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St. Louis-based private equity firm WILsquare adds digital marketing agency to portfolio
St. Louis County Council Democrats push through resolution condemning abortion ruling
Council also weighs plan to spend $1 million to assist women seeking abortions in other states, as well as support mothers with infants.
United Steelworkers blasts U.S. Steel's plan at Granite City Works
Missouri charter schools will receive millions in state funds with governor’s signature
Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law a bill to infuse over $60 million in state funding into charter schools. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, aims to close a discrepancy in funding allocated to charter schools versus traditional public schools that was the result of outdated property values. The law will […]
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St. Louis board OKs incentives for apartment redevelopment in Central West End
Pedestrian dies after an SUV hits him on Highway 94 in St. Charles County
Raymond R. Rooney Jr. died at a hospital after being struck Tuesday night.
In Illinois, it’s Bailey vs. Pritzker in governor’s race in November
Illinois Republicans on Tuesday chose conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey to face Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who easily won the Democratic nomination.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - Farmers of color are still waiting on billions of federal relief dollars
The American Rescue Plan promised $4 billion in debt relief to “socially disadvantaged farmers.” But a swarm of lawsuits from banks and white farmers alleging discrimination has put the aid on hold.
Messenger: Women in Missouri could be prosecuted for seeking abortions, lawyers warn
Legal analysis says Gov. Mike Parson’s suggestion that women who seek abortions won’t be prosecuted misses details in the law.
As battle for Illinois governor shapes up, it is class warfare versus culture war
Bailey, as a state lawmaker, has been an ardent opponent of many of the progressive social advances that have been pushed by Pritzker.
GOP's Kathy Salvi to face Sen. Tammy Duckworth in November
St. Louis County designates $1M in ARPA funds to abortion access
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is expected to propose a funding plan Wednesday morning to help women access abortion-related services.
Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists
More than 150 conservation, environmental, and social justice organizations have accused The Nature Conservancy of "promoting false climate solutions."
What’s wrong with the economy? Climate change, for one.
A new book argues that Corporate America is waking up to climate action. It’s all about the bottom line.
Trump’s Truth Social Big Payday May Be Falling Apart
Donald Trump promised to take the social media world by storm with his Truth Social Twitter-clone for the MAGA world. “Free speech!” he claimed as he banned anyone who criticized him. Of course, from the beginning, many suspected that this was all a very sketchy grift, using a SPAC to try to cash in on […]
Extreme heat puts workers in danger. A new report calls for action.
For more than a decade, advocates have pushed OSHA to protect workers from heat-related injuries and death.
Graham Nash says his next solo album “is almost done”
Graham Nash's latest solo studio album, This Path Tonight, was released over six years ago, but the folk-rock legend says he's finally almost finished with a follow-up record. "I think…
Lack of Paid Leave Complicates Interstate Abortion Travel
No state that has banned abortion mandates paid leave for workers. Taking the time to get an abortion could put jobs at risk.
The Hidden Legal Abortion Provider
The United States Postal Service can deliver abortion medications through the mail, and it’s not that easy for anti-abortion states to stop it, though they will try.