SNAP boost will put more, healthier food on plates
Thrifty grocery shoppers will have more dollars to spend, thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to increase the…
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Jewish leaders denounce comparing mask mandates to Holocaust
CLAYTON (AP) — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and several Jewish leaders have criticized comments at recent County Council…
Burke, virus skeptic and critic of Pope Francis, is hospitalized with COVID-19
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the Catholic Church’s most outspoken conservatives and a vaccine skeptic, said…
Some area parents are urging schools to require masks
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — With the start of the new school year fast approaching, some parents in two suburban St.…
U.S. mulls COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said…
Immunosuppressed people grapple with returning to work
Elizabeth Groenweghe got a kidney transplant 14 years ago. She now takes several medications to prevent her body from rejecting…
Congress is attempting the biggest expansion of U.S. social programs since FDR
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed last week a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill and an even larger budget blueprint that…
Trial of GOP lawmaker accused of selling fake stem cell treatment delayed until 2022
A Missouri lawmaker indicted earlier this year for allegedly selling fake stem-cell treatments and fraudulently using federal pandemic relief funds has had…
Several inmates hurt in newest disturbance at Justice Center
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several inmates were injured during another disturbance at the troubled City Justice Center this weekend. City…
Mostly unmasked crowds pack into Missouri State Fair
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Mostly unmasked crowds packed into the Missouri State Fair shoulder-to-shoulder this week as it opened in…
Missouri’s 1st, 2nd Districts could be redistricting targets
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The exodus from St. Louis city to the suburbs could mean changes for the area’s congressional…
COVID exposure from St. Louis County Council meeting unclear
CLAYTON (AP) — Health officials say they are struggling to track down a crowd of anti-mask protesters who attended a…
Missouri COVID death toll ignores antigen-tested cases as official tally tops 10,000
Missouri officially passed the grim milestone of 10,000 COVID-19 deaths Thursday when the Department of Health and Senior Services added…
Census numbers set up redistricting fight over growing suburbs
The once-a-decade battle over redistricting is set to be a showdown over the suburbs, as new census data released Thursday…
Federal infrastructure bill may boost clean energy jobs in Missouri
President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion bill targeted at revamping the country’s infrastructure could create jobs for Missourians in the state’s…
St. Louis deputies fired for not getting sheriff’s OK to work for Bush
Two St. Louis sheriff’s deputies who worked secondary jobs providing security for U.S. Rep. Cori Bush were fired for failing…