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February 8, 2024

Kansas lawmakers approve 93% pay raise for themselves starting next year

Kansas is poised to significantly increase the pay for state legislators, nearly doubling their compensation. The raise would bring their total pay to almost $58,000.

February 8, 2024

Missouri GOP candidate takes a flamethrower to 'grooming' and 'sexualizing' books in viral video

GOP candidate Valentina Gomez posted a video of herself on her X account torching controversial books to promote her run for Missouri Secretary of State.

February 8, 2024

How one Arkansas group is trying to lure people looking for a ‘small town feel’

Northwest Arkansas Council CEO Nelson Peacock spoke to Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Digital about his plan to promote communities like his as a contrast to major city living.

February 8, 2024

Ohio GOP Senate hopeful makes campaign trail pitch as candidate Dems 'most afraid of' in tight race

Ohio GOP Senate candidate Frank LaRose told Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Digital on the campaign trail that he is the candidate Democrats fear the most in one of the watched 2024 primaries.

February 8, 2024

Ohio GOP Senate candidate weighs in on top issues as primary approaches final month

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose spoke to Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Digital on the Senate campaign trail this week.

February 8, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: 'Hard to see scenario where something unusual didn't happen,' lawyer says

Tony Kagay, the attorney for Clayton McGeeney's family, said it would be “very hard to explain" how Jordan Willis didn't realize his friends were “frozen in his backyard for two days."

February 7, 2024

Whitmer introduces $80.7B budget slammed by GOP lawmakers: 'public relations talking points'

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer presented Wednesday an $80.7 billion budget focusing on education spending hikes, free community college and free preschool.

February 7, 2024

PETA targets Kansas merry-go-round maker over animal-themed carousels

Animal rights organization PETA implored a Kansas-based amusement company to stop their production of animal-themed carousels.

February 7, 2024

Wisconsin inmate's daughter files federal suit over solitary confinement suicide

Megan Hoffmann Kolb is suing Wisconsin prison officials over the suicide of her father, Dean Hoffmann, in solitary confinement last year.

February 7, 2024

Chicago mayor roasted for October remark that his 'Black wife' is one factor keeping him from border visit

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at the time told reporters about his busy home life, citing his children's soccer schedule when asked when commenting on when he planned to make a trip to the border.