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Orchid Show

14 hours 33 minutes hence

On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]

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Rachel Huffman

Court rules against Missouri man serving 40+ years on a 23-year prison sentence

1 hour 42 minutes ago
A Missouri man fighting a calculation that could keep him in state prison for more than 40 years on a 23-year sentence lost the first round of a court battle seeking to be released. On Friday, Cole County Circuit Judge Brian Stumpe refused to order the Missouri Department of Corrections to change how it calculated […]
Rudi Keller

US Education Department paid up to $38M to civil rights workers on leave, watchdog says

2 hours 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday.   The department spent between roughly $28.5 million and $38 million on the salaries and benefits of the hundreds of Office for Civil Rights, […]
Shauneen Miranda

ICE, CBP Brag About Stealing A Legally-Impossible $14,000 From US Citizens At The Minneapolis Airport

2 hours 46 minutes ago
Let’s just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because they’re currently at the top of Trump’s shitlist. Prior to last month’s escalation (and subsequent murder) because some white MAGA shitbird became famous for supposedly uncovering a whole lot of Somali-based fraud in Minneapolis, Minnesota, it’s possible ICE would […]
Tim Cushing

Mary Lamie, William Bell Elected as VP, Treasurer for St. Louis Workforce Development Board

3 hours 6 minutes ago

The St. Louis Workforce Development Board has elected new officers for 2026, with the vote taking place during the board’s January 27 meeting, according to an announcement from the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE). Charlotte Hammond, president and CEO of Challenge Unlimited, was elected Board Chair. Hammond has led the organization since […]

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Tom Finan

Trump urges US House to avert ‘another long, pointless and destructive’ shutdown

3 hours 28 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on the government funding package that will end the ongoing partial government shutdown once it becomes law.  The Senate voted Friday evening to approve the legislation after President Donald Trump and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., brokered a deal to remove the full-year […]
Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa