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The legislation is the latest in a series of history requirements passed by the Illinois Legislature.

I was discharged from the hospital yesterday and we're now back in the hotel. It's nice to finally be untethered from the infusion machine and able to walk about freely. On the downside, discharge involved the prescription of an absolute mountain of meds. It's insane. Thank God Marian is here to help me keep track ...continue reading "Health update"

According to the signage, this is a specimen of hedychium at the Huntington Library. I don't know what kind, and it doesn't seem to match other pictures of hedychium, but there you have it.

The St. Louis Symphony’s Marie-Hélène Bernard walks us through a renovation that will double the size of the concert hall and create a music center tying the region together.

In a Columbia, Missouri, parking lot on Wednesday afternoon, there was a reminder of Christmas. It wasn’t leftover decorations or early preparations for a summer “Christmas in July” sale. It was the temporary tag on the back of a Jeep Cherokee that expired on Christmas Day. Handed out by an auto dealer at the time of a November sale, the tag was the oldest of several found by The Independent during a short drive.  Until the sales tax is paid, as well as the titling and registration fees…

Ness Sandoval, associate professor of sociology at Saint Louis University, said the increases reflected lower prices of housing, quality of public schools and public safety.

The Missouri Department of Revenue Licensing Office at St. Louis City Hall will close for good at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The decision to close the St. Louis License Office was made because the location was too expensive to maintain and staffing shortages made the operation unsustainable at City Hall, according to St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregg Daly's office. His office ultimately didn't put in a bid to keep the facility going. The DMV location at City Hall provided vehicle licensing, renewal,…

“Constitutional originalists” and “fiscally conservative” Republican governors sure are having a moment these days throwing away millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars on totally unconstitutional laws that take away people’s 1st Amendment rights. It’s quite uncanny. Florida’s Ron DeSantis seems to be taking the lead here, where it seems like every other day or so […]

On Tuesday, Valerie Schremp Hahn left the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Post-Dispatch is her hometown newspaper, and she'd written for it for 26 years. As a features writer, Hahn's byline has often accompanied some of the most enjoyable stories in it, but now she joins a long line of colleagues who've moved on this year — some by choice, others not.

A developer new to the region is proposing an independent senior living community in St. Charles County.

As much as two thirds of North America could face shortages of electricity this summer in the event of severe and protracted heat, according to the regulator in charge of setting and enforcing standards for the electric grid. “Increased, rapid deployment of wind, solar and batteries have made a positive impact,” said Mark Olson, manager […]

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Today on TAP: California’s senior senator is doing her country, her party, and herself no favors by clinging to office.

A recent English political ceremony took an unexpectedly metal turn thanks to the music of Metallica. Tom Coles, the new lord mayor of the city of Portsmouth, attended his inauguration…

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Kansas City-based Candid’s initial contract was worth $140,000. Then a $685,000 amendment was approved last year, and another $300,000 on Thursday.

As the only switch-hitter on the active Cardinals roster, Tommy Edman will usually bat left-handed against right-handed pitchers and right-handed against left-handed pitchers. That wasn't the case Wednesday, and several other times this season.

The St. Charles City Council on Tuesday approved a one-year moratorium on new residential permits for short-term rentals. Councilmembers voted 8-2 to approve the moratorium, which would apply to rentals of 30 days or less and go into effect June 17. Short term-rentals in areas with commercial zoning will not be affected, St. Charles spokesperson Beth Norviel said. The resolution now awaits the signature of St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer. Go here for KSDK's full report.

The lawsuit alleges that Boyd Householder physically and sexually abused the plaintiff when she lived at Circle of Hope Girls Ranch near Humansville in southwest Missouri.

The 2022 lawsuit accused Nedzad Ukejnovic of demanding sex from tenants in exchange for rent or security deposit reductions.

I first came to St. Louis in the late August of 1966 to attend Saint Louis University. I was born in San Francisco and grew up in San Mateo, California.