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New DNC chair Ken Martin argued the party needs to focus on economic issues facing Americans.

Karla May faced heavy criticism this week for voting against same-sex marriage in the Missouri Senate, a move that highlighted division within the Democratic Party on social issues.

With the release of a grant temporarily frozen by the Trump administration, the north St. Louis County school district will be able to take delivery of 21 additional electric buses.

The grant, part of the city's northside business grant program, will pay for roof and masonry repairs to Annie Malone's 137-year old headquarters at 2612 Annie Malone Drive, in the city's The Ville neighborhood.

The victim was identified recently as Willie Hamilton, 43, of the 6900 block of Minnesota Avenue.

The application comes as the county prepares to take back operations of the shelter from the Animal Protective Association on Friday.

Proposition B would give the St. Louis County Council the power to fire county department directors.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

“It looked like it might have been possible it was going to be a mild flu season, but flu had something else in mind,” said Dr. Steven Lawrence, an infectious disease specialist.

Republican states are considering work requirements at the same time Congress is mulling the idea.

The St. Louis Board of Education appointed Ben Conover, grad student and instructor at St. Louis University and co-founder of advocacy group Solidarity with SLPS, to fill a board vacancy.

The Cordish Cos., which developed Ballpark Village with the St. Louis Cardinals, was chosen from three bids to redevelop the shuttered hotel site, just 2 blocks east of Busch Stadium.

Missouri lawmakers have given initial approval to a plan raising processing fees by $3 per transaction as part of an effort to attract and retain the independent contractors who run the offices across the state.

A health department staffer did write such a transition plan, according to records obtained by the Post-Dispatch. The plan calls for "shelter wide" euthanasia.

Post-Dispatch owner says “threat actors” accessed the company network, targeting “critical applications” and stealing data.

Republicans say statistics showing improvements in crime fighting are unreliable.

“We’re looking at something like e-Harmony for babies,” bill author Gerard Harms told the House Children and Families Committee.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to endorse “screen-free schools” during his combined State of the State and budget address at noon Wednesday.

“Missourians deserve a government that treats all individuals equally, without preferential treatment or discrimination based on immutable characteristics,” Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a statement.

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