Mayor Cara Spencer is investigating the situation after former Comptroller Darlene Green was reportedly receiving both a paycheck and a pension check from the City of Saint Louis.
There’s $42.5 billion in broadband grants are headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yet routinely try to take credit for among their constituents). But Republicans, despite a supposed feud between Trump and Elon Musk, have been rewriting the grant program’s guidance to eliminate provisions ensuring the resulting […]
Dr. Marvin Singleton, a Republican who spent 13 years as a Missouri state senator, worries about many of the policies he sees coming out of Washington D.C. these days. Of course, the retired ear, nose and throat doctor is concerned about federal cuts to Medicaid spending, which could leave millions of Americans without insurance and […]
I’ve written quite a bit about my father’s decline because it’s been such a shock for me. He went from a "young-old" man in his mid-to-late 70s to unrecognizably frail and dependent so much quicker than I ever expected.
All eight of Missouri’s metropolitan areas experienced higher unemployment rates in June than a month before, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that is not seasonally adjusted. n comparison to a year earlier, the jobless rate also increased in all of those metro areas. St. Joseph had the highest unemployment rate […]
Sumner is the first high school west of the Mississippi River to graduate Black students. This year is its 150th anniversary. At a recent celebration, alumni say Sumner is here to stay and will fight to keep it open.
Sumner is the first high school west of the Mississippi River to graduate Black students. This year is its 150th anniversary. At a recent celebration, alumni say Sumner is here to stay and will fight to keep it open.
Recently, Missouri’s senior senator introduced the American Worker Rebate Act which promises “at least” $600 per adult and dependent child funded by revenue from President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. The proposed legislation represents a dangerous fiscal misstep that threatens to worsen inflation while squandering a rare opportunity to address America’s mounting debt crisis. Hawley’s proposal […]
ST. LOUIS - The same north winds that have brought cooler and drier air to the region are also bringing an unwelcome visitor: smoke from Canadian wildfires. Some of the wildfire smoke made it down to the surface early Friday morning and is leading to lower visibility. As the sun comes up, the low-level smoke [...]