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Francis Howell School Board Is OK With Racism, Actually

2 years 6 months ago
The all-white board running the Francis Howell School District voted to rescind a resolution displayed throughout school buildings that acknowledges the impact of racism on staff and students.  A previous board governing the public school district in St. Charles County originally approved the resolution in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis ignited a push for racial justice.
Monica Obradovic

Missouri Supreme Court rejects AG’s push to inflate cost of abortion-rights amendment

2 years 6 months ago
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s efforts to inflate the cost of an abortion-rights initiative petition were unanimously rejected by the state Supreme Court Thursday, just two days after judges heard arguments in the case. The quick verdict, which was written by Judge Paul Wilson, was scathing in its opinion of Bailey’s refusal to sign off on the work of Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, concluding that nothing in state law “gives the attorney general authority to question the auditor’s…
Jason Hancock

North St. Louis hospital cuts some urgent care services

2 years 6 months ago
The removal of trauma services at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, as reported by the Post-Dispatch, will result in the area lacking a dedicated facility to address urgent, severe injuries like those caused by gunshots, stabbings, or car crashes.
Ty Hawkins

Gabe Gore touts his first 6 weeks as St. Louis prosecutor after taking over for Kim Gardner

2 years 6 months ago
When Gov. Mike Parson announced his appointment of Gabe Gore as St. Louis circuit attorney, he declared that “crime anywhere affects Missourians everywhere, and for too long, dysfunction has plagued the circuit attorney’s office.” Now six weeks into the job, Gore says the office has taken steps that will make St. Louis safer and that he wants the prosecutor’s office to be seen as among “the best in the country.” Gore, sworn in May 30, took over an office from Kim Gardner, who resigned…
Debra Chandler Landis

Fentanyl epidemic is getting worse in Missouri with record numbers of overdoses

2 years 6 months ago

The fentanyl epidemic is getting worse in Missouri, with record numbers of overdoses in the last four years and 2023 on course to be another record year. Data points to a nearly 75% increase in overdoses in Missouri since 2019, and last year was the second consecutive year that fentanyl accounted for over two-thirds of […]

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Clayton Vickers