Olympic gold medalist Dawn Harper Nelson and her husband were stranded in Jamaica for nearly two weeks due to Hurricane Melissa, but eventually returned to St. Louis with the help of the Jamaican people.
Proposition S, a proposed property tax increase in the Rockwood School District, was narrowly defeated in a vote held Tuesday, with 51% of voters opposing the tax increase and 49% in favor.
Three months after union workers walked off the job on strike, five Democratic senators pilloried the plan for replacement workers as potentially putting the nation’s military at risk.
One year ago today, Missourians voted to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution. But access remains fragmented as court battles and proposed abortion bans introduce more confusion into an already complicated situation. Procedural abortions are sporadically available at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri as numerous legal fights unfold, including a question over whether […]
ST. LOUIS -- The high temperature was 73 Tuesday! We’ll be mild again on Wednesday, but, with a cold front passing through, just a few degrees cooler. No rain with the front, but out the door temps Thursday will be noticeably cooler. Sunshine Thursday with highs in the mid 60s. Another cold front comes through [...]
Voters expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2020 to reduce the number of uninsured adults, stabilize hospitals and bring more federal tax dollars back into the state’s health system. At the time expansion was implemented, many rural hospitals were already under severe financial strain. Four years later, the program delivered what voters intended: fewer uninsured patients, steadier […]
The May 16 tornado left court buildings in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County untouched. But hundreds of people associated with the criminal legal system – attorneys, defendants, judges and court personnel alike – suffered damage to their homes or offices. St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann has more on what the aftermath has looked like.
(The Center Square) – Members of Congress regularly commute between Washington, D.C., and their home districts with taxpayers paying the tab, but some choose to spend more than others – a few even charter private jets, an investigation by The…
British singer Joe Cocker, who passed away in 2014, is set to be posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday.Known for his soulful voice, Cocker…
University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.
The state legislature passed a bill that will add a surcharge for customers in the short term, but should pay it back more than 10-fold over the next 20 years.
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