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Sagging poll ratings, soaring gas prices put GOP in a fix for keeping US House control

1 day 5 hours ago
KANSAS CITY — When Vice President JD Vance pitched voters on electing Republicans to Congress this November during a trip to a Kansas City manufacturing plant on Monday, he delivered the message while standing in a newly gerrymandered U.S. House district. “If you want congressional leadership that fights to lower your taxes, that fights to […]
Jonathan Shorman, Jacob Fischler

Night Comfort

1 day 5 hours ago

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]

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Myranda Levins

Trump FCC Using False Claims Of Immigrant Fraud To Drive Up Costs Of Broadband For Everyone

1 day 6 hours ago
Back in February the Trump FCC announced it was launching new “reforms” of a major bipartisan FCC program that helps poor people afford broadband. Dubbed Lifeline, the program provides a modest $9.25 stipend to help low-income Americans afford either broadband or phone service. Lifeline, developed and supported as a popular bipartisan initiative, is one of […]
Karl Bode

Wak’a Garden

1 day 6 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

Two adults injured overnight in Jennings shooting

1 day 6 hours ago
JENNINGS, Mo. - Police are investigating a shooting overnight Thursday in Jennings. The incident occurred a little after 1 a.m. in the 2100 block of McLaran Ave. near Jennings Station Road. Further details on the shooting are unclear. Police located two adults who had sustained gunshot wounds. Both were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening [...]
Nick Gladney

Trump won’t give up on stalled SAVE America bill, as Dems prep election protections

1 day 7 hours ago
President Donald Trump is again demanding Congress pass a sweeping set of voting restrictions and refuses to rule out sending troops to the polls, as Democrats and voting rights groups assemble a sprawling effort to guard against federal election interference. The fight over election security is intensifying in Washington, D.C., as the White House and […]
Jonathan Shorman

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer to propose significant water rate hikes

1 day 7 hours ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer is set to announce a plan for significant increases in water rates for residents in the city.   Spencer is scheduled to speak about the bill at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at her office in City Hall, followed by the bill’s first reading at 10 a.m. during the [...]
Nick Gladney

Union group wants to bolster KC’s affordable housing by investing pension money

1 day 7 hours ago
Cameron Seip describes his job as being a connector. As the executive director of Mo-Kan LECET — the Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust — he tries to make “connections that make sense” among union workers, contractors, developers and governments. All so the union members and contractors he represents are able to […]
Thomas White

Thursday, May 21 - Back to the unknown: Florissant man being deported after traffic stop

1 day 7 hours ago
A 29-year-old Florissant man who came to the U.S. when he was four years old is now being deported to Mexico. ICE agents detained Victor López Delara after a traffic stop earlier this year. Now his fiancee and two children are preparing to follow him back to Mexico. St. Louis Public Radio’s Chad Davis spoke with López Delara by phone from the Ste. Genevieve County Jail

Showers return Friday, holiday weekend looks warmer

1 day 8 hours ago
ST. LOUIS - Some sunshine around Thursday morning before clouds fill back in the afternoon. It will be dry throughout Thursday, with highs around 70 F. Cloudy skies overnight, we’ll wake up Friday in the upper 50s. Rain showers return Friday morning. High temperatures Friday will depend on the timing and duration of the rain, [...]
Angela Hutti