WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took heat Thursday over forthcoming changes to the federal student loan system that will impose new borrowing limits for professional and graduate students. Lawmakers took specific aim at stricter loan caps set to be established for students pursuing advanced programs that do not fall under the department’s “professional” classification, such […]
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, […]
The council hired an outside attorney this month to review candidates' financial filings and help decide if the council has the power to remove members for ethical violations.
Washington University and St. Louis University will hold commencement ceremonies this weekend, while sports fans will flock to downtown St. Louis to watch the Cardinals and Battlehawks in action.
The Missouri Senate on Thursday voted to strip oversight of the state’s private school voucher program from State Treasurer Vivek Malek, moving it to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The change was included in a wide-ranging education bill that also expands eligibility for MOScholars, the state’s tax-credit-funded voucher program. The plan still needs […]
Missouri election officials can’t revise voter rolls to reflect the state’s gerrymandered congressional map because Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ office has not opened the statewide voter registration system to accept the changes, the president of Missouri’s county clerks association said Thursday. Miller County Clerk Clinton Jenkins, a Republican who serves as president of the […]
Black homeowners are considering their paths forward after the May 16 tornado, and for many, those plans don't include another home. STLPR looks into how that could impact generations to come. Plus, we look into what the City needs to do to prepare for another storm.
ST. LOUIS - Rain and storms are already impacting communities north of I-70 Friday morning. This energy is expected to drop southeastward along and east of the Mississippi River. The best chance of early morning rain will be along and north of I-70 but some scattered showers could linger through the morning and impact towns [...]
The new exhibit Paul McCartney and Wings opens at Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday. It's the first major museum exhibit to explore McCartney’s post-Beatles band, which featured…
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