If the U.S. House of Representatives tries to include a slimmed-down version of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, in Congress’ end of year funding bill, it faces a roadblock in the form of Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.
Hawley on Tuesday criticized rumors that House leadership was working to include a Utah-only expansion of RECA as part of the continuing resolution, or CR, that Congress must pass to fund the federal government.
For years, RECA provided payments to people…
Saint Louis Public Schools is making changes when it comes to spending at the central office. A new credit card freeze is one of several changes the district is making as it works to regain trust.
Former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett had a credit card, and several of her staffers did, too. Records show they were used for flights and flight upgrades, hotels, restaurants, and Lyft and Uber rides. There are also transactions for flowers, Door Dash and multiple trips to Bath and Body Works.
While…
St. Louis real estate firm Oliver Properties has expanded its downtown real estate holdings in moves aimed at boosting parking and retail along the Washington Avenue corridor.
With more than $683 million in funding received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the school also had the highest growth in NIH funding for the second year in a row.
A St. Louis-based venture capital firm has added an educational technology company to its portfolio as it sold its interest in an AI-focused student engagement platform.
Federal prosecutors in St. Louis on Wednesday indicted 14 North Korean nationals in an alleged conspiracy to fraudulently obtain IT employment with U.S. firms.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday named his pick to replace St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell when he resigns to take a St. Louis-area Congressional seat.
Missouri is heading toward its first fiscal year with declining revenue in more than a decade — and the first in living memory during a growing economy — according to the latest estimate of state tax revenue.
General revenue for the fiscal year that ends June 30 will total $13.35 billion, a decrease of about $70 million from the record $13.42 billion collected in fiscal 2024, according to a news release Wednesday from Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe.
That is a decline of about 0.6%, which is nearly…
Pat McBride, an Olympian and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee known as "Missouri's Father of Soccer," died Wednesday at the age of 81, friends of the family confirmed.
He was born Nov. 13, 1943, in St. Louis.
McBride, a midfielder, was a two-time first-team All-American for the St. Louis Billikens, and played on the team when it won NCAA soccer titles in 1963 and 1965.
McBride was the first American-born player to sign with the North American Soccer League. He spent his entire NASL soccer…
Cahokia Heights, Illinois, will be required to make dozens of improvements to its sewage system if a proposed consent decree with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency is approved by a judge.
According to a press release from the DOJ, the DOJ and EPA reached a settlement with the city to make the improvements after years of flooding and sewage issues. The complaint against the city alleges it of discharging sanitary sewage into nearby waterways more than 300 times since…
The economic benefits of a north-south MetroLink expansion are overstated, its projected ridership is low and it threatens the city's budget. Now, with Trump's election, it's unlikely to get significant federal funding. City leaders should drop the project, an ex-planning chief writes.
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