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Judge Finds Daugherty ‘Not Credible,’ Orders Property Clean Up

1 year 2 months ago
Slumlord Dara Daugherty took the stand earlier this week in St. Louis Circuit Court and testified that she had relinquished one of her most problematic properties, a home on Virginia Avenue in Tower Grove East. But in an order issued yesterday, Judge Jason Sengheiser indicated he has some doubts about that. He wrote that after careful examination of Daugherty’s testimony, her demeanor and the other evidence presented in court, he finds her testimony of having sold the property “not credible.”
Ryan Krull

New Bill Seeks to End Drug Shortages

1 year 2 months ago
The Senate Finance Committee wants to create a new program to incentivize better practices. Critics say there’s an easier way: end kickbacks between suppliers and bulk purchasers.
David Dayen

The World's Largest Bounce House Will Be in Sauget Next Weekend

1 year 2 months ago
If you associate Sauget solely with strip clubs and heavy industry, prepare to be shook: Next weekend, the East Side town originally christened Monsanto, Illinois, is going to be crawling with kids. The Big Bounce America is setting up at the home of the Gateway Grizzlies, Grizzlies Ballpark Field (2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois), beginning Friday, May 10. Unlike last year's lengthy residency in the Saint Louis Galleria parking lot, this stay lasts just one weekend, so plan accordingly.
Sarah Fenske

Instead of complaints, Missouri’s trans tip line flooded with pro-trans support, records show

1 year 2 months ago
St. Louis Public Radio has obtained thousands of pages of responses from a tip line created launched last year by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Although intended to collect complaints about gender affirming care, the records show that its first respondents used the tip line to criticize Bailey and the tip line itself. St. Louis on the Air producer Danny Wicentowski describes the records he obtained, and the tip line’s impact on Missouri’s trans population.

Your neighborhood: Columbia, Illinois

1 year 2 months ago
COLUMBIA, Ill. -- FOX 2 is live in your neighborhood Friday morning. We're exploring Columbia, Illinois, where we're finding a lot of fun things to do, see, and eat. See more segments here.
Joe Millitzer

Court Supports NY State’s Quest To Require $15 Broadband For Poor People, Much To Big Telecom’s Horror

1 year 2 months ago
When the Trump administration killed net neutrality, telecom industry giants convinced them to push their luck and declared that not only would federal regulators no longer try to meaningfully oversee telecom giants like Comcast and AT&T, but that states couldn’t either. They got greedy. The courts didn’t like that much, repeatedly ruling that the FCC […]
Karl Bode

St. Louis schools offering incentive for parents who drive their students amid ongoing bus driver shortages

1 year 2 months ago
Families in the Saint Louis Public Schools could get some cash back into their pockets for driving their kids to and from school. On Monday, parents were sent a letter from the district saying they could earn a $75 gas card this week if they take their kids to school instead of letting them ride the bus. It all comes after multiple drivers were absent Monday, leading the district to tell families whose students planned on participating in afterschool activities to arrange alternative transportation. The…
Diamond Palmer and Megan Kernan

Biden administration to issue rule expanding DACA health care access

1 year 2 months ago

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will publish a final rule Friday that will allow about 100,000 uninsured people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in state-run or private health insurance plans provided under the Affordable Care Act, administration officials said. The new rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]

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Ariana Figueroa