Trial set to begin in dispute over prison health care contract
As both sides of a dispute over Missouri’s $1.4 billion prison health care contract prepare to face off in court Wednesday, the…
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Missouri teams push ballot measures to allow sports betting
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri sports teams are trying to put a proposal to legalize sports betting on the ballot.…
COVID cases, deaths at packing plants were triple previous counts
The numbers of meatpacking workers infected and killed by the coronavirus are much higher than previously known, a congressional review…
Treasury Department names first counselor for racial equity
NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government program…
Regional board to decide on new federal grant to restart Loop Trolley
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Backers of a trolley that closed almost two years ago because of financial troubles are hoping that a…
Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx
(AP) — Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement…
In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism
The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Spire’s appeal to keep natural gas pipeline operational
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court appeal by the St. Louis-based natural gas company…
Judge blocks residency rule for Missouri medical marijuana licenses
A federal judge has permanently blocked Missouri from enforcing a requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents…
Permit for Labadie coal plant was issued lawfully, commission says
Missouri’s Clean Water Commission agreed Tuesday that environmental regulators were correct to issue a permit allowing the state’s largest coal-fired…
Nobel prizewinners found wage hikes, immigrants don’t harm U.S. jobs
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for pioneering research that transformed widely held…
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before…
Boosters, employer mandates drive increase in U.S. vaccines
The number of Americans getting COVID-19 vaccines has steadily increased to a three-month high as seniors and people with medical…
Missouri must collect union dues from prison workers, judge rules
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered Missouri to begin collecting union dues from prison workers, finding that an…
Pandemic making nursing shortage a crisis in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The relentless toll of the pandemic has worsened the ongoing nursing shortage at St. Louis area…
Reign nightclub is shut down for a year
DOWNTOWN (AP) — A downtown St. Louis nightclub that has been at the center of several shooting investigations is being…