Parson signs bill to OK $324 million for rental aid
Gov. Mike Parson signed into law Thursday legislation allocating $324 million in funding for rental assistance — part of the COVID-19 relief…
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Reed says his experience would help him as mayor
CITY HALL – Lewis Reed sees his 14 years of experience as president of the Board of Aldermen as a…
Parson disputes complaints about St. Louis vaccine doses
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — An irritated Gov. Mike Parson defended on Thursday the state’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and accused…
Missouri could get $1.7 billion for Medicaid under U.S. House plan
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats are trying again to entice a dozen holdout states to expand Medicaid coverage with the…
Volunteer ‘vaccine corps’ could boost outreach to underserved
The U.S. faces one of the most consequential public health campaigns in history right now: to vaccinate the population against…
Senate resolution condemns 1852 Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court
For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man. The first period of freedom began with…
U.S. jail populations dropped, rose slightly in pandemic
(AP) — Jail populations across the U.S. dropped by nearly a quarter at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, before…
Report boosts outlook for $15 minimum wage
WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday that a gradual increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by…
Child poverty an inner focus of virus relief plan
BALTIMORE (AP) — Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children…
Appeals court sides with journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson
On the fifth day of the Ferguson protests in August 2014, St. Charles County sent their SWAT team in armored…
Black aldermen oppose eased-up asbestos bill
CITY HALL – An eased-up asbestos regulation bill meant in part to deal with complaints by Black contractors received initial…
Heavyweight champion Leon Spinks dies at 67
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali…
Inmates at city jail set fires, break out windows
ST. LOUIS – Inmates at the city’s Justice Center set fires, caused flooding, broke out fourth-floor windows and tossed a…
Central Baptist Church in Midtown moves toward landmark status
CITY HALL – Legislation passed Friday by the Board of Aldermen would grant a special historic status to a Midtown…
‘Vaccine deserts’ expanding in St. Louis, KC
Expanding portions of St. Louis and Kansas City are considered “vaccine deserts,” or areas with limited to no access to…
Library seeks help to honor Black-owned businesses
Black-owned businesses are the focus of a new collection being established by the St. Louis Public Library, and it needs…