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Lawmakers are hearing concerns about more government involvement in religious and home schools as they weigh an expansion of a school voucher program.

by Tom Finan, Executive Director/C0-Founder, Construction Forum If you missed last year’s Construction Forum awards celebration and fundraiser you missed me dressed up as “Doc Finan” — my take on Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Most people definitely will not miss seeing me in a fright wig again. What you WILL get a […]

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Homeschooling families and lobbyists representing public school groups renewed their opposition to a wide-ranging education bill on Thursday, outnumbering advocates who testified during a House committee hearing. The criticism echoed previous concerns with the bill, despite a litany of new provisions added by the Senate designed to win over Democrats and public school advocates. The […]

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To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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U2's successful Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, has landed them on top of the Billboard Top Tours chart for the month of February.The Irish rockers brought…

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This isn't the first time that topic has made the rounds on social media.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis is urging Walgreens to keep one of the few pharmacies in North St. Louis open.

Last month we noted how Mozilla had launched a new privacy protection tool dubbed Mozilla Monitor Plus. According to Mozilla, the new service scours the web for your personal information at over 190 sites where brokers sell information they’ve gathered from online sources like social media sites, apps, and browser trackers. We noted that the […]

St. Louis resident and pilot Cathy Babis has been flying for more than 50 years. Starting this Saturday, she’ll attempt to do something that no woman has done before — circumnavigate mainland Australia in a seaplane. The journey marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force’s circumnavigation of the continent. Babis talks with producer Alex Heuer about the trip and its goals of encouraging people from diverse backgrounds in STEM fields and raising awareness around suicide prevention.

The historic mansion offers upscale New American cuisine at a variety of price points.

The Missouri House on Thursday passed a bill stripping local control of the city of St. Lous' police department.

Missouri will temporarily open a new state park on the day of the solar eclipse for a public viewing event in the path of totality.

The Missouri House of Representatives is made up of 163 members, the fourth most of any state. Sen. Travis Fitzwater, a Holts Summit Republican, is looking to change the institution he once served in. Fitzwater is sponsoring a proposed constitutional amendment that would decrease the size of the House to 102 members. The measure also […]

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A new documentary about German-Italian actress, artist and model Anita Pallenberg, ex-girlfriend of The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones and Keith Richards, is set to come out in May, and fans are getting their first…

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Missouri lawmakers passed expansions of state workforce programs during Gov. Mike Parson's tenure and Parson, who's set to exit office early next year, has made the issue a hallmark of his administration. He talked with the Business Journal about changes to workforce programs and what still needs to be done.

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal.

The LA Times reports today on the impact of raising the fast-food minimum wage in California to $20 per hour: Chipotle, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Jack in the Box and Shake Shack are planning to raise menu prices. Fast-food franchisees are laying off employees or cutting their hours. Smaller independent business owners, meanwhile, worry their workers will ...continue reading "Burger flippers in California set to get 12% raise"

The Pioneer Woman has a gorgeous new storage ottoman in two pretty floral prints that are perfect for spring.