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The initiative petition process, used by Missourians to independently check special interests and bring issues to the voters for 115 years, is under attack by our Missouri Legislature. The supermajority in the legislature, with no counterbalancing weight within their chambers, is leading the charge to undermine the initiative petition process. To carry out their scheme, politicians and lobbyists are […]

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WASHINGTON — U.S. House members in a hearing on Tuesday questioned the head of a federal agency in charge of unaccompanied migrant children about multiple reports of their exploitation as workers in U.S. meatpacking plants and elsewhere. Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight & Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs agreed that […]

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Metro is doing construction and maintenance work this week on MetroLink.

A construction crew ruptured a Spire natural gas line in O'Fallon, Missouri Tuesday night.

Natural gas fueled a fire Tuesday night on Hanley Industrial Court in Brentwood.

Arson is suspected in a warehouse fire Tuesday night in south St. Louis.

Road construction season is here, and millions of dollars in projects are underway in St. Louis County, but other work is canceled.

The man accused of killing a woman in Maryland Heights is due in court Wednesday for a bond reduction hearing.

Libraries are no longer sterile, silent crypts of musty books. These five all have areas for kids that rival indoor playrooms.

If your little one wants to fly through the air, check out these ziplines.

Thanks to climate change, we could be looking at a longer mosquito season.

Homeowners associations couldn't prevent residents from pasturing six chickens, but could still prohibit roosters.

Simple filters could help remove microfiber pollution from your laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

With 10 locations throughout greater St. Louis and Indianapolis, Sauce on the Side hopes to keep expanding at a rate of two to three restaurants per year.

Cities and states that substitute PVC for lead pipes "may well be leaping from the frying pan into the fire."

Jethro Tull’s new album, RökFlöte, drops Friday, and for their latest release frontman Ian Anderson was inspired by the characters and gods of old Norse mythology and paganism, in part because he didn’t know…

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SNAP beneficiaries can now shop online. Payday lenders are hoping to advertise to them.

What we haven’t done, and what we should do, to ensure that ‘new industrial strategy’ actually benefits workers

Regional banks have been thought to be at risk from rising vacancies and lower valuations of commercial real estate, but asset managers and other non-banks are more exposed.

When an 84-year-old white man shot 16-year-old African-American Ralph Yarl in Kansas City earlier this month, people around the state and country were outraged. And now, Andrew Lester is facing felony charges. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum talked with Saint Louis University Law School professor Anders Walker about how Missouri’s castle doctrine and stand your ground laws likely won’t help Lester.