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Hot with spots of rain Wednesday, heavy rain possible into Thursday

1 month 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Really hot to our south and stormy to our north: St. Louis lies in the middle ground on Wednesday. Wednesday will be hot and muggy with the warmest temperatures across southern Missouri and Illinois. A cold front across the upper Midwest drops south through the day, bringing increasing clouds and spot daytime [...]
Angela Hutti

Competing court orders add confusion to Missouri congressional elections

1 month 3 weeks ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dueling court orders eight weeks before Election Day left Missouri’s congressional map uncertain Tuesday as legal wrangling over a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump sparked fresh confusion. A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from using its old congressional districts in the November election. [...]
DAVID A. LIEB and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press

Federal judge temporarily blocks Missouri from using old House map after Supreme Court declined case

1 month 3 weeks ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from using its old congressional districts in the November election, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in the twisting and confusing legal battle. The decisions highlight the confusion nature of Missouri’s redistricting battle, which has spanned [...]
Associated Press

Illinois law expands affordable housing investments

1 month 3 weeks ago
Affordable housing investments are expanding under a new Illinois law. Senate Bill 3086 allows Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs to invest in the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. The fund is focused on building and preserving affordable and workforce housing, creating union construction jobs and fostering community development. The treasurer and labor leaders toured a 72-story [...]
Brian Weckerly

Illinois tourism hits high of $50.2 billion

1 month 3 weeks ago
Illinois tourism just hit a new record. Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced record-breaking growth across Illinois’ tourism industry in 2025. Visitor spending hit an all-time high of $50.2 billion. That mark is up 3.5 percent from the previous year and helped generate more than $88 billion in [...]
Brian Weckerly