(The Center Square) – Among the nearly 300 new laws set to take effect Jan. 1 in Illinois is one impacting potential sales of local media outlets to out-of-state buyers.
Senate Bill 3592 passed the Senate in April. Sponsor of the bill, state Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, said it requires local media outlets looking to sell to an out-of-state buyer to provide a 120-day notice to the state and their staff.
“Private equity firms are coming and buying newspapers, consolidating them until they…
Tishaura Jones told union members "I’m here to stand with you again to make sure that WashU hires a janitorial contractor that pays people a living wage." She then commended the university at an event.
The city of St. Louis' development agency on Wednesday rejected some controversial grant applications in an embattled program, after previously giving them preliminary OKs.
(The Center Square) – Illinois is one of 38 states that have legalized sports betting, and now Congress is getting involved.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday entitled “America’s High-Stakes Bet on Legalized Sports Gambling.”
Committee Chair Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, said while sports leagues once opposed sports betting, leagues, franchises and networks now partner with betting companies and have integrated gambling into sporting events and…
Four St. Louis County Council members on Wednesday sued St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, asking the state court not to allow Page to replace County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell without their OK.
A St. Louis-based property management, asset management and real estate investment group with $1.5 billion in assets under management has made the year's biggest multifamily acquisition in a Florida city.
A Clayton law firm is seeking to move a lawsuit filed by its former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion from St. Louis Circuit Court to the County and have it dismissed.
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded a $5.1 million grant to a local university to help advance literacy education across the St. Louis region and beyond.
The St. Louis County Council voted Tuesday night not to recommend the county executive's choice for county prosecutor. A judge is deciding between Sam Page's pick and Gov. Mike Parson's choice to replace Wesley Bell when he is sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in January.
When the judge makes his ruling on who has the power to decide the next top prosecutor, the county council would have to sign off if the judge sides with Page. After hearing from both candidates Tuesday…
A St. Louis-area hospital furloughed its employees because of a blood shortage, according to a letter from its board of directors.
Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital, NorthSide Regeneration's small North City hospital, announced the shutdown Tuesday afternoon. The hospital said the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) approved a temporary suspension of operations until the hospital could find a "reliable and continuous source of blood."
The hospital opened in January at 1320…
A Cape Girardeau developer is proposing a big indoor sports facility, hotel, food truck park and new restaurants on a vacant site in St. Charles County.
Kirkwood has recently passed on big development proposals for its quaint downtown, and now has a high-stakes choice: allow more big projects or listen to some residents who've turned against large 'cookie-cutter' projects.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Monday asked the FBI and Missouri auditor to probe the city's Building Division, following allegations of corruption in the department.
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