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Known to be toxic for a century, lead still poisons thousands of Midwestern kids
When the pediatrician recommended Lisa Pascoe have her then-toddler tested for lead poisoning, she thought there was no way he could be at risk. Everything in her South St. Louis home had been remodeled. But then the nurse called to say her son’s blood lead level was dangerously high — five times the level federal […]
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Victim shoots at carjacker in south St. Louis
Funding increase for charter schools poised to clear Missouri Senate after compromise
A years-long impasse over increased funding for charter schools was finally broken in the Missouri Senate, leaving proponents optimistic the legislation could finally make its way to the governor’s desk. Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, unveiled a new funding mechanism last week to close a discrepancy in the amount that charter schools are funded versus traditional […]
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Mega-Convenience Store Wally’s Follows Popular Buc-ee’s Concept With Second Location In Fenton MO…Is Bigger Better?
Indigenous people are being killed to ‘protect’ a Congolese park
Storms and wind Monday with highs in low-60s
Three St. Louis area people sentenced for Capitol riot
As utility-scale renewables expand, some Midwest farmers are pushing back
Bill Eigel (2022)
Rush’s Alex Lifeson discusses new Envy of None album and the project’s “secret weapon,” singer Maiah Wynne
Inside Just Stop Oil, the youth climate group blocking UK refineries
Listen to new Gerry Backley solo song, “Tickets from the Past,” featuring his America band mate Dewey Bunnell
By Helping Self-Organized Workers, Labor Can Save Itself
The American Rescue Plan’s Child Care Test Run
The Red-State War Against Women, Gays, Transgender Americans …
Hartmann: Missouri Republicans Just Don't Want Government to Work
Maplewood History: Rarer Than Rare – Mind blowing JC Sutton Artifacts Resurface
Joseph Eakins of St. Charles, MO
Gateway to Pride Exhibit
LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit will begin to uncover the rarely-shared or
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