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Tax revenue to the state of Illinois dropped a whopping $1.84 billion in April from the year before. But those who are drafting the state budget at the Capitol aren't panicking. The Legislature's Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability says it's not that April was such a bad month as that April 2022 brought record revenue.
St. Louis CITY SC lost for the third consecutive match following a 1-0 defeat to the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field. It marked a second straight loss to Chicago after the Fire eliminated CITY from the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday.
We tend to think of McSweeney’s as a satire magazine, but on this one, it’s dead on: I Will Defend Free Speech to the Death. Or Until an Autocrat Asks Me to Stop. They say that if you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything. So today, I’m drawing a line in the sand and […]
Christopher Dunn was convicted in July 1991 in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers. The case relied entirely on the eyewitness testimony of two teen boys who later recanted.
St. Louis prosecutors are wrestling with staffing and workload issues, leaving cases to languish. Crime victims and their relatives are left wondering when justice will be served.
Last week, a video of a geometry teacher using a racial slur at Springfield's Glendale High School went viral on Snapchat and Reddit. The teacher has since been placed on administrative leave. The school also suspended Mary Walton, the student who recorded the video, from May 15 to 17.
Torkwase Dyson’s artwork engages urgent issues regarding architecture, infrastructure and the social and political impacts of the climate crisis, bringing them into conversation with historical and contemporary reflections on the
On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until July 24, “Killing The Buddha”: Reconstructing Zen is the 2023 Arthur Greenberg Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship exhibition, located in the Teaching
On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until Aug. 6, African Modernism in America is the first major traveling exhibition to examine the complex connection between modern African
ALTON - Marquette Catholic senior midfielder Aela Scruggs has seen a thing or two in her high school soccer career. A thing she's become accustomed to seeing is success. A three-year varsity player, since her freshman year was cancelled due to the pandemic, Aela has seen that success personally and with her team. As a primary central midfielder for the team, she racked up 22 goals through three seasons, with 12 so far her senior year. She also nabbed 14 assists in her career. For her success on the soccer field, Aela is a Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Athlete of the Month for the Explorers. As a team, the Explorers boast an overall record of 46-17-6 the last three seasons, and have made waves in the postseason each time. Her team reached the Super-Sectional her sophomore season and have won Regional Championships in her junior and senior seasons, most recently in an 8-0 win over Carlinville, clinching the program's 13th title. Aela said that this year was her favorite
Five years ago, Robert Stumpf noticed something missing in St. Louis. St. Louis had the Gateway Men's Chorus, the St. Louis Women's Chorale and CHARIS for women and nonbinary people. But there was no all-encompassing, gender-inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ singers to come together.
SPRINGFIELD - State Senator Erica Harriss (56 th -Glen Carbon) has passed a bill that could help alleviate the teacher shortage across the state by providing flexibility and incentives for established educators. “Our teachers are incredibly important and with the teacher shortage still a persistent and serious issue across our state, we must look at collaborative ways to address the issue,” said Senator Harriss. House Bill 1297 would extend the current statute in the pension code to allow teachers the ability to buy up to two years of service credit at a private or parochial school from the Teachers Retirement System. “This bill is a good step in allowing teachers the flexibility to move from the private sector into public schools and buy back their time in the retirement system,” said Senator Harriss. “With the current law set to expire June 30th, this legislation is merely an extension of a sunset now set for 2028 if signed into law.” To qualify
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