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Missouri law restricts the ability of local governments to raise taxes to subsidize child care tuition, workers’ salaries or additional seats.

Artist Eve Bayer presents a new collection of paintings on wood, canvas and paper inspired by the drama of nature. An interdisciplinary artist, she works across mediums of painting, drawing, […]

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One of the St. Louis area’s leading institutions that support youths and families will soon lose a community stalwart as its leader.

The St. Louis–based business received a Good Food Award for the second year in a row, and chief coffee officer Tony Auger recently placed sixth at a national coffee roasting championship last month.

Bob Cassilly played a profound role in reshaping the look and feel of St. Louis. The sculptor turned curator and creator of City Museum, Turtle Park, and many other beloved local installations remains one of St. Louis’ most esteemed residents more than a decade after his tragic death in 2011. But before Cassilly became a visionary for a new urban landscape, he played just as significant a role in preserving one of the world’s most beloved masterpieces, Michaelangelo’s sculpture Pietà. While the media covered the incident at the time, it’s become a forgotten chapter in Cassilly’s remarkable life.

A bill under consideration by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen would raise sales taxes to fund early childhood education programs. However, public schools currently cannot qualify for the funds — and the state legislation that backers say would change appears very unlikely to pass this session. Board Bill 7, sponsored by Ward 10 Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard, would add a question to the November 2024 ballot asking voters to approve a levy that would increase the city’s sales tax by 0.5 percent.

Showers and storms are likely today in the St. Louis area. During the afternoon, heavy rain and lightning will be around and hail and damaging wind could occur in a few spots. Get all the details on the timing and…

St. Louis County police said the shooting happened on the parking lot of Black Forest Apartments.

ST. LOUIS -- Two houses catch fire on the same street within minutes of each other. Firefighters responded to the 3200 block of Nebraska around 5:30 a.m. They found smoke coming from a vacant, two-story house. A few minutes later, they were called to a house about a block away. The garage was fully engulfed [...]

Art Saint Louis--a nonprofit art organization and gallery located in downtown St. Louis for 40 years--presents our Spring 2024 art exhibition, "Window to the Soul." This juried show is on […]

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. -- Firefighters are at the Anheuser Busch canning facility in Arnold, Missouri. Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter was over the pant on Tenbrook Road. Workers could be seen standing outside of the plant. The Rock Community Fire Protection District tells FOX 2 that crews were dispatched to the plant at around 6:20 [...]

Before T-Mobile acquired Sprint, activists, consumer groups, and deal critics (including me) warned repeatedly that the telecom sector megadeal would result in layoffs, less competition, higher prices, and a lower quality product overall. The Trump FCC and DOJ very clearly didn’t care; they rubber stamped the deal without even reading deal impact reports. T-Mobile CEO […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected efforts to roll back guidance from the Treasury Department regarding how state and local governments can spend funding approved by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 46-49 vote on the Congressional Review Act resolution ended an attempt by several GOP senators to block the Biden administration from changing the […]

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After a 50-hour Democrat-led filibuster, Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, made a motion to send the bill to a conference committee with the House.

Their deaths should be a clarion call to state and local governments to do more for people living on the streets, said the longtime pastor and homeless advocate.

Lawyers seeking to stop the activities of the St. Louis Charter Commission made their case in court yesterday before Circuit Court Judge Joseph Whyte — arguing that the commission was formed in a way that's contrary to law and must be declared invalid. The lawsuit was filed by Charles Lane, a city resident and occasional plaintiff on litigation affecting taxpayers. Lane's suit is funded by a coalition of lawyers and gadflies calling themselves the Holy Joe Society.