A new public database offers a closer look at immigration enforcement patterns across the St. Louis region, tracking arrests, detentions and circumstances leading to ICE custody.
MATTOON – Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that Rural King will invest $75 million to construct a new Store Support Center Campus in Mattoon, where the company's leadership and support departments will be based, including merchandising, IT, finance, operations, marketing, human resources, legal, and other key business functions. The company broke ground on the project today, which will create 100 new full-time
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in defending a district court’s dismissal of the Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging the Protect Our Courts Act (POCA), a New York law that prohibits civil arrests in state courthouses unless backed by a judicial order, as well as two executive orders that promote public safety in state government buildings. The amicus brief , which Raoul and the coalition filed in the U.S
ST. LOUIS - The Saint Louis Zoo announced that one of their animals died last week. According to an announcement from the Zoo, their 17-year-old jaguar, Jared, was humanely euthanized on June 5. The care team for Jared noticed that he was not eating as much last month. Despite changes to his meal and hydration [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) released the following statement after the Faster Labor Contracts Act passed the full House of Representatives. Budzinski was an original cosponsor of the bill, which would speed up first contracts for new unions, ensuring that when workers vote to unionize, a collective bargaining agreement follows. Democrats successfully used a discharge petition to force a vote on the bill, joined by a handful of Republicans who broke
The Missouri Department of Corrections will buy the cameras for employees of the Division of Probation and Parole who arrest people on probation for violations.
ALTON – Alton will offer grants of up to $1,000 each to eligible event organizers under a newly approved grant program to support festivals and more across the city. Alton City Council members unanimously approved a resolution on June 10, 2026 to establish a festival and event microgrant program to support city-wide events using Food and Beverage Tax revenue. City Council Coordinator Beth Bear previously said grants of up to $1,000 would be awarded per event, with up to $10,000 in
Creve Coeur-based TriStar Properties is pitching a 235-unit apartment and retail complex, an 11-house subdivision and 31 villas on 50 acres near Litzsinger and South McKnight roads.
The Trump administration Wednesday proposed new regulations for online prediction markets that would ban bets on war, assassination and other extreme events, but still allow many sports bets to operate on the growing platforms. Critics say the proposed rules donβt do enough to rein in an industry that has sparked jurisdictional battles between state and […]
ST. CHARLES COUNTY β The Missouri Department of Transportation will close lanes of Highway 94 between the westbound and eastbound exit ramps of Highway 370 in St. Charles County for the next two weekends.
ST. LOUIS - Thursday is bringing hot temperatures and the potential for severe storms. Temperatures will reach the mid-90s during the day with a heat index topping at 105. However, with the help of wind, it may help ease the heat and humidity combination. The northern portion of the viewing area is under a Level [...]
If federal officers are going to murder another person, it will likely happen here. Newark, New Jersey is the newest battleground for the administration, as Trump goes to war with his own constituents. The foundation was laid months ago, when ICE officers assaulted, arrested, and illegally refused to grant access to detention facilities to congressional […]