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The Congressional Budget Office has scored the debt ceiling deal and it's worse than I thought. A big part of the issue is assumptions about inflation: CBO’s baseline projections for discretionary appropriations are assumed to grow each year with inflation from the amounts provided for the most recent year, whereas CBO’s projections under the [debt ...continue reading "CBO says debt ceiling deal could cut domestic spending 8-13%"

Oumou Sangaré is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician, often referred to as “The Songbird of Wassoulou.” Since the release of her debut album Moussoulou in 1989, Sangaré’s musical journey

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Since its inception, Folds of Honor has delivered more than 44,000 scholarships to students whose parents are first responders or served our country.

JoJo Hermann of Widespread Panic will perform live at City Winery St. Louis on May 30.   Playing keys for Widespread Panic since 1992, Hermann’s major influences stem from New

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Stop in every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 for Trivia Night with Mack and Mace at Steve’s Hot Dogs. Stop at the table to sign up. Come back every week,

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The New York Times writes today about greedflation: PepsiCo has become a prime example of how large corporations have countered increased costs, and then some. Hugh Johnston, the company’s chief financial officer, said in February that PepsiCo had raised its prices by enough to buffer further cost pressures in 2023. At the end of April, ...continue reading "Companies are raising prices because consumers are letting them"

A Chesterfield teen who police said planned to storm the White House and take over the country last week wrote of harming family members and threatened to kill anyone who opposed his plan, according to newly filed court documents.

African People’s Education and Defense Fund says the city tried to back out of the deal, citing federal charges against leader of an affiliated group.

Stacy and Steven O'Dell testified that Lisa Dunnavent-Polach, 46, was run down by a white pickup truck, and the couple tried to tie a tourniquet to stop her bleeding before she died.

The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Kansas City Royals at Busch Stadium.

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A member of the outcast Motorcycle Club, arrested in Independence last year, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm charge.

WASHINGTON — The holiday weekend debt ceiling deal struck by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy preserves in part new work requirements for some food stamp recipients but now with exceptions for certain populations, including veterans. The agreement released late Saturday night showed concessions from both sides — from GOP members, who wanted […]

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WASHINGTON — Congress began moving the bipartisan debt limit package forward Tuesday, though frustrations with provisions in the bill could make for narrow passage in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. Conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats both aired their disappointment with the agreement forged over the weekend, but only GOP lawmakers are looking to possibly remove […]

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