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Every year, Kansas City residents spend nearly 5% of their income on electricity, ranking the city among the most energy-cost-burdened in the nation. And the cost doesn’t only affect the wallet — energy consumption within buildings and homes causes nearly two-thirds of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. For years, Kansas City has focused on reducing energy […]

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Blame climate change, El Niño, and a dose of bad luck.

Early exposure to scientific rigor and climate change’s impact on ranches led Rikki Held to confer her name to the nation’s first constitutional climate change lawsuit to reach trial.

For a lot of musicians, getting to play the Super Bowl halftime show is an experience they wouldn’t think of turning down, but it sounds like Elton John may have done just…

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The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack of consensus on upcoming spending bills—which could give Democrats an opportunity.

After years of contentious battles amid a rural health crisis, the state voted to expand the program.

Under leader Keir Starmer, Labour is favored to win the next British general election, unless the party again snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory.

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Glenn Klein of Richland, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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Zealous — some say arbitrary — code enforcement has divided this small north St. Louis County community into two camps, split right down the middle.

Burden will appear in Imo's print, electronic and billboard advertising and engage in social media outreach as part of the NIL sponsorship agreement.

Many south St. Louis residents dealt with water pressure issues over the weekend.

The Missouri Department of Health has been alerted and is working to find out the source of the bad batch.

I've long been puzzled by something related to remote work. There's a big gap between two different metrics: Based on a variety of estimates, the number of office workers who actually work in the office (i.e., not remotely) has declined from 90% to about 70% today. But every estimate of office occupancy in big cities ...continue reading "Why is office occupancy down so much?"

Prosecutors said Kennice Brock walked into a neighborhood barbecue and shot Carl Netter after being repeatedly asked to put his gun away.

A St. Louis area family did a double take when they saw a black bear in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico this past weekend.

There are growing concerns about a learning-disabled worker at an iconic south St. Louis County restaurant. Tuesday, June 13, marks a week since he disappeared.

Concerns over violence at short-term rentals in St. Louis are growing after a man was shot outside an Airbnb in the Shaw neighborhood Sunday afternoon.