Ameren Missouri’s nearly 1.3 million electric power customers will be paying more in the near future but exactly how much more, and when the rates will take effect, has yet to be determined, the Missouri Public Service Commission said in a news release Thursday.
The commission approved a plan for the utility to increase revenues by $140 million annually. Each rate class will see the same percentage increase, but Ameren Missouri must file a particular rate schedule before the exact increase is…
You may have noticed that for-profit healthcare in the U.S. is already a hot mess, especially in the most already marginalized parts of the country. Giant, mismanaged health care conglomerates have long pushed their underfunded staffers to the brink, while routinely under-investing in necessary technical upgrades and improvements. It’s getting consistently worse everywhere, but in […]
Anheuser-Busch on Thursday said it would provide financial assistance to wholesalers and other partners as it works to offset the impact of a drop in sales after a two-month boycott of its Bud Light brand.
A St. Louis group is already working towards assisting children in the local area to approach the upcoming school year in August with confidence and self-esteem.
U.S. House Republicans and GOP Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Mark Gordon of Wyoming teamed up Thursday to rail against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule to allow conservation leases on federal lands. Noem and Gordon joined the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee for about half of a 4 1/2 hour hearing […]
O'Fallon Brewery, hampered by pandemic-era economic challenges, filed for bankruptcy protection this week, but plans to remain open as it restructures its finances.
Bud Light has been dethroned. The beer that tastes like water has been beat in sales by Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager. But while Modelo overtook Bud Light in sales in the four weeks before June 3, according to NBC News, Bud Light still leads overall U.S. beer sales so far this year.
A St. Louis woman was charged Wednesday for allegedly throwing a credit card machine at an Imo’s Pizza employee after demanding a refund, according to police. Evelyn Williams, 30, now faces charges of assault, armed criminal action and second-degree property damage over the incident which occurred on April 30.
Five more prosecutors have been hired at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office as top prosecutor Gabe Gore works to fill out a staff that has been depleted in recent years.
As Missourians go out to celebrate Juneteenth this weekend and commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, local advocates say they may feel a new sense of hope brewing. In the past year, the state’s two major cities, St. Louis and Kansas City, have established reparations commissions. These groups of community members are […]
As another school year defined by mass shootings ends in America, Republican-led state legislatures passed measures this session to fortify schools, create guidelines for active shooter drills and safety officer responses, and allow teachers to be armed. Firearm restrictions, however, were a nonstarter in red states trying to curb school shootings. The legislation pushed by […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Although a new Virginia law requires schools to inform parents when sexually explicit materials are used in the classroom, some districts are using that law as the basis to go further and remove certain books from schools altogether. Book ban requests across the state often have cited the Virginia law, which was signed last year by Republican […]
Each year, a group of young members of the Cherokee Tribes gets on bikes to retrace the steps of their ancestors who were forced to march the Trail of Tears. The group is currently traveling through southern Missouri. We’ll hear from three of this year's participants, Kenzie Snell, Nelson Lambert and Faith Springwater.
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