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Missouri income tax repeal plan’s first-year cost jumps to $4.2 billion in Senate

1 month 2 weeks ago
The first-year cost of a House-passed proposal to eliminate the Missouri income tax ballooned to $4.2 billion under revisions made in the state Senate that were called “drafting errors” Monday during a committee debate. Despite the potential costs, and misgivings of some Republican members of the Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee, the bill passed Monday afternoon […]
Rudi Keller

Prop M failed, city council to meet to consider options

1 month 2 weeks ago
On April 7 Maplewood voters rejected the city’s Proposition M, to fund improvements to city hall, so the city council will meet in a work session, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, before the regularly scheduled meeting, to discuss, “Municipal Facilities Strategy Following Proposition M.”  City Manager Amber Withycombe reviews the full situation in […]
Doug Miner

Missouri Senate scales back proposed oversight of high school athletics

1 month 2 weeks ago
The Missouri Senate peeled back its plans to establish broad state oversight of the Missouri State High School Activities Association, passing a less expansive bill Monday that would create a secondary appellate body for the association’s athletes. State Sen. Jason Bean, a Holcomb Republican and the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation he pitched last week […]
Annelise Hanshaw

The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction For Drones Is A Blatant Attempt To Criminalize Filming ICE

1 month 2 weeks ago
The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight restriction preventing private drone operators, including professional and citizen journalists, from flying drones within half a mile of any ICE or CBP vehicle. In January, EFF and media organizations including The New York Times and The Washington Post responded to this blatant […]
Raj Gambhir and Sophia Cope

Youth Empowerment Program Launch

1 month 2 weeks ago
SLATE launches Youth Empowerment Program with paid training, work experience, and career support for St. Louis residents ages 19–24.
St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment

Group hails Missouri SC redistricting, voter ID rulings

1 month 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri political advocacy organization is praising recent rulings from the Missouri Supreme Court that uphold the state legislature’s authority to enact a new congressional redistricting map and preserve the state’s photo identification requirement for voting, while…
By Kyla Asbury | Legal Newsline

Georgia Man Extradited to Illinois in Calhoun County Wire Fraud, Theft Case

1 month 2 weeks ago
HARDIN - Law enforcement officials from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office traveled to Augusta, Georgia, on Feb. 28, 2026, to apprehend Timothy R. Whitaker, 57, of Augusta on allegations of theft and wire fraud after an investigation that began with a complaint in Calhoun County, Illinois, authorities said. Whitaker is accused of theft in the amount of $10,000 to $100,000 and wire fraud, according to the sheriff’s office. The investigation began June 12, 2025, when the Calhoun