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Illinois is one step closer to becoming the first state to regulate child social media influencers.

An incorrect label on the back of the bottles failed to list an allergen.

Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan and Missouri National Guard were both activated in response to looming dangerous weather conditions in the state.

The judge in the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News has issued a summary judgment that Fox did, indeed, lie about Dominion's voting machines: In his ruling, Davis determined that the conservative cable-news network had undeniably broadcast falsehoods when it allowed allies of Donald Trump to float baseless conspiracy theories about Dominion supposedly rigging voting machines ...continue reading "Judge rules that Fox News lied*"

For the first time in three years, the state's social services department will be renewing Missourians on Medicaid to continue coverage. 

Noted without comment: It is not hard to imagine a conservative local prosecutor trying to charge President Biden with, say, failing to adequately guard the border. “This presents the opportunity for potentially thousands of state and local prosecutors to investigate and charge a president without the impediment imposed by D.O.J.’s policy against indicting sitting presidents,” ...continue reading "No, it’s not hard to imagine at all"

Gary Muehlberg has confessed to killing five women during the early 1990s. The fifth victim remains a mystery.

Under a tornado watch for several hours Friday, the St. Louis region indeed see some tornado-warned systems through the early evening hours.

This chart shows total household financial assets through the end of 2022: The basic story is easy to see. In 2020 assets grew above normal as spending slowed and the COVID rescue bill started putting money in people's pockets. This peaked in late 2021 at about $13 trillion above the pre-pandemic trend. Then, as the ...continue reading "Raw data: Household financial assets"