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Federal defense bill advances without compensation for St. Louis victims of nuclear waste

1 year 1 month ago
The U.S. Senate took an important step Tuesday toward passing the nation’s annual defense policy bill, but the legislation did not include provisions aimed at compensating victims of radioactive contamination in St. Louis and around the country. The reliably bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the same hard-right opposition in the U.S. House that has dogged lawmakers since the beginning of this Congress. The Democratic-led upper chamber voted to end debate on this year’s $886 billion…
Ashley Murray

St. Louis Blues fire head coach Craig Berube, name Drew Bannister interim

1 year 1 month ago
Craig Berube has been "relieved of his coaching duties" with the St. Louis Blues and an interim head coach has been named, the team announced late Tuesday night. The abrupt announcement came via a news release posted to the team's website around 11 p.m. Tuesday night, following the team's 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Enterprise Center. Current Springfield Thunderbirds head coach Drew Bannister was named interim head coach. Bannister will travel to St. Louis on Wednesday and serve his first…
Corey Miller and Kelsi Anderson

St. Louis County Council passes $14M in cuts to 2024 budget

1 year 1 month ago
The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday approved $14 million in cuts to next year's budget, days after St. Louis County Executive Sam Page warned council members their package of proposed cuts could come with costly consequences. Ahead of Tuesday’s St. Louis County Council meeting County Executive Sam Page sent a letter to the council saying if they passed their proposed budget cuts ARPA funded projects will be put on hold, there would be cuts to the teams who deal with problem properties, the…
Kelsi Anderson, Mark Maxwell and Laura Barczewski

Archdiocese of St. Louis says all elementary schools want to stay open, will work on feasibility plans

1 year 1 month ago
Every pastor who was part of the elementary school evaluation process in the Archdiocese of St. Louis' "All Things New" restructuring process said they want their elementary school to remain open for the 2024-25 school year. About one-third of the archdiocese's more than 80 elementary schools went through a consultation process to discuss the current and future status of the school. In a release on Tuesday, the archdiocese said all of the pastors involved in the process said they wanted to keep…
Sam Clancy