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Dean Plocher draws new scrutiny over series of Capitol meetings with out-of-state vendor

1 year ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher arranged a series of meetings in the state Capitol last month between GOP legislators and an out-of-state technology vendor, inviting renewed bipartisan criticism of the embattled Republican as he remains the focus of an ongoing ethics investigation. The unusual arrangement β€” including a meeting with GOP leadership that took place in the speaker’s Capitol office β€” is drawing comparisons to Plocher unsuccessfully pushing last year for the House to spend $800,000…
Jason Hancock

2 St. Louis Catholic elementary schools to close after 2023-24 school year

1 year ago
Two parish elementary schools will close following the 2023-24 academic year, the Archdiocese of St. Louis announced Friday. St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski accepted the recommendations to close Little Flower School, at 1275 Boland Place in Richmond Heights, and St. Roch School, at 6040 Waterman Blvd. in St. Louis, after parish pastors met with the Office of Catholic Education and Formation and episcopal vicars. The review included school enrollment, staffing, building capacity, parish subsidies,…
Alli Hebel

Jury says driver should serve almost 19 years in prison for crash involving Janae Edmondson

1 year ago
Daniel Riley, the driver convicted Thursday of critically injuring Tennessee teen Janae Edmondson while she was visiting St. Louis in February 2023, could serve nearly 19 years in prison, a jury decided. Their finding Thursday evening came hours after the jury found Riley guilty on all but one misdemeanor assault charge for causing the crash. The jury deliberated for just over three hours before returning its verdict. The decision came just over a year after the crash and after three days of…
Hunter Bassler and Christine Byers

U.S. Senate approves compensation for St. Louis nuclear waste exposures

1 year ago
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted again in favor of legislation that would compensate those who developed cancer following exposure to World War II-era radioactive waste in St. Louis. The legislation, sponsored by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which is set to expire, and expands it to cover individuals who were exposed to the radioactive waste that remains scattered across the St. Louis region. It would also expand coverage to those who…
Allison Kite