July 4, 2021 · moindependent
For years, Lisa Zerbe said, she biked, rode horses and ran near Ameren Missouri’s largest coal-fired power plant in Franklin County…
July 4, 2021 · moindependent
During June, as the Delta variant of COVID-19 took hold in Missouri, the seven-day average of new cases doubled. And…
July 4, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it has been for nearly 16 months, longer than any time in the nation’s history, the…
July 3, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s administration floated the idea of a statewide COVID-19 vaccination incentive program and the…
July 3, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — One Missouri hospital official is telling anyone making disparaging remarks about the COVID-19 vaccine to “shut…
July 3, 2021 · moindependent
A St. Louis circuit judge has approved attorney Gerard Carmody’s motion to withdraw as the special prosecutor in the case of…
July 3, 2021 · moindependent
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to remove from the Capitol a bust of the late Supreme Court Chief…
July 2, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – Two bills recently passed by the Board of Aldermen were delayed from going into effect after official…
July 2, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – On the day St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution was officially without funding, interim Public Safety Director Dan…
July 2, 2021 · moindependent
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision blocking a…
July 2, 2021 · admin
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is optimistic that the city’s use of the first $80 million in…
July 2, 2021 · moindependent
Protesters had a special delivery for Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, but they couldn’t reach him. On the day more…
July 1, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parsons wants to increase Missouri’s lagging vaccination rate for COVID-19, as the state deals…
July 1, 2021 · moindependent
Missouri will enter the new budget year with a record budget surplus and no restrictions on appropriations. The $35.6 billion…
July 1, 2021 · moindependent
Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation to set up two new funds: one to support nonprofits working in high-crime areas and another…
July 1, 2021 · moindependent
With fewer than 12 hours to spare before the start of a new fiscal year, the Missouri House approved on…