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Missouri governor signs $468M education bill that boosts teacher pay, expands charters

1 year 2 months ago
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Tuesday that boosts the minimum salary for teachers, changes the formula for funding public schools and expands a tax-credit scholarship for private schools. It also allows charter schools in Boone County and requires a public vote for districts seeking to go to a four-day school week. When fully implemented, the legislation is estimated to cost roughly $468 million a year. Parson signed the bill a day before the constitutional deadline to take action.…
Annelise Hanshaw

AT&T Tries Charging Users $7 Extra For ‘Turbo’ 5G

1 year 2 months ago
For years, big ISPs have made it abundantly clear that they dream of being able to abuse their gatekeeper power over telecom markets to tilt the playing field in their favor. Whether it was Verizon’s early attempts to force you to buy their GPS apps and mapping services, to AT&T’s later-year efforts with “sponsored data” […]
Karl Bode

St. Louis area public libraries launching summer reading program

1 year 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis City and County public libraries are teaming up to launch a new summer reading and exploration program called STL Summer Adventure. The program, designed for babies, kids, and teens, focuses on STEM, art, and reading activities. To mark the occasion, new city and county library cards will be issued. The [...]
Joe Millitzer

Wednesday, May 8 - Missouri Catholics reconcile politics with faith

1 year 2 months ago
Missouri is one of the big battleground states over reproductive rights, where abortion is almost entirely illegal. One group that has recently given a significant amount of money to keep it illegal here is Catholic bishops. The Catholic church is strongly opposed to all abortion, but a majority of the faithful in Missouri don’t see it that way. A recent study shows many parishioners don't agree with their church's leadership on the issue, finding six out of 10 Catholics support abortion rights. Reporter Katia Riddle came to Missouri to talk to some of them.

Gun found in Parkway student's backpack after fight

1 year 2 months ago
MANCHESTER, Mo. -- Parkway South High School has increased security measures today following the discovery of a gun in a student's backpack. The incident unfolded during dismissal Tuesday when teachers intervened in a fight between two students. After the fight, police found one of the students who ran off and found a gun in his [...]
Joe Millitzer

Missing man last seen leaving a hospital in Bridgeton

1 year 2 months ago
BRIDGETON, Mo. -- Police are asking the public for help to find a 59-year-old man. Neal Taylor went missing after leaving DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton on Tuesday morning. Taylor's family is concerned as he suffers from Parkinson's disease and paranoid schizophrenia, and has not taken his medication since Monday night. According to his family, Taylor [...]
Joe Millitzer

Gravois Park Neighbors to St. Alexius Owners: Shape Up, or Else

1 year 2 months ago
A group of neighbors are threatening legal action against the out-of-state owners of the old St. Alexius hospital campus in south St. Louis if the problems plaguing the property aren’t taken care of in 60 days. The letter from the neighbors accuses property owners Jeffrey Ahlholm and Lawrence Feigen of “willfully and maliciously” abandoning the buildings of the Jefferson campus of the shuttered hospital near Cherokee Street and Jefferson Avenue. The letter says the two men left a significant amount of valuable machinery and medical equipment on the premises, turning the eleven buildings into a haven for squatters and burglars. 
Ryan Krull

St. Louis' Juvenile Justice System Is Failing Youth and Families

1 year 2 months ago
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund Ta’janette Sconyers, a psychologist hired to work with youth at the St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center, found herself grappling with her own anxiety and despair over conditions inside the facility. It got so bad that she took a leave to protect her mental health. 
Taylor Tiamoyo Harris