State auditors put Terra State on fiscal watch after a report found missed tax filings, late bills and a nearly $11.5M operating loss. Trustees accepted the president’s resignation and named an interim as a recovery plan is drafted.

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit’s judgment in P.G. Sittenfeld’s corruption case and remanded it for new review as the DOJ moves to dismiss and the pardon complicates the record.

St. Louis County has approved its first overhaul of use‑of‑force rules since 2010, prioritizing de‑escalation, stronger reporting and training for hundreds of officers.

The Missouri Senate voted unanimously to pass SB1067, a bill that fast‑tracks dismissal of lawsuits tied to public speech and lets prevailing defendants recover fees. The measure now goes to the House.

House leaders announced an April 8 vote on a package to bar many children from social media and require phone bans in schools, pairing platform rules with a school pilot.

A former Assembly aide says she was assaulted in 2003 and is now backing a civil suit that accuses the Assembly of protecting powerful insiders. Her affidavit and recent filings have pushed the case back into the spotlight.

The State Land Board’s stewardship plan would ban new energy leasing near active lesser prairie‑chicken leks and roll out habitat assessments and grazing incentives. Ranchers say the proposal overlooks years of private stewardship.

OpenSecrets and federal contracting data show GEO, CoreCivic, CSI and other firms won multibillion‑dollar ICE work as flights, transfers and monitoring surged. The awards have provoked fresh scrutiny and local pushback.

Oklahoma voters will decide on June 16, 2026 whether State Question 832 phases the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 and expands coverage. The ballot measure also ties future raises to inflation.

Mayor Michelle Wu convened Boston executives at Harvard’s Treehouse to crowdsource candidates and ideas for the city’s next economic chief. The search will pair public strategy with private outreach.

Jeanine Pirro refused to say whether she’d prosecute President Trump in a hypothetical shooting, a short exchange detailed in a New York Magazine profile. The moment has revived questions about politics and prosecution in Washington.

Councilor Jesse Brown says an IMPD officer shoved him during a downtown protest near Lucas Oil Stadium and that he has filed a formal complaint. Local politics and oversight questions are now in play.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians introduced a draft ordinance seeking an indefinite moratorium on data centers on the Qualla Boundary, citing humming noise, health and sacred-water concerns.