Schmitt’s lawsuit targeting mask mandates is riddled with data errors
In his lawsuit challenging mask mandates in St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt questioned the effectiveness of…
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As Missouri joins nation in monitoring opioid prescriptions, experts worry
Kathi Arbini said she felt elated when Missouri finally caught up to the 49 other states and approved a statewide prescription…
Here’s why the CDC recommends wearing masks indoors even if fully vaccinated
Vaccinated people need to mask up again, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On July 27,…
New law aims to help get more services to homeless teens
Trysta Herzog owns a successful marketing business in Springfield, Mo. But when she was a teenager, she was homeless. At…
Missouri housing commission sets hearings on low income housing tax credits
The plan to speed up redemption of low income housing tax credits to increase their value to investors will be the subject…
CDC changes course on indoor masks in some parts of U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return…
Hospital morgues fill as death count climbs in Missouri
A hospital in Springfield announced Tuesday that it has expanded its morgue capacity amid an increase in COVID-19 deaths, while…
Contraception is free to women, except when it’s not
For Stephanie Force, finding a birth control method that she likes and can get without paying out-of-pocket has been a…
Missouri AG sues over St. Louis area mask mandate
The attorney general in Missouri has sued in an effort to halt a mask mandate that took effect Monday in…
Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo
NEW YORK (AP) — When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn’t want to believe it.…
Some federal inmates from St. Louis are now jailed in other states
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of inmates facing federal charges have been transferred from the St. Louis area to jails…
Opposition arises to county, city mask mandates
CITY HALL – St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and County Executive Dr. Sam Page said Monday that they were reinstating…
Medical malpractice damage caps upheld by state Supreme Court
Limits on the amount of damages someone can recover in medical malpractice cases for pain and suffering do not violate…
SLPS Foundation has new leader
ST. LOUIS – A new leader is taking the helm of the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation Board of Directors.…
Cultural appropriation crosses line from appreciation – but where’s the line?
Fashion companies are increasingly being taken to task for selling expensive versions of traditional Indigenous dress. Gucci’s kaftans came with…
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of…