic impact. The social costs of legalized marijuana are well-known, though ...
Read More »Gov. Parson will not give blanket pardon to marijuana offenders
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will not pardon people convicted on minor marijuana offenses as President Joe Biden recommended. Last week, Biden announced plans to pardon federal convictions and urged governors to do the ...
Read More »Absentee voting in Missouri and Kansas to begin
This is expected to be one of the biggest midterm elections in terms of voter participation. That includes Kansas and Missouri where absentee voting is set to begin this month. But before ...
Read More »Mobile abortions by Planned Parenthood will skirt Missouri pro-life laws
Planned Parenthood has found a way to perform abortions on Missouri women while avoiding Missouri’s pro-life laws. The abortion company plans to set up a mobile clinic across the state line in ...
Read More »Janiece LaVon Bradford Chaldecott
Obituary for Janiece LaVon Bradford Chaldecott October 7, 1936 – September 4, 2022 Janiece LaVon Bradford Chaldecott, 85, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 4, 2022, surrounded by ...
Read More »Abortion – The regret is real
Statistics fly around us all the time. Unemployment rates, inflation, divorce, social media use, foster care, education…and the list goes on. These numbers are published daily in a variety of media outlets. ...
Read More »MRL-Western Region promotes a culture of life
Missouri Right to Life is a National Right to Life affiliate and our state’s oldest and largest grass-roots pro-life organization. Founded in 1974 as a response to the outcry over the legalization ...
Read More »Parkville Women’s Clinic partnerships help women choose life
Audrey was involved with the Parkville Women’s Clinic for many years through multiple pregnancies. She found herself pregnant with her 6th child and in an abusive relationship. As she was trying to ...
Read More »Christian Family Services – serving expectant, birth and adoptive parents for over 40 years
When God planted the seed for this ministry over 40 years ago, the individuals involved just knew they wanted to serve children and families and honor God in the process. These many ...
Read More »Where are Missouri and Kansas in religious liberty state rankings?
Missouri and Kansas do a fairly good job of protecting religious liberty, a new report finds. A survey by the Center for Religion, Culture and Democracy rated all 50 states on 11 ...
Read More »Continuing to Connect women to hope in a post-Roe America
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe V Wade, the landmark piece of legislation that made access to abortion a federal right in the United States. Much confusion has ...
Read More »Adoption, Fostering and Life Directory
Metro Voice annually works with regional adoption and foster care organizations, women’s clinics, policy groups and other pro-life entities. For information on any of the fine organizations below, just click and check ...
Read More »Oct. 2 Life Chain regional locations announced
The Annual Life Chain takes place across the nation on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 2. It will include over 100 towns and cities across Kansas and Missouri. Some of the largest will be ...
Read More »Missouri has fewest ransomware attacks of any state while Kansas fares worse, study finds
Missouri has the lowest incidence of ransomware attacks in the nation, with 1.8 per 100,000 companies. Kansas is a much more frequent target, with 21.7 attacks per 100,000 businesses. Overall, the United ...
Read More »PrayerFest Oct. 1 at Missouri State Capitol
The Missouri State Capitol will be bathed in prayer Saturday during Missouri PrayerFest 2022. The event begins at 10am with a prayer walk inside the Capitol leading up to a prayer gathering ...
Read More »Don Hinkle, longtime editor of Missouri’s Baptist newspaper, dies at age 68
Don Hinkle, founding editor of The Pathway, the Missouri Baptist Convention’s newspaper, died last week at age 68. “Don was one of the smartest journalists in the industry today and brought a ...
Read More »Americans for Prosperity rallies in support of tax cuts in Missouri
Missourians gathered in Jefferson City last week to support tax cuts and agricultural tax credits in a rally sponsored by Americans for Prosperity The Real Tax Cut Rally promoted proposed income tax ...
Read More »Kirk Cameron to headline ‘Kansas City Pro-Life Event’
Actor Kirk Cameron will headline the Kansas City Pro-Life Event on October 21, sponsored by the Vitae Foundation. “We are thrilled to welcome Kirk Cameron to Kansas City this year,” Vitae Foundation ...
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