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What you are about to read was compiled not by the federal government but by independent journalists. The Trace, a nonprofit investigative newsroom focused on gun violence, built a running tracker of every incident it could document. Capital & Main, ProPublica, NBC News, local outlets, and legal filings filled in additional details. Several agents involved have not been identified. Several incidents have not been publicly acknowledged at all.

Access. Affordability. Accountability. Southwest Missouri deserves all three from its representative in Congress. For three-plus years, Eric Burlison has delivered none of them. Missi Hesketh is running to change that.

On April 1, 2026, the †rump regime's DØJ declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. That law, passed after Watergate, requires presidents to turn over all official records to the American people when they leave office. No president before this one has ever challenged it. We explain what is being lost, why it matters, and what you can do right now to stop it.

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If you live in Newton or Jasper County, there is a question on your April 7 ballot that looks like a property tax break. It is not. It is a funding trap — and if it passes, the services your community depends on every single day will pay the price. The measure is tied to Missouri Senate Bill 3, passed in a special legislative session in June 2025. It sounds simple. It is not. And that is exactly the problem. Vote NO on April 7. Here's why....

Last night, while most of America slept, the Federal Communications Commission approved the $6.2 billion merger of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna. The deal closed. It is done. A single company now controls 265 television stations across 44 states and the District of Columbia. One company. 80% of American households. ... Gone. Not gone in the sense that the stations disappeared. Gone in the sense that the independence is over.