Missouri House Republicans unexpectedly refused to allow a vote Friday on a $513 million spending bill for construction projects, citing a desire to control spending for a move that was kept secret from Democrats in the chamber and members of the state Senate.
The move sank funding for major projects around the state, including national guard facilities, Boys and Girls clubs, and community health centers, to name a few. And it could seriously damage relations within the House and between chambers.
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Listen to this week's Arch City Report Podcast as we talk about a reporter's discovery of the secret life a banker whom the feds have charged with stealing from his employer. Also, we dig into a dispute between a huge homebuilder and one of its key contractors.
And we talk about an event where area officials defined "advanced manufacturing," and its future in the community.
The stories discussed this week are:
Police reports: Indicted banker tapped friends for big loans, paid waitress $200 a day…
Bunge Global SA, the Chesterfield-based agriculture and food business, said its first-quarter profit fell less than expected as demand increased late in the period, fueled by tariff uncertainty.
St. Louis-based Swade Cannabis is branching out westward, taking over operations of multiple dispensaries in a deal that will nearly double its retail footprint.
St. Louis has secured a major robotics competition for two years, an event that immediately will become one of the area's largest by hotel room nights booked.
The state of Missouri has begun its exit from the Wainwright State Office Building in downtown St. Louis, with the departure to be completed this summer.
After a sharp, brief fight in which Democrats were outnumbered by majority Republicans, Missouri legislative budget negotiators agreed Thursday to spend $50 million to expand the MOScholars program that helps pay tuition at private and parochial schools.
The general revenue support would be the first time state tax dollars have been appropriated directly to the program begun in 2021. The line item, a major part of Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s budget proposal, found favor in the Missouri House…
Nearly 70 years before becoming pope, Robert Francis Prevost called the Midwest home.
Prevost, who on Thursday became Pope Leo XIV, was born in 1955 in Chicago and is a White Sox fan. His journey to the papacy, however, began south of the Windy City across the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
On Sept. 1, 1977, Prevost started his path to the priesthood as a novice of the Order of St. Augustine in St. Louis. The religious order has a presence in around 50 countries and holds the core value to “live…
Republic Services Inc., a recycling and waste collection business, said Thursday that it plans to build a new recycling center to serve the St. Louis region.
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