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Missouri House passes redistricting, ballot question reforms

3 months ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Lawmakers in the Missouri House passed two measures Tuesday outlined in Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s call for an extraordinary session. The Republican-controlled state House passed a controversial proposal that would redraw the state’s congressional maps to give the GOP a chance to flip one of the two Democrat-held seats. The new [...]
Mark Zinn

AP finds major disaster declarations are taking longer under Trump

3 months ago
On average, it took less than two weeks for a governor's request for a presidential disaster declaration to be granted in the 1990s and early 2000s.
DAVID A. LIEB/AP, SOPHIE BATES/AP, M.K. WILDEMAN/ AP, ALEX ROZIER/MISSISSIPPI TODAY and ILLAN IRELAND/MISSISSIPPI FREE PRESS, Associated Press

DNA helps SLMPD identify body found in 2020

3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department announced that they have positively identified a man five years after his body was found. According to police, a body was found in the River Des Peres at Chippewa Street in south St. Louis on the evening of July 17, 2020. A DNA profile was created, [...]
Megan Mueller

Wildwood approves tax break for $50M project

3 months ago
St. Louis County officials have approved $3.3 million in tax breaks for the construction of a new $50 million apartment and retail complex in Wildwood, which is expected to bring significant changes to the area, though critics argue it will divert $2.4 million in tax revenue away from public services.
Nick Gladney

Missouri lawmakers to hold final vote on redistricting, amendments

3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Missouri lawmakers are advancing two significant measures that could reshape the state's political landscape, focusing on redistricting and state constitutional amendments. In a special session called by Governor Mike Kehoe, the Missouri House voted 89-63 to perfect two bills. The first bill aims to alter the initiative petition process, requiring more than [...]
Nick Gladney

Summer feel returns, forecast stays dry  

3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - One last cool morning for a while, we’re starting Tuesday in the upper 40s and low 50s. There is some rain in western Missouri Tuesday morning, but it won’t make it across the state to St. Louis. Our warm up gets going Tuesday. Sunny to start with an increase in clouds later [...]
Angela Hutti

City park closed for cleanup

3 months ago
Resident Roxann Ali, who reported finding someone had defecated on the sidewalk, noted that conditions are worsening daily.
Taylor Harris