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One dead, two others injured in triple shooting in East St. Louis
Trooper Jayme Bufford of the Illinois State Police said the victims were shot at about 11:50 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of North Sixth Street.
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Washington U. curtails transgender care to minors in response to state law
“Washington University physicians will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition,” the university said.
Protest Targets SLU Plan to Tear Down Former Mill Creek Valley Buildings
In the past few years, St. Louis has finally begun reckoning with its destruction of the Black neighborhood that once filled what's now Midtown — thanks in large part to local author Vivian Gibson's luminous memoir, The Last Children of Mill Creek. An art installation near Citypark even marks the once-thriving community, razed in the name of "urban renewal." Saint Louis University apparently didn't get the memo.
Map of Missouri metropolitan and micropolitan areas. The bi-state Greater St. Louis is Missouri's most populous metro area and 20th largest in America.
St. Louis Paralegal Says She Was Fired For Her Nude Modeling Work
It was a big deal for Rachel Worcel when she was hired by the Simon Law Firm in St. Louis last month. Worcel, 48, has been a paralegal since 1999, but joining the civil litigation firm felt like a significant step up.
Did recalled Missouri cannabis products pose health risks? Regulators aren’t sure
Marijuana dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults.
The state suspects that they were infused with a questionable THC concentrate, or distillate, purchased from a Robertsville-based licensed marijuana manufacturer called Delta Extraction.
Delta Extraction is fighting to get the Aug. 14 recall overturned — and one of the company’s main arguments is that the products were tested by state-licensed labs and don’t pose a health risk…
The end of summer vacation
With scorching temperatures, are we losing our ability to have fun in the sun?
Early business succession planning maximizes benefits for owners and successors
Content by Carmody MacDonald. Attorney Brad Zimmerman specializes in success planning so that selling a business creates the most value for the owner.
Keep pushing for federal compensation for radioactive contamination here, activists say
More than 125 people attended a town hall meeting on the issue Monday in St. Charles.
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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
Between 1970 and 2015, there was a fivefold increase in the number of people jailed before trials, according to the 2022 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report.
St. Charles County Council approves property tax freeze for seniors
St. Charles County is the second county in Missouri to enact a similar property tax freeze for seniors after a bill signed into law in May by Gov. Mike Parson gave counties the power to pass such a freeze.
BMW Backs Off Heated Seats As A Subscription Service Because It Was Stupid And Unpopular
We’ve noted several times now how automakers have started taking basic car functions and trying to make them subscription services in a bid to please Wall Street. Mercedes, for example, has started hiding better engine performance behind subscription paywalls. BMW last year decided it was going to make heated seats an $18 per month subscription […]
St. Charles County Council passes property tax freeze for seniors
On Monday night, the St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a property tax freeze for area seniors.
It was made possible after the state legislature passed a bill last session allowing for cities and counties to help out aging homeowners on fixed incomes. This property tax freeze would start next year and would be based on those property values for all St. Charles County residents 62 and older.
The St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann said there has been some pushback from schools…
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End of cash bail in Illinois to take effect next week
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - Budget issues will highlight Missouri's veto session
Lawmakers gather tomorrow in Jefferson City to consider overturning this year's vetoes by Gov. Mike Parson. That includes his removal of more than $500 million from the state budget.
Washington University the 2nd Missouri provider to stop transgender care for minors
Washington University in St. Louis joined University of Missouri Health as the latest provider of care to transgender minors to announce it is canceling pre-existing prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormone-replacement therapy.
A new state law restricting access to gender-affirming care bars those under 18 from beginning new treatments. But in a compromise with opponents of the ban, lawmakers grandfathered in patients who had begun a medical transition before the law went into effect on Aug.…
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