The bill that would return the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to state control underwent changes Thursday in the Missouri Senate and would need to go back to the House before heading to Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk.
On Thursday, the Senate debated the bill, making changes and additions to the bill passed by the Missouri House of Representatives. The bill would still create a board of police commissioners to oversee the department, but how those commissioners would be chosen was altered.
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A federal pharmaceutical testing facility in St. Louis will remain open, despite appearing on DOGE’s list of scheduled office closures, according to a person familiar with the matter.
UMSL, with its campus in north St. Louis County, said this week its men's and women's track and field teams will stop operations at the end of the spring 2025 semester.
Raymond James wanted to offer its tax credit investment clients with an additional product, which is why TReK closed last week on an arrangement to become employees of the financial giant based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Their office remains in Clayton.
The Bank of Washington's donation came as an entity of the St. Louis Development Corp. was adding more properties owned by NorthSide's Paul McKee to its list of sites targeted for eminent domain.
More than three years ago, health insurance giant Centene Corp. settled allegations that it overcharged Medicaid programs in Ohio and Mississippi related to prescription drug billing.
Now at least 20 states have settled with Centene over its pharmacy benefit manager operation that coordinated the medications for Medicaid patients. Arizona was among the most recent to join the ranks, settling for an undisclosed payout, Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for the state’s attorney general, told KFF Health…
The St. Louis Cardinals will air at least 10 games in the 2025 season on KMOV-TV (Channel 4) and sister station Matrix Midwest, becoming the latest sports franchise to return to over-the-air television.
St. Louis County voters will officially see Proposition B on their April 8 ballot after the council approved funding.
If passed by voters, the proposition would give the county council the ability to take disciplinary action against county department heads and to vote to remove them.
On Tuesday, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page doubled down on his disapproval for Prop B, calling it ‘Prop Bad’ and saying it would cause chaos in county government. The council said that's not at all the case.
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This week's Arch City Report Podcast examines examines the Metro East economy, how much it contributes to the Illinois GDP and how the region's population has hit a 20-plus year low.
We also talk about the office market upheaval that's resulted from slate of St. Louis-area office buildings on a federal lists of properties the Trump administration intends to sell or leases it intends to cancel. We also talk sports tourism and some of the big questions we're hoping to ask during a live recording…
A proposed constitutional amendment reinstating Missouri’s abortion ban cleared a Senate committee Wednesday after a GOP lawmaker who opposes the inclusion of rape and incest exceptions asked to be removed from the panel to avoid sinking the bill’s chances.
Sponsored by state Sen. Adam Schnelting, a Republican from St Charles, the proposed amendment would ban abortion but allow exceptions up to 12 weeks gestation for survivors of rape and incest who first reported the assault to police.
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Maryville University, which recently named its next president, also has announced the official dean of its business school after it was led by an interim leader for more than a year.
The landlord for a federal office in Richmond Heights slated for closure by the Department of Government Efficiency said canceling the lease would be against the law. It's one of several buildings facing sudden lease cancellations across the nation that legal experts say aren't allowed under lease terms.
The economic output of the St. Louis region’s Illinois counties has grown steadily over the years. Metro East now ranks second-largest of all Illinois metro areas in terms of GDP, but population loss may change the story in coming years.
A nonprofit provider of housing, care and support services for older adults and one of the St. Louis region's largest nonprofit organizations is changing its name as part of a rebranding.
Last month, U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe stepped down from the post, effective Feb. 18. A former Illinois state senator, she was appointed in 2022 by then-President Joe Biden, a Democrat.
Two founders of a St. Louis-based nonprofit were indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of stealing over $7 million from a federally funded program intended to feed low-income children in Missouri.
The 20-story tower has 92 units, with the possibility to add more apartments in the building’s vacant office space. The owner said he could sell more of his downtown holdings.
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