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Spire pipeline can temporarily continue operations

4 years 5 months ago
The Spire pipeline will be allowed to continue operations, according to a ruling Friday. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission extended Spire Missouri's emergency pipeline permit through winter. In June, a federal appeals court panel ruled that the FERC didn't adequately demonstrate the need for the 65-mile pipeline that was approved in 2018 and runs through parts of Illinois and Missouri. It was ordered to shut down the Spire STL Pipeline by Dec. 13. Spire warned 400,000 homes in the St. Louis…
Anne Stegen, KSDK

St. Louis Sues Missouri Over Controversial 'Police Bill of Rights' Law

4 years 5 months ago

A lawsuit from the City of St. Louis seeks to block a 2021 law that created a suite of new protections for police officers. The suit alleges the provisions created a system of "pervasive favoritism" benefitting cops while neglecting to create a constitutionally required funding source for the city's expanded legal obligations.…
Danny Wicentowski

Women would sign up for the military draft under defense bill in Congress

4 years 5 months ago

WASHINGTON — As the Senate works to finalize a major annual defense measure, there is a bipartisan push to include a requirement that all young Americans — including women — for the first time register for the military draft. The $777.9 billion measure, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, also would allocate millions to […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Controversial bill would have aided Missouri company under scrutiny for contamination

4 years 5 months ago

Two years ago, a company led by an influential Republican businessman faced off with the state’s environmental regulators over whether it needed to do additional testing for a chemical health officials worried could pose a cancer risk to the company’s workers.  The Moberly manufacturing facility, Orscheln Products LLC, is owned by the family of businessman Barry […]

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Allison Kite

Missouri lawmakers must take action to legalize marijuana | Opinion

4 years 5 months ago

In 1984, I was arrested for felony possession of marijuana for a half-pound of marijuana, for which I served five years of probation. In 1991, I was arrested for possession of two ounces of marijuana, for which I served 60 days in county prison. Finally, in 1993, I was arrested as an accessory in a […]

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Jeff Mizanskey

Making Missouri: Past, Present, Future

4 years 5 months ago
Celebrating the Centennial In 1920 and 1921, Missourians prepared to celebrate a big milestone: 100 years as a state. How to properly commemorate this event was a question on everyone’s minds. Ideas included a themed state fair, a Centennial-themed drama reenacting key moments from the push for statehood, newspaper and journal articles about Missouri’s history and its founders, and a concert of …
Brittany Krewson