Maeve Arthur
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Of the 12 states counted as the Midwest by the U.S. Census Bureau, eight are seeing modest growth from domestic migration. Four are seeing a decline in the number of people moving in from other parts of the country.
Katie Currid
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Special to The Midwest Newsroom
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Across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, more than 270,000 people ages 65 and older live with Alzheimer’s disease. Government support to help people detect dementia early is critical — especially in rural areas — advocates say. -
Rent prices in Nebraska have increased 29% over the last seven years, and experts say wages are not keeping up. Nebraskans are finding temporary fixes to housing costs. -
The Midwest Newsroom interviewed people who are increasingly relying on credit cards while struggling to pay down student debt. There are more Missourians who are late making payments for both.
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Fifteen people say they were physically assaulted by staff, and some sexually abused by other residents, at Change Academy at Lake of the Ozarks, a youth residential treatment center in Missouri that takes in children from across the country. -
Since 2025, the Trump administration has paid countries millions of dollars to relocate immigrants. Many still wait in the Midwest, their futures and safety in limbo. -
Federal mortality data reveals a 16% decrease in so-called "deaths of despair" caused by alcohol, drugs and suicide, but cuts to public health infrastructure may make it challenging for the trend to continue.
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Judges in Kansas City Immigration Court hear asylum cases from across Missouri and Kansas. The high denial rates for asylum stem from judicial discretion and how hard it can be to prove persecution in one’s home country. -
Noncitizens routinely won release or a bond hearing, according to a review of habeas corpus cases from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. But the legal landscape is changing. -
Federal prosecutors said the teenager was driven in handcuffs from California to a Christian reform school in southwest Missouri. Agape Boarding School later closed amid an abuse scandal.
