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SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03) and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) in introducing the CBP Guidance on Personal Belongings Act , bicameral legislation to require the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop guidance for the handling of personal property of individuals arrested, restrained, or confined by the Agency. The legislation would expand protections for all individuals traveling through CBP custody to ensure they can retain and retrieve their essential personal belongings if confiscated. The bill would also help to ensure that individuals can maintain access to their medications unless CBP officials have identified a specific safety concern or provided an equivalent replacement medication. The bill comes after several nongovernmental organizations identified hundred

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Americans hand over a huge chunk of their paycheck for a roof over their heads. Policymakers are looking out for indications of what President-elect Donald Trump plans to do to ease housing costs next year after an election where voters were laser-focused on the economy. Housing accounted for 32.9% of consumers’ spending in 2023, making it the […]

One day before a scheduled court hearing, Wesley Bell's office said more investigation on the case was needed — even though move to unseat Hancock began Aug. 27

We’ve noted more than once that the 2021 infrastructure bill is poised to deliver $42.5 billion in broadband subsidies to the states. A lot of that money will be thrown in the lap of incumbents with long histories of empty promises, but a lot of it will be leveraged for genuine, major improvements in broadband […]

(The Center Square) – Missouri state Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, plans to file bills in the state legislature to increase border security measures and ensure law enforcement agencies have the resources they need to combat increasing border-related crimes.

Dr. Sarah George, of Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development, shares why RSV remains a significant concern and what the new vaccine recommendations mean for different age groups.

School districts will now be judged on their average performance over three years and can’t drop an accreditation level until 2026, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education officials say.

The law that initially took effect in 2023 will stay in effect.

Department spokesman Mitch McCoy said detectives now believe that Colin Brown, 16, was hit by a stray bullet on Saturday night and was not targeted in the shooting.

Jage brought the nation’s largest cannabis trade show to St. Louis in early November.

Jage brought the nation’s largest cannabis trade show to St. Louis in early November.

The holidays are stressful, but we can make it through if we eat enough cookies.

Donald Trump announced that loyalist Pam Bondi is his pick for the next U.S. Attorney General. From 2011 to 2019, Bondi served as the Attorney General of Florida. In early 2020, Bondi was one of then-President Donald Trump’s defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial. Later that year, Bondi repeated unsubstantiated claims by Trump that there had […]

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