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The Midwest Newsroom and collaboration partners win regional Murrow and PMJA awards | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

A Kansas City immigrant’s last hope to stay hinges on asylum. But the odds are against her | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

How a centuries-old legal tool helped immigrants leave ICE detention | Iowa Public Radio

Missouri summer camp CEO, embroiled in child sexual abuse scandal, is retiring | STLPR

Mother sent handcuffed son to Agape boarding school, gets prison time | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Tell us: How are you making ends meet?

Joplin police sniper who killed a 2-year-old girl just became a Missouri state trooper | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Immigration arrests nearly triple in Missouri under Trump | STLPR

Water, ice from for-profit kiosks may come with lead, research finds | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Fear, visa delays and costs are keeping international artists from the Midwest | Iowa Public Radio

Trump immigration policies slowing Iowa growth | Iowa Public Radio

From chocolate to farm equipment, Trump’s tariffs are 'pain points' for Nebraska manufacturers | Nebraska Public Media

St. Louis grocery prices are still high 1 year into the Trump administration

Trump cut thousands of federal jobs in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Recent college graduates face a world with fewer jobs — and loan payments are due soon | Nebraska Public Media

More Nebraskans need rural transportation, but there’s less money to fund it | Nebraska Public Media

$500 monthly payments helped St. Louis families, research shows | STLPR

For seniors on Medicare Advantage, lower costs can mean gambling with health care | Nebraska Public Media

Class of 2025: How’s the job search going? The Midwest Newsroom wants to know

Iowa's prison health care system: jobs lost to privatization | Iowa Public Radio

A new law was supposed to reveal who's detasseling Nebraska's corn. It didn't really | Nebraska Public Media

This grain elevator owner and others are expanding storage during an unusual harvest | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

How a Kansas runner almost died on a hot practice day | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Lee Enterprises’ troubles hurt local news consumers | Iowa Public Radio

It's unclear how many Iowa schools have tested for radon | Iowa Public Radio

ICE offers incentives to Midwest police, raising civil rights worries | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

St. Louis homes fall to post-tornado demolition | STLPR

Iowans rally to support immigrants at ICE check-ins, despite federal perimeter | Iowa Public Radio

Midwest school districts learn from 4-day school week | Iowa Public Radio

Missouri changes policy after isolating trans detainee for years | STLPR

Trump deportation policies hit Kansas City area businesses | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Políticas migratorias afectaron escuelas del medio oeste previo a las redadas de restaurantes | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

From water to policing, Midwest cities take on AI with few guardrails

Community colleges worry a new wave of loan defaults could sink their finances

Privatize or downsize the USPS? Rural customers worry either option will hurt them

'History has its eyes on us': Thousands rally in Lincoln at peaceful No Kings protest

Blue Springs transgender student loses discrimination case at Missouri Supreme Court

ICE releases Carol Mayorga, a Missouri mom whose detention sparked rural uproar The Midwest Newsroom | By Kavahn Mansouri Published June 4, 2025 at 6:05 p.m. CDT Updated June 5, 2025 at 8:55 a.m. CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Carol Mayorga embraces

'Bring Carol home:' ICE snatches rural Missouri mom at immigration check-in

In storm-ravaged St. Louis and nationwide, more people lack homeowners insurance

A Nebraska boy was bullied and called a ‘cotton picker.’ His mother is demanding accountability

This Iowa bridge may stay closed after lawmakers cut earmarks from spending bill

A gymnastics coach sexually abused Missouri girls. Then they had to face him in court

A mother and son fled Colombia for a better life. He died in Missouri on ICE's watch

How Medicaid work requirements would affect people in Midwest states

Got your Real ID? Millions of Midwesterners still don’t have the new, more secure cards

Police warn Missouri Republicans against reviving a controversial gun rights law

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Midwest schools face civil rights investigations. Trump’s Education Department cuts may end them

Lincoln police officers endured sexual misconduct for years. They say the culture isn’t fixed

A Midwest farmer was promised money for a new delivery truck. Then Trump froze the funds

Is the 4-day school week working? We want to hear from teachers, parents and community members

Homeless residents in Midwest cities are increasingly hard to track — and to help

What do Midwest law enforcement agencies say about helping ICE with deportations?

¿Qué dicen las agencias del orden público del Medio Oeste sobre ayudar a ICE con deportaciones?

Hoping to buy a home in the Midwest? Renting might be a better option for now

5 things The Midwest Newsroom learned about funding earmarked for homeless students

In small towns, everyone knows everyone — and schools use that to help homeless kids

Even in ‘successful’ cases, federal funding for rural homeless students falls short

Judge allows more public access to records in case of Kansas toddler killed by Joplin sniper

Education officials encourage the inclusion method for special education. But are schools equipped to make it work?

