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Destiny Brown thought she had been recruited last year to own and operate a small-scale Missouri cannabis dispensary — and get paid $200,000 to do it. Cannabis investor Michael Halow told Brown, who is Black, that her disabled veteran status and the marijuana offense on her father’s record qualified her for a Missouri microbusiness license. The qualifications were designed for these licenses to end up in the hands of disadvantaged business owners, including disabled veterans, those with lower…

A case that will determine whether Missouri can continue restricting adolescents’ access to gender-affirming care began Monday in Cole County Circuit Court. The plaintiffs — which include transgender minors, gender-affirming care providers and loved ones — will argue that medical treatments for gender dysphoria are “safe and effective,” attorney Omar Gonzalez Pagan said in opening arguments. The state will defend the 2023 law restricting gender-affirming care by looking into the risks…

The family and friends of fallen Officer David Lee gathered at the North Patrol Division Monday, where Lee’s patrol car stands as a memorial, covered in flowers left by those who loved him.

Marcellus Williams is now in his final hours as Missouri prepares for his execution scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24. Despite overwhelming support for Williams from

With 850 students, South Broadway in Soulard can get busy as Lift for Life Academy ends its school day.

It happened again and it has to stop. Back in 2014, we talked about how a UK woman had trouble getting her passport approved because her middle name was “Skywalker” and the UK’s passport office for some reason thought that Disney would have to give its permission to have the passport approved. There is nothing […]

Nuclear radiation advocates from St. Louis are heading to Washington D.C. to meet with federal officials about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

The City of St. Louis is helping the houseless get back on their feet by putting them to work.

This week New York magazine has a long profile of Ta-Nehisi Coates that reminds once again of why I'm puzzled that he's held in such extraordinary esteem. It all started with "The Case for Reparations," his first big hit, which struck me as sort of a bloated term paper mostly cribbed from Wikipedia—and which fizzled ...continue reading "The miseducation of Ta-Nehisi Coates"

Local police wives are stepping up to support the family of the St. Louis officer who was struck and killed on Interstate 70 Sunday.

Polling practices have changed significantly over the past two decades, especially with the decline of landline usage.