Judge appoints new prosecutor in perjury case against Greitens investigator
A St. Louis circuit judge has approved attorney Gerard Carmody’s motion to withdraw as the special prosecutor in the case of…
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Official bills go missing in mayor’s office
CITY HALL – Two bills recently passed by the Board of Aldermen were delayed from going into effect after official…
Missouri AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear abortion restrictions
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision blocking a…
On day Medicaid expansion would have started, Missourians protest
Protesters had a special delivery for Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, but they couldn’t reach him. On the day more…
Despite surplus, Parson vetoes $115 million from Missouri budget
Missouri will enter the new budget year with a record budget surplus and no restrictions on appropriations. The $35.6 billion…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With ACA’s survival, health care reform forges ahead
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act for the third time on June 17, 2021, this time in…
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd,…