O’FALLON, IL – State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) announced she has secured $40,000 in state funding for the City of O’Fallon to support the purchase of public safety and emergency medical equipment. “Our first responders are there for us when we need them most, and it's important they have the equipment and resources to do their jobs safely and effectively,” said Senator Harriss. “I'm glad we were able to bring these dollars back to O’Fallon
I’ve documented for years how major media consolidation is simultaneously completely pointless and incredibly harmful. Such deals exist exclusively so that unremarkable rich men with no real ideas can grab some tax breaks, create the illusion of perpetual growth, and pretend they’re “savvy dealmakers.” Yet every single time a major media merger is completed the […]
Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]
Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]
ST. LOUIS - Early voting in Missouri begins Tuesday across the state, including in the St. Louis area. No-excuse absentee voting allows Missouri voters to cast ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election without having to provide a specific reason for voting early. This election cycle, St. Louis County election officials said the county [...]
Beyond Housing developers will break ground Tuesday morning on the $15.6 million Residences at The Page II, a 42-unit affordable housing project in Pagedale.
In a fit of nervous hunger, food columnist Daniel Neman tried a chicken & waffle-flavored Oreo. To his astonishment, he liked it.His mother always told him “You’ll never know what you’ll like unless you try it.” Your mother probably told…
Donald Trump carried Missouri’s 34th Senate District by 11 percentage points in 2024. The incumbent Republican state senator won re-election two years earlier by 18 points. Yet with Election Day approaching, Republicans have spent more than $300,000 on television advertising to keep the northwest Missouri seat in GOP hands. The spending comes as Democrats hope […]
Missouri child welfare workers and courts would be required to use the same standards to determine when children are unsafe and what must change before they can return home under draft legislation being developed by a state task force. The proposal, discussed Monday by the 18-member task force appointed by Gov. Mike Kehoe, aims to […]
ST. LOUIS - No injuries were reported after six people were displaced by a fire overnight Tuesday in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Fire Department, the fire occurred around 2:30 a.m. in the 3000 block of Hayes Lane in the city's Kingsway West neighborhood. It involved a three-story row home. The fire [...]
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the legislation President Donald Trump called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would increase the federal deficit by $3.4 trillion over a decade, despite its massive cuts to healthcare and food assistance. It was designed so that its worst impacts wouldn’t be felt until after the midterm elections. Now the […]
More children from mixed-status families are being separated from their parents through detention or deportation. Researchers and advocates believe the trauma of being split up predisposes a generation to health, academic and economic consequences.
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