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Missouri parent groups organize against Amendment 5 over school funding concerns

1 day 20 hours ago
Sarah Laub tried everything to get her son with learning disabilities a better education.  She drove him to a private school an hour and a half away from their home in rural Missouri before being directed to the local public school. When he continued to struggle, she tried homeschooling. The local school district in Stockton, […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Surprise: CBS’ ‘Ombudsman’ Has Been A Useless Trump Lackey

1 day 21 hours ago
You might recall that one of the conditions of the FCC’s approval of The Ellison family’s $8 billion acquisition of CBS was that the agency would install a “ombudsman” at the network to ensure CBS journalism was appropriately feckless and deferential to our mad, idiot king. This was particularly ironic given decades of whining by Republicans about […]
Karl Bode

Narrowed Education Department definition of ‘professional’ degrees stopped in federal court

1 day 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new definition of “professional” fields of study, which set stricter borrowing caps for graduate students pursuing certain degrees. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell specifically halts the department’s new definition of “professional” degrees, which was limited to 11 fields and […]
Shauneen Miranda

Wak’a Garden

1 day 21 hours ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Driver arrested after overnight police pursuit ending in Jefferson County

1 day 21 hours ago
ST. LOUIS - A driver was arrested after leading police on a pursuit overnight Friday in south St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the incident began after officers were notified of a possible kidnapping involving a black Chevrolet Impala near S. Kingshighway Blvd. and Chippewa St. When an officer located [...]
Nick Gladney

Kansas City’s gun violence problem looms over World Cup

1 day 22 hours ago
Since Kansas City stepped onto the World Cup stage this month, gun violence has repeatedly threatened to steal the spotlight. On June 6, before matches even began, a shooting that injured nine people made international headlines because it took place about five miles from Swope Soccer Village, where England’s team has its base camp. On […]
Suzanne King