Missouri’s Republican U.S. senators are being blasted by labor leaders for refusing to add local projects to a recently-passed federal budget bill. The process, known as earmarks, involves adding millions of dollars to the federal budget to fund various projects back...
The federal defense bill is on its way to President Biden’s desk after the U.S. Senate passed it Wednesday and the House passed it Thursday. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, delayed passage of the bill and voted “no” because his amendment to include payments for...