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Opioid overdoses in Missouri a decade ago were fueled ago by prescription pills and largely affected rural, mostly-white communities. The crisis has entered a new phase in the last few years, dominated by fentanyl in urban areas.

ST. LOUIS - The national push for Starbucks workers to join a union hit the St. Louis region. The Post-Dispatch reported workers at the Starbucks in Tower Grove South and another on Hampton Avenue just south of Forest Park voted to file for union elections. They are joining workers at the stores in Ladue and Bridgeton [...]

The Bike Stop Café in St. Charles rents electric bicycles for $15 per hour or $100 per day.

ST. LOUIS - Tuesday, April 5 is Municipal Election Day in Missouri. Election leaders in St. Louis City and St. Louis County are both expecting a light turnout. County officials said some areas with hotly contested races could see more voters. The polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The Rockwood School [...]

Former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens says in a new court filing that she has photos and other evidence to back up her claims that former Gov. Eric Greitens physically abused her and their children as his political career unraveled. In a statement embedded in a court filing Thursday in Boone County Circuit Court as […]

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“Let’s face it, this is California: $100 million goes nowhere.”

The war in Ukraine has the U.S. looking for fertilizer at home. But at what cost?

Oligarchs' superyachts emit more carbon than some Pacific Island nations.

Allan Clarke, founding lead singer of The Hollies, turns 80 today, April 5. Clarke co-founded the popular British Invasion band in 1962 with his childhood friend Graham Nash. The group…

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Amazon’s heavy-handed tactics triggered an explosion of organizing from inside its Staten Island warehouse, leading to a union victory.

Appreciating the wisdom of Todd Gitlin—and what his insights about the 1960s tell us about the present moment

‘Buy now, pay later,’ the latest fashion in consumer debt, is even worse than credit cards.

A proposed cap on co-payments won’t do anything for those without insurance.

New baseball-exclusive platform for Cardinals fans has all the news, analysis, commentary and video that make our team the best on the beat … plus new exclusive content.

The Grain Belt Express would traverse eight northern Missouri counties.

A court filing suggests former Al Bond, former head of the carpenters council here, is contacting defense firms to represent him.

St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Medler granted the county until May 13 to hire an outside attorney and file pleadings in response to the lawsuit from Fitch, a retired police chief, or face default judgment.

The Kansas City Chiefs have confirmed that they are looking at possible sites in Kansas for when their lease at Arrowhead Stadium expires in nine years

Employees at the South Grand dispensary are the first cannabis workers in Missouri to unionize, the United Food and Commercial Workers said.

Bob Donnelly of St. Louis, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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