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St. Louis Public Schools teachers, staff to receive pay increase

1 year 3 months ago
Teachers and staff at St. Louis Public Schools will receive their largest pay increase in nearly two decades after a new union contract was agreed on with the district. The contract that was approved Tuesday evening by the St. Louis Board of Education will give teachers a 17% pay increase over the next three years, starting with a 7% hike in fiscal 2025 and additional 5% increases each of the following two years. Special education teachers will see a 22% increase over three years, beginning with…
Alli Hebel

Florissant homes built on Coldwater Creek may sit on radioactive contamination

1 year 3 months ago
Federal officials are investigating whether residents of a small subdivision in the St. Louis suburbs are living on top of contamination dating back to World War II after finding radioactive material in their backyards. The Cades Cove subdivision, a small enclave in Florissant, was built on top of where Coldwater Creek once meandered. The creek, which runs through several St. Louis suburbs and into the Missouri River, was contaminated decades ago by waste left over from the development of the world’s…
Allison Kite

‘Due process takes time’: No timetable for completion of Dean Plocher ethics investigation

1 year 3 months ago
Leaders of a bipartisan Missouri House committee investigating Speaker Dean Plocher over allegations of misconduct said Monday that there is no timetable for when the inquiry will conclude. State Rep. Hannah Kelly, a Republican from Mountain Grove and chair of the House Ethics Committee, spoke to reporters following a roughly three-hour closed-door meeting of the committee on Monday afternoon. It was the committee’s first meeting since December and the first since outside counsel was hired to…
Jason Hancock