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Missouri child care subsidy cuts could hit foster kids, low-income families hardest

4 months 2 weeks ago
Every child who starts at Lemay Child and Family Center in St. Louis County receives a developmental screening during their first month of attendance.  Based on these screenings, kids can receive speech or occupational therapy at the center, and staff can connect families with community support like help sourcing healthy food. “The economy right now […]
Annelise Hanshaw, Steph Quinn

Things Going Great At Ellison’s Paramount As President Gets Mired In Accusations Of Press Manipulation And Leaking Company Info

4 months 2 weeks ago
The President of Larry Ellison’s “new and improved” Paramount, Jeff Shell, has been conspicuously absent from recent events heralding the company’s problematic acquisition of Warner Brothers. The reason? Shell is being accused by a “whistleblower” and former partner of leaking company info, including early word of the company’s $7.7 billion August 2025 deal to obtain […]
Karl Bode

Bipartisan group of lawmakers, religious leaders call for an end to Missouri death penalty

4 months 2 weeks ago
There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row. The agency spends almost $3 million each year on salaries for these personnel, said Matthew Crowell, director of Missouri’s public defender system. “We’re also using 16 of my best […]
Steph Quinn

Wednesday, March 11 - ICE on the ground

4 months 2 weeks ago
A Syracuse University researcher says new ICE agreements spreading across Missouri will shift immigration enforcement onto local police — with possible consequences for towns and taxpayers.

In Missouri crime debate, certainty of punishment matters more than severity

4 months 2 weeks ago
Recent murders in Kansas City and St. Louis — one at a nightclub, the other at a coffeeshop — have people asking why the assailants, both with histories of violent crime, were out on the streets in the first place. When violence strikes, anger is natural. It often translates into demands for harsher sentences. The […]
Patrick Tuohey