Josh Hawley

Congressman Sam Graves of Tarkio is trying to pass a major overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including taking it out of the purview of the Department of Homeland Security.

Eligible residents can receive a $50,000 lump sum if they got sick after living, working or going to school near nuclear radiation in 21 Missouri ZIP codes added to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act by Congress over the summer.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter to the federal agency about the reported delays of aid to victims of the May 16 tornado that ripped through St. Louis.

The senator from Missouri said the large military installation with a long history of training soldiers and military law enforcement should be used to help ICE.

Oliver Roberts of the WashU Law AI Collaborative was a guest on the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.

Efforts are underway to make it easier to access the 24-page application online. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was expanded earlier this summer to include ZIP codes in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County.

The new hospital at the Army post in the Ozarks was rumored to be under consideration to be downgraded to a clinic.

Local leaders are addressing AI’s impact on water, surveillance, transparency and more. A mostly hands-off approach at the federal level means regulating complex AI issues is–so far–evolving in a patchwork of laws.

The Republican senator from Missouri is teaming up with Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal on legislation aimed at deterring tech companies from training artificial intelligence models on content they didn’t receive permission to use.

The U.S. Department of Energy said it canceled a loan guarantee for the multistate transmission project because it was not a responsible use of taxpayer money. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley had advocated for the cancellation.