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Saturday, January 27, will mark 10 years since Billy Joel launched his unprecedented residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The residency had Joel packing the house for one show a month,…

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I grew up on a pleasant street. There was a feeling as if we were in a “Happy Days” Broadway play.

The Illinois State Board of Education endorsed a budget request Wednesday that includes a $653 million increase in funding for preK-12 public schools.

The inevitable outcome of Republican anti-immigration sentiment

Baltimore schools face many challenges, much like St. Louis public schools, but they're choosing non-traditional solutions.

The Communications Workers of America supported the merger after securing union neutrality commitments. So far, it has led only to a smaller workforce.

Four auditing firms examine the books of nearly every big U.S. company, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest. But federal monitoring is making a comeback under new leadership.

The Biden administration will weigh the climate impacts of exporting LNG before approving new terminals. It won't be easy.

Led by California, rooftop solar installations are poised to fall 12 percent nationally this year. It’s the first decline since 2017.

How does someone committed to sustainability make for such a believable monster?

In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.

Brian Jennings of Fenton, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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Here‘s how I found this one.  I have a soft spot for the artists.  I make art myself.  I know how hard it is. Most of the followers of this space know about the Maplewood watercolor virtuoso Stan Masters.  What a wonderful discovery that was.  I’m only sorry that I never met Stan while he […]

St. Louis Public Schools and the local NAACP recently launched literacy programs to help students boost reading skills.

Alabama, having exhausted its other alternatives, executed Kenneth Eugene Smith tonight by fitting him with a mask and then pumping it full of nitrogen: Witnesses saw Smith struggle as the gas began flowing into the mask that covered his entire face. He began writhing and thrashing for approximately two to four minutes, followed by around ...continue reading "Alabama finally figures out how to kill someone"

James E. McClung was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after 2 p.m.

There are some stipulations in Missouri law before the cameras can start recording.

The station was hit by gunfire on New Year's Eve, shattering a garage door window. It happened again this week.