Teachers and staff at St. Louis Public Schools will receive their largest pay increase in nearly two decades after a new union contract was agreed on with the district.
The contract that was approved Tuesday evening by the St. Louis Board of Education will give teachers a 17% pay increase over the next three years, starting with a 7% hike in fiscal 2025 and additional 5% increases each of the following two years. Special education teachers will see a 22% increase over three years, beginning with…
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23+ million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount every month. While it didn’t get much hype, that’s a big deal in a country where broadband affordability is a massive obstacle to adoption due to muted competition and high service prices. But […]
Buses sometimes transport SLPS students even after workers flag them as having faulty brakes, and the company has a long history of ignoring a racist culture, two more people alleged Tuesday.
Before the county releases funds to nonprofits, County Executive Sam Page's administration wants the council to reverse $12 million of the $14 million in budget cuts it approved last year.
Harry Trueblood, 69, was sentenced to five years of probation for illegally selling hundreds of guns, including several dozen that were later used to commit crimes.
Prosecutors said that toxicology results would show that Daniel Riley had multiple drugs in his system when he hit 17-year-old Janae Edmondson. Both her legs were amputated as a result.
Missouri’s leading agriculture groups are pushing legislation environmentalists and state regulators warn could jeopardize thousands of miles of streams and drinking water for 3.6 million people. Members of a Missouri Senate committee on Tuesday heard testimony on a bill that would narrow the definition of “waters of the state,” slashing the state’s authority over small […]
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