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Two families brought together by tragedy are pushing for change to protect people in the future.

Speaker Dean Plocher’s attorney sought to attend a closed-door hearing of the Missouri House Ethics Committee on Wednesday night, arguing he should be allowed to stay in order to listen to the panel review a report detailing the investigation of his client.  Lowell Pearson, a veteran Republican attorney, was informed by the committee’s chair — […]

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It's the first Toyota plant and fourth non-union plant nationwide where workers have gone public with their campaign to unionize.

Authorities allege that Carl J. Walker Jr., 51, of Jennings, shot his 16-year-old son, Isaiah Walker, after an argument Jan. 24. He died three days later.

Steve Benen writes today about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's upcoming retirement: Sinema’s retirement puts the future of the filibuster in doubt This reminds me of something I've been meaning to mention: the filibuster is already dead. This isn't a controversial point. In 2013 Democrats used the "point of order" procedure to end the filibuster for lower ...continue reading "The filibuster no longer exists"

“I don’t care how small Paige Spears is compared to some national figure,” Jimerson said. “He deserves the same justice and service as anyone."

This diverse and dynamic performance by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra features Bohuslav Martinů’s quartet for clarinet, horn, cello and side drum, Shannon Wood’s Abballanu Cefalutani and Igor Stravinsky’s Suite […]

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Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes Company! Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, Company is brilliantly conceived, striking like a lightning bolt. It’s Bobbie’s 35th birthday party, […]

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by Rachel Boemer, Program Director at CCDI — Construction Career Development Initiative Re-reading through many of the reports, case studies, roadmaps and plans that have been put together by various groups in St. Louis in recent years and I find myself going back to the “Forward Through Ferguson” Report about the process of change. It […]

Women’s History at Bellefontaine Cemetery March is Women’s History Month. Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum is the final resting place of several strong, inspirational women who have impacted history as we […]

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Premiering off-Broadway in 1997, this one-person dramatic comedy received three AUDELCO awards for excellence in Black theatre and has had a limited tour in the years since. The story centers […]

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Police canceled the Silver Advisory.

A few months ago the House took the 12 annual appropriations bills and split them into two packages. The first of those packages finally passed today, after several small disagreements were finally resolved. Here's how they went: Stopping the VA from barring gun purchases to veterans with mental health deterioration: Republicans won. $1 billion increase ...continue reading "House Republicans finally pass half a budget"

An SUV accelerated from 5 to 45 mph just before hitting another car downtown last year, pinning a 17-year-old against a parked car and severing her legs, experts said Wednesday.

One Republican senator wants to ban law enforcement officers from enforcing red-flag laws. 

City Winery presents Ron Pope with Taylor Bickett live in concert on Wednesday, March 6th.

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Here are EV sales through January: Despite some gloomy headlines, sales of EVs have actually kept up their trend growth lately. This becomes clear when you use a 3-month rolling average to smooth out the monthly volatility. However, there was a big drop in January, which was down 35% from December. A January decline is ...continue reading "Raw data: Unit sales of electric vehicles"

C2N Diagnostics LLC, a St. Louis-based biotechnology firm that has created a blood test designed to help doctors detect Alzheimer's disease, has secured funding from a Japanese pharmaceutical company.