Paul McCartney’s latest album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, has been nominated for the 2026 Mercury Prize, which recognizes the best albums from a British or Irish artist.“What a brilliant…
A Cole County judge said Wednesday he will rule quickly on a case that will determine if property tax caps voted on in April take effect later this year.
ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after a man was found dead Thursday morning in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), officers were notified around 8:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Red Bud. Details on the incident are unclear. An investigation is ongoing. This is a developing story; [...]
On July 30, one of the most significant events in global history took place in 1945, when the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the final weeks of World War II. The American warship had just completed a secret mission delivering parts for the first atomic bombs that would soon be used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the ship sank in the Philippine Sea, hundreds of sailors were left stranded in the water for days, facing dehydration, exposure, and shark attacks
Since President Donald Trump has gutted much of the federal government’s consumer protection work, state attorneys general are increasingly left to fight high prices and investigate businesses themselves. Consumer protection work, long a growing focus of state AGs from both parties, has ramped up considerably more in the past two years, legal experts say. The […]
WASHINGTON — Suddenly there’s evidence that noncitizens were on voting rolls in New Jersey, and there are new questions about the credibility of Alaska’s voter data. Republicans say that’s a big deal and an important boost for their so-far stuck election integrity drive. But look more closely. Congressional lawmakers and independent experts said this week […]
Quick background: the $8 billion FCC Universal Service Fund (USF) applies a small surcharge on traditional phone lines to fund broadband expansion to unserved rural homes, schools, and libraries (of which the U.S. has a lot thanks to rampant telecom monopolization). While the USF, like all government programs, hasn’t been absent of fraud (usually at the hands of […]
More than 9,000 children in foster care had to temporarily stay in hotels, office buildings and other potentially unsafe settings when states couldn’t find suitable places for them, according to a new federal audit. The inspector general’s office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that states had an especially difficult time […]
Benjamin Singer's Show Me Integrity non-profit is reprising its questionable role in the upcoming congressional primary between Wesley Bell and Cori Bush.
A Cole County judge said Wednesday he will rule quickly on a case that will determine if property tax caps voted on in April take effect later this year. At the end of a three-hour hearing, Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh gave attorneys in the case one week to file proposed findings for him to consider. […]
The Webster Groves Municipal Court has until Aug. 7 to rectify nearly a dozen issues. Failure to do so could result in severe punishment, a judge said.
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