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Crescent Plumbing Supply's new building spans 76,000 square feet.

In the wee hours of the morning on May 29, Illinois lawmakers passed a $53.1 billion state budget — the largest in state history. Capitol News Illinois Editor-in-chief Jerry Nowicki details notable budget items, including a $50 million child tax credit, a $350 million increase in education funding, and a repeal of the state’s 1% grocery tax. He also talks about what to expect from a lawsuit against Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch over legislative employees’ right to unionize.

Over about the past decade, roughly 1,900 homicides were committed in St. Louis. Of that number, more than 1,000 cases remain unsolved. St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and the Marshall Project undertook a multi-year investigation that shows that while there’s been an improvement in the number of cleared cases in the last two years, St. Louis police have failed to clear many homicides. Shoddy detective work, lack of resources and eroding community trust are the main reasons. STLPR’s Rachel Lippmann and APM Reports’ Tom Scheck discuss this investigation.

Dr Pepper is now tied with Pepsi as the No. 2 soft drink brand in the U.S., new research shows.

The Police’s Andy Summers is getting ready to release a new EP of music inspired by his photographs. Vertiginous Canyons, dropping June 21, is a musical companion piece to his 2023…

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Valentina Gomez has recently posted photos of herself standing next to the Border Wall, holding an assault rifle, burning books with a blowtorch and throwing down a right-wing rap video.

UPDATE: William Skidmore has been located safe, according to the Sullivan Police Department. SULLIVAN, Mo. - The Sullivan Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for an 83-year-old man. William Skidmore was last seen leaving his home in Sullivan Monday around 2 p.m. He left on foot. Skidmore is described as a white male, [...]

The Huber brothers — Chad, Dylan and Tyler — recently bought the business from the Hastey brothers after approaching them in January 2022.

A St. Louis man was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being shot in the city's Kingsway East neighborhood.

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, testifying before Congress about his work on the virus as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during two presidencies. House Republicans who called the hearing grilled Fauci during the contentious three-hour session about the origins of […]

The post Fauci defends his work on COVID-19, says he has an ‘open mind’ on its origins appeared first on Missouri Independent.

A state law requiring secrecy in court filings violates the Missouri Constitution’s requirement for open courts and imposes steep new costs on litigants, especially those pursuing appeals, a lawsuit filed last week argues. The lawsuit, filed in Cole County by the Missouri Broadcasters Association, two attorneys and William Freivogel, editor of the Gateway Journalism Review, […]

The post Lawsuit claims new Missouri court secrecy law is unconstitutional appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The developers of a $145 million apartment tower at a prominent intersection in the Central West End are still pursuing the project despite a lengthy delay in the start of construction, while navigating a challenging capital environment.

The filings are packed with disturbing allegations that guards, teachers and counselors at multiple juvenile detention centers around the state sexually assaulted inmates between 1997 and 2013.

The current Congress has yet to introduce federal anti-SLAPP legislation, which would give journalists and others protection in federal court from frivolous lawsuits based on speech. West Face, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. by Ken Lund is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Recent lawsuits against liberal and conservative outlets alike based on their reporting show the need for a federal law counteracting strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Deputy Director of Advocacy Caitlin Vogus wrote for The Hill.

As Vogus wrote:

"Many states — both red and blue — have made clear that they want to protect their citizens’ freedom of speech from meritless litigation. It’s time for Congress to act to ensure that federal courts don’t thwart those protections. It’s time to pass a federal anti-SLAPP law."

You can read the op-ed here.

Real estate firm's nonprofit arm is working with the International Institute to develop a housing plan and work on budgets to renovate or construct affordable housing.

Summer youth programs and youth job opportunities keep young people across the City engaged in safe and supportive environments throughout the summer.

In recent years, there have been concerns about social media and disinformation. The narrative has three dominant threads: (1) foreign troll farms pushing disinfo, (2) grifter “influencers” pushing disinfo, and (3) the poor kids these days suckered in by disinformation. A new study in Science suggests that instead of the kids or the trolls, perhaps […]