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Back in September, FOX 2 reported on a married couple expecting a baby but living in a tent on the lawn of St. Louis City Hall.

GODFREY - Godfrey is the latest municipality to exempt itself from the Illinois Paid Leave For All Workers Act following unanimous approval from the Village Board of Trustees on Tuesday night. This comes after similar ordinances were tabled last week in Glen Carbon and passed in Jerseyville . Godfrey Trustees voted to expedite the process under a suspension of the rules after Village Attorney Phil Lading advised it was best to have the policy implemented by year’s end. “The state law says if you do not have some form of paid leave, general use leave for part-time employees prior to year end, then you are subject to the new state law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 , and you have to provide 40 hours of paid leave,” Lading said. As stated in a copy of the ordinance, the village already “recognizes the importance of paid leave and currently provides reasonable paid leave benefits to its employees.” The Godfrey Leave Policy already contains

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Investigators with the Illinois State Police believe two fatal shootings that took place Tuesday afternoon may be related.

Volunteers contributed more than 38,000 hours, marking a threefold increase from 11,300 hours in 2022.

Paw Paw Towing organized the procession, which was the company Wade Bivins worked for since April of this year. The company says it's like "losing a family member."

A state senator will not be running for re-election next year because she has been chosen to lead Missouri's education department.

The latest incident happened Friday night as a woman and her husband were walking across the street.

The man who served as the head of St. Louis Lambert International Airport for more than two decades was laid to rest on Tuesday.

Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick recently got into a high-profile dispute with fellow Republican statewide — Attorney General Andrew Bailey. It was over a fiscal note the auditor’s office wrote about several initiative petitions that would legalize abortion. The Missouri Supreme Court sided with Fitzpatrick. In this excerpt of the Politically Speaking podcast with STLPR’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum, Fitzpatrick defends his actions, reflects on one year in office and more.

It will likely open in early February.

Tickets go on sale Monday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore on Tuesday cited statistics he said showed improvement in the prosecutor’s office. When he was appointed to the role in June by Gov. Mike Parson, replacing Kim Gardner, who resigned, the office had: — 6,700 cases that police sent to prosecutors that weren’t even looked at – including rapes, assaults and nine homicides. — 250 pending homicide cases – when there should be about 100 to 150 at any given time. — 25 attorneys – when the office has…

Our friends at National Review point us today to Matthew Dickerson's recent review of the federal government's improper payments rate: The Biden Administration has reported a total of $764 billion in improper payments in just three years The improper payment rate has averaged 5.9 percent during President Biden’s administration. The pre-pandemic historical average was a ...continue reading "Raw data: Improper payments by the US government"