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WASHINGTON — The stopgap spending bill supported by an overwhelming majority of U.S. senators does not address tens of billions in expiring transportation funding, leaving states facing a massive effective budget cut starting Oct. 1. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, which authorized highway and transit programs for five years, expires Sept. 30. Roughly $38.6 billion […]

ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after a person was shot and killed Tuesday night in north St. Louis. The shooting occurred around 11:40 p.m. in the 5600 block of Hiller Place in the city's Walnut Park West neighborhood. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a 34-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. [...]

A group has filed a lawsuit against Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins after he blocked an effort to put Missouri's controversial redrawn congressional map on the ballot.

Ehlmann, who is seeking a sixth term in office, tied his reelection bid to his decades of experience and how the county has grown and prospered during his tenure.

A Brentwood police officer accused of using license-plate reading cameras to stalk his ex-wife violated city policies but did not commit a crime, authorities say.

Missourians went to the polls Tuesday, and the results resist a single storyline. Here’s what’s worth noticing. Amendment 5 is the clearest verdict of the night. It lost 83-16. Not close, not regional — a rout. The governor’s top priority, backed by $17.2 million from donors who never had to identify themselves and it couldn’t […]

Quincy Baker was being treated at the psyche ward, where he belonged. He got sent to the city jail to die.

Follow the latest Post-Dispatch coverage of Missouri's primary election, including key races, ballot measures and reaction from across the state.

ST. LOUIS - A slow moving cold front is heading our way and it will bring rain back to the St. Louis region late Wednesday. During the daylight hours Wednesday, skies will see increasing clouds. A few spot showers, maybe even a thundershower, will be possible during the day. These are not expected to be [...]

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Headlines from the Aug. 5, 2026, front page include: Cop steals $1,000 from the roll of arrested beggar

While “smoke taint” from last month’s hazy skies isn’t an immediate threat, grape growers say it comes on the heels of a growing season already fraught with climate extremes.

As climate change primes the Pacific Northwest to burn, hundreds in Washington state's second-biggest city have lost their homes.

Voters weighed in on a measure to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives, an effort to remove the Missouri income tax, and a rematch between U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell and Cori Bush. We'll talk about the results and what's next.

Opponents are hopeful that a recent ruling by the state's highest court to vacate a key permit could eventually shut down the pipeline altogether.

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