Perry County Republic-Monitor

People attend an afternoon rally against racism on February 2, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Alt-right and white supremacist groups had planned to hold a rally at Stone Mountain, a park celebrating confederate history, but backed out after officials closed the park with a heavy police presence. Atlanta is hosting Super Bowl LII between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots on Sunday.

(photo by Luri Gagarin/Getty Images)The last campaign finance reports before the Aug. 4 primary showed candidates for the Missouri House and Senate had spent $15.3 million for their races, according to records of the Missouri Ethics Commission. But candidates are only part of the money story.

Derrick Clark, 51, stands in front of the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 6, 2026. Over the past few years, Clark and many other diabetes patients in Mississippi were getting regular care through subsidized Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. But Congress allowed so-called federal enhanced subsidies to expire at the end of last year, forcing Clark and more than 200,000 other Mississippians to give up their coverage.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents search the passenger of a truck as they arrest both him and the driver during a February traffic stop in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Minnesota faced a high rate of street arrests after Trump administration officials criticized the state’s sanctuary policies, but even states without such policies have seen street raids to round up immigrants.

Brianna and Elijah Campo admire their son, Wesley, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at their home at Fort Leonard Wood, the Army base where Brianna is stationed (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).When Brianna and Elijah Campo first learned how much it would cost them to have a baby, they considered putting their dreams of starting a family on hold.

Missouri Workers Power has fought with Kansas City Hall to get a question on the ballot asking voters for permission to subsidize the new Royals stadium. However, city leaders believe that the petition cannot intervene once the agreements with the Royals have been executed (Vaughn Wheat/The Beacon).The Kansas City Council has voted to provide a $600 million subsidy for a new Royals ballpark at Crown Center without key details about how to pay for it.

President Donald Trump shows helipad construction on the South Lawn of the White House after an event in the Rose Garden on Aug. 24, 2026. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, left, and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon are on either side of Trump. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday touted a national private school voucher program set to launch in early 2027.

Absentee ballots are prepared to be mailed at the Wake County Board of Elections on September 17, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally in Laredo, Texas, on July 14, 2026.

Michigan State University doctoral students attend the university's doctoral commencement ceremony on May 5, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is planning to drastically increase the fee for hiring high-skilled foreign workers within the United States to $100,000, according to a preview of a proposed rule published Monday.