Jones, Reed again bicker at board meeting
CITY HALL – Once again, Mayor Tishaura Jones and Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed spent much of a meeting…
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New oversight on the way for clean energy loan program
Gov. Mike Parson signed on Tuesday legislation enacting new consumer protections for a clean energy loan program that has drawn criticism that…
Cosby freed; high court cites early promise not to charge him over sex assault
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in…
Voting rally to feature dancing feet
DOWNTOWN – At most rallies for a cause, rousing speeches and maybe one or two songs are enough to stir…
State can’t charge attorney fees for Sunshine Law requests, Missouri top court rules
In a win for transparency advocates, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that government agencies cannot charge for time attorneys…
Relief payments to Black farmers on hold as ex-Trump aides sue
WASHINGTON — Former Trump administration officials and conservative and libertarian nonprofits have launched lawsuits to block federal relief funds aimed…
Transgender students win: Supreme Court rejects school’s appeal on bathroom ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban, handing…
Supreme Court revives St. Louis police in-custody death case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court revived on Monday claims that St. Louis police officers used excessive force against a…
Alzheimer’s drug stirs hope for patients, worry for doctors
In the weeks since a new Alzheimer’s drug was approved, hopeful patients have bombarded Dr. Alireza Atri with calls and…
Judge rejects residency requirement for Missouri medical marijuana licenses
A federal judge last week blocked Missouri from enforcing a requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by…
Urban farms cultivate home-grown solutions to food insecurity, violence
Straw hat in hand, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis jumped out of his pickup truck along busy Shackelford Road in North St.…
LGBTQ students challenge religious exemption to Title IX
While federal law shields most U.S. students from gender and sexual orientation discrimination, an estimated 100,000 LGBTQ students at religious institutions do not have…
Missouri Senate OKs Medicaid funding, rejects push to ban Planned Parenthood
A bipartisan coalition handed anti-abortion activists a rare defeat in the Missouri Senate Friday night, rejecting a push to ban Planned…
Modern-day Michaelangelos cover St. Louis with art
CARONDELET – One year, mural artist Ray Harvey heard an announcement on KMOX that civic leaders in Carondelet were holding…
White Gen X, millennial evangelicals are losing faith in conservative culture wars
Since the 1970s, white American evangelicals – a large subsection of Protestants who hold to a literal reading of the…
Flags to fly at half-staff to honor St. Louis firefighter
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has ordered that U.S. and Missouri flags at fire stations statewide fly at…