Food delivery, flowers, Amazon: How Keisha Scarlett spent $141K of St. Louis Public Schools money

Number of Iowa school districts with 4-day weeks tripled in one year

Golubski On Trial: Roger is dead

Golubski On Trial: What we know

Missed deadline to spend federal funds means homeless students will lose out on services

Midwest ballot measures on abortion and sports betting draw donors from far outside the region

Midwest voters elect Republican leaders but don’t agree with the laws they pass. Why?

A 'hidden population' of homeless students in the Midwest isn't getting school services

It’s a team effort to ensure rural students who are homeless get an equal education

Here’s what Midwest voters say about abortion, climate change, and other key issues

Poll shows Nov. 5 vote on dueling Nebraska abortion measures could be close

Missouri and Kansas police paid for aggressive, discredited officer training tactics

Midwest states far from U.S.-Mexico border have spent millions to send troops there

U.S. Postal Service slowdowns are so bad, baby birds are dying in transit

Millions remain unspent in federal funds for homeless students — and time is running out

Teachers still spend their own money on school supplies, despite efforts to help stock classrooms

We Live Here: 10 Years After The Ferguson Uprising

Latina mothers in Nebraska join local police to make life safer for children with disabilities

Madres latinas y policía en Nebraska ayudan a niños con discapacidades

Voters in Missouri's 6th District say they never see Rep. Sam Graves. Does it even matter?

Missouri and Iowa's lack of beds at group foster homes leaves at-risk girls without specialized care

Ope — didn't count you! New study asks who exactly lives in the 'Midwest'

Immigrant farmers often can't get federal grants to start businesses. These nonprofits are helping

Agricultores inmigrantes reciben ayuda de organizaciones sin fines de lucro para empezar granjas

Iowa's new abortion law could have ripple effects across the Midwest

Nebraska's abortion law is pushing women to Kansas for pregnancy complication treatment

Climate change is making it harder to predict high temperatures in the Midwest

Manufactured homes are affordable and safer than ever. Could they help solve the housing crisis?

Salaries are not keeping pace with housing costs in the Midwest, especially in Lincoln

Growing local food businesses in the Midwest is at the heart of a new grant program

Energy costs, warming climate spark stricter energy codes for HUD housing

Joplin protesters demand police release name of sniper who killed 2-year-old girl

Iowa City group hopes to replace regional sexual violence services from scratch by fall

Iowans express frustration and shock following closure of sexual assault survivor service

How some rural nursing homes in the Midwest are staying afloat

More tenants in Kansas City and St. Louis are being evicted: ‘I was scared’

‘It’s a crisis': Midwest lawmakers back Momnibus Act to curb Black maternal mortality

VineBrook, in debt, is ditching Midwest rental properties and facing angry tenants

A Missouri police sniper killed a 2-year-old girl. Why did he take the shot?

What the killing of a 2-year-old Kansas girl reveals about the world of police snipers

A Missouri SWAT sniper sued to keep his name a secret. We’re suing to learn his identity

Review clears Lincoln University president of 'claims of bullying' after administrator's suicide

Let the sunshine in: What to know about your right to public information in 4 Midwest states

Hispanic maternal mortality rates remain unclear in parts of the Midwest

En Missouri, es difícil calcular cuántas mujeres hispanas mueren por problemas en el embarazo

After parade shooting, Kansas City leaders want to pass gun safety laws. Missouri won't let them

Lincoln University alumni call for president's ouster after suicide of vice president

Midwest rents used to be lower than the rest of the U.S. But that's quickly changing

Across the Midwest, unions are breaking through in a way they haven’t in decades

Lincoln University, a Missouri HBCU, faces reckoning after suicide of senior leader

Introducing Caucus Land ‘24

St. Louis-area school district aggressively audits student housing, citing ‘educational larceny’

The future of the Midwest includes hazardous heat, and most of our homes are not ready

Overlooked

Missouri knew of contamination in Springfield’s groundwater decades before anyone told residents

EPA estimates more than 200,000 lead pipes remain in Missouri

Missouri radio station still broadcasts Kremlin programming, even as Russia wages war in Ukraine

Kansas United Methodist Church congregations split with denomination over LGBTQ issues

With Missouri's backlog of 10,000 child abuse and neglect cases, 'children are not safe'

The feds are offering states the option to extend postpartum care. Some are turning it down

Supreme Court decision on student debt forgiveness leaves Midwest students disappointed and worried

VineBrook Homes owns thousands of properties in Kansas City and the Midwest, but tenants cry foul

The feds are offering states the option to extend postpartum care. Some are turning it down

Rising rents, limited supply — Why renting in Omaha is precarious for many

Davenport inspection records show complaints, structural issues at collapsed apartment building

Gender-affirming care for Nebraska teens is now banned. A PAC is fighting back