Missouri Representative Wesley Bell traveled to the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, a facility being used as a U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) detention center, to visit Boanerges Flores-Bravo, a St. Louis resident who was detained by ICE on May 18 during a scheduled immigration meeting.
Illinois lawmakers have passed a measure allowing rideshare drivers to unionize and negotiate with companies like Uber and Lyft, creating the Transportation Network Driver Labor Relations Act and establishing collective bargaining rights for drivers.
Senate Bill 4834 would remove testosterone from the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program, a database created to track potentially addictive controlled substances, and would prohibit state officials from adding estrogen, abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol, and puberty‑blocking or hormone‑suppressing drugs to the system.
House Bill 4758 would prohibit employers and employment agencies from listing a driver’s license as a requirement in job postings unless driving is an essential function of the position and meets a legitimate business necessity.
The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners says $1.7 million has been secured for a new sound-muffling wall to address noise complaints at a south St. Louis police shooting range.
Illinois lawmakers have approved a measure to temporarily suspend the state's scheduled motor fuel tax increase for six months, providing short-term relief to drivers facing higher fuel prices.
FRONTENAC, Mo. – Popular fashion retailer Aritzia will open its first Missouri location on Thursday, June 4 at Plaza Frontenac. The Canadian clothing retailer is known for its “Welcome to Everyday Luxury” brand and offers a range of women's apparel, accessories, and lifestyle products. Located on the first floor of Plaza Frontenac, the 10,000-square-foot store [...]
Two men from St. Charles and Lincoln County face felony charges after investigators recovered several stolen firearms during an investigation into vehicle break-ins in Elsberry.
A Shrewsbury officer was struck and injured Monday by a vehicle tied to an armed robbery at a U.S. Post Office location just moments before, police say.
A St. Louis man was sentenced last week to nearly five decades in prison for multiple carjackings and being responsible for a drug sale that killed another individual.
A judge has ruled in favor of the City of St. Louis in a long-standing budget dispute with the Board of Police Commissioners, rejecting the board's bid to secure an additional $67.5 million for police funding.
The Missouri Hot Weather Law prohibits investor-owned utility companies from disconnecting service when the National Weather Service forecasts temps to rise above 95 degrees or for the heat index to be above 105 degrees.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering a new proposal that would end free camping at hundreds of conservation sites and instead charge a $5 fee for a permit to camp overnight.
A Manchester area man is in custody for the thefts of computers and other electronic hardware last summer from commercial office buildings in Creve Coeur.
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