The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been shutdown for a week now, and so far, there’s no end in sight. Congressional Democrats have blocked funding for the agency, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after ICE officers shot and killed two...
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo. 2nd District, is keeping an eye on several issues while she and other members of the U.S. House are back home in their districts this week. The U.S. Senate, meanwhile, is in session and grappling over the stopgap spending bill the House...
Missouri’s two Democratic U.S. House members are supporting U.S. Senate Democrats as they continue to vote against reopening the federal government. Wesley Bell, who represents St. Louis and parts of St. Louis County in Congress, said healthcare subsidies need to be...
An EF-3 tornado that tore apart St. Louis on May 16 damaged roughly 5,000 homes, businesses, and other buildings. The estimated damage is more than $1 billion. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said about 700 households have been identified as being storm damaged and not...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would be reorganized under legislation in the U.S. House. The “Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act,” or FEMA, is co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District. The bill would restore the agency to...
