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After getting questions about compliance with Missouri’s Sunshine Law, a top aide to Mayor Cara Spencer said the city would start posting public notice of the meetings.

Missouri lawmakers are considering expanding the state’s private school voucher program with proposals to open eligibility and remove demands on private schools who accept voucher funds. But the program, which has spent a majority of the $50 million it received in state funding this fiscal year, may lack room to grow with Gov. Mike Kehoe […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” Before a town hall audience in Iowa in December 2023, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump, “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as […]

Gov. Mike Kehoe’s State of the State address rested on a tension he never resolved. Missouri, he warned, is falling behind. Its population is “stagnant.” Economic growth over the past decade has been “average at best.” When competing with states like Texas and Tennessee, Missouri too often loses before the conversation even begins. Yet in […]

A Scout from Missouri did more than just make Eagle Scout - he earned every one of the possible 140 merit badges, joining a rare group to ever complete the feat.

ST. LOUIS - Bundle up Tuesday morning. Temperatures have fallen into the single digits and teens as lingering arctic air from the weekend remains in place. A large area of high pressure to our south is reinforcing the cold air early Tuesday morning. As that high shifts east, southerly winds will develop, allowing temperatures to [...]

OHLMAN, Ill. -- A small earthquake shook central Illinois early Tuesday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 3.8 quake struck at 1:27 a.m. Central Time, about 3 miles north-northeast of Ohlