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“My roots run deep in this city,” Donna Baringer told the audience after being introduced by a Hibernian bagpiper, an homage to her Irish heritage.

What does “Building Tomorrow” look like? It looks like: An innovative management labor collaboration to prevent suicide; A longtime expert in the apprentice space who pioneered new ideas; An emerging leader who helped create new opportunities for workers; A CEO who creates places at the starting line for nontraditional companies and workers; and A growing, […]

SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, led Senate and House Democrats in an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are duly appointed, Senate-confirmed Commissioners at an independent federal agency created by Congress. President Trump’s illegal attempts to terminate them threaten the integrity of independent federal agencies and the FTC’s ability to enforce civil antitrust law and protect the public from fraudsters and monopolists. In addition to Durbin and Booker, the brief was led by Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Amy Klobuchar

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul presented the proposed budget for the Attorney General’s office for the next fiscal year to a Senate legislative committee today in Chicago. Raoul announced that since taking office in 2019, his office has generated an average of $23.47 in revenue for every dollar of taxpayer funding the office received. “The Attorney General’s office serves Illinois as the people’s law firm, protecting seniors from scammers, supporting victims of violent crime and advocating for the state’s interests,” Raoul said. “We are committed to maintaining vital programs and services to the people of Illinois, even as our responsibilities continue to expand under new statutory requirements and greater enforcement authority of existing state laws, as well as our critical work to protect Illinoisans’ rights from attack by the federal government.” During the hearing, Raoul highlighted the increased workload resulting

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This article originally comes from Construction Forum on April 15, 2025 Registration is now open for FreightWeekSTL 2025, set for June 2-6. The St. Louis Regional Freightway is hosting the conference for the eighth consecutive year. The week-long freight and logistics event features panel sessions, interviews, a riverboat tour through the Ag Coast of America and more. FreightWeekSTL spotlights the […]

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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - A family is seeking community support after a car accident on March 17, 2025, resulted in the deaths of Ashley Koehler and her 10-year-old son, Jacob, and left her 3-year-old daughter, Gracie, critically injured. In response to the tragedy, friends and family organized the Emmerich Family Benefit fundraiser, scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 2025, at St. Clair Bowl, located at 5950 Old Collinsville Road in Fairview Heights, Illinois. The event will include a silent auction and a ball raffle, with all proceeds going to support Koehler’s four children. The benefit features a 9-Pin No Tap Tournament and costs $25 per participant. Those interested in attending or reserving a spot can contact Kim at (618) 972-4713. “All proceeds from the benefit go toward all four children who were left behind after this tragedy,” organizers said.

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The Trump administration looks to impose restrictions on grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.

The Supreme Court of Missouri has found that the state has the right to appeal Christopher Dunn's exoneration, according to a court ruling Tuesday.

Missouri's Republican-led House has advanced a proposed repeal of an abortion-rights measure approved by voters. A proposed constitutional amendment endorsed Tuesday would replace the abortion-rights measure with a ban on abortion, except in cases of medical emergency or fetal anomaly, or in cases of rape or incest up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

A woman has been charged with assault after driving a Jeep into another woman following a fight outside a St. Louis County nightclub.

Turns out the lyrics to Bryan Adams' 1985 hit "Summer of ’69" aren't exactly autobiographical.In the lyrics he reminisces about his first guitar, singing about getting his “first real six-string” at…

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Brenda Deutsch, accused of abusing a 16-year-old and abandoning her in Texas, sought to reduce her $250,000 cash-only bond. A friend said prosecutors have the case “all wrong.”

From St. Louis Magazine:  A 36-unit apartment building whose development has long been stuck at the city’s Preservation Board now appears set for construction off Morganford Road, just two blocks from Tower Grove Park. In the past two years, developer AHM Group has twice been denied permission to knock down three historic, rundown buildings at […]

Washington University in St. Louis will pause construction on major capital projects on its Danforth Campus, in response to uncertainties regarding federal funding. Projects that will be put on hold will include planned improvements to Mudd Field, which began at the start of the year, and the new Arts & Sciences building, which was announced last fall. […]

The first few months of the Trump administration have seen a quick divergence between those who are quick to bend the knee to unconstitutional, authoritarian, censorial demands from Donald Trump, and those with the spine to actually stand up and say “fuck that.” While it’s important to call out and shame those who cave, it’s […]

Nancy Parisotto was one of two people who died in the flooding near Bayless Avenue and Interstate 55 in South County.

The GOP-controlled Missouri House on Tuesday voted 94-50 to advance a ballot question to repeal the new constitutional right to abortion that voters approved last year.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Patrick Steinway, 41, of the 4800 block of Southridge Park Drive in St. Louis, was charged Tuesday, April 15, 2025, with stealing more than $25,000 from St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church, authorities said. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed the charges on April 15, 2025. Steinway is being held on a $25,000 cash-only bond with no option for 10% bond. The investigation began on Jan. 24, 2025, when Detective #1 responded to the Bank of Hillsboro following reports of theft from the church. Steinway, who volunteered for the church and worked at the bank, managed the church’s athletic department and was responsible for collecting and processing fees for its programs, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Office confirmed. During routine audits of nonprofit accounts at the bank, irregularities were discovered involving two church accounts and one personal account opened by Steinway. It was determined that Steinway transferred funds

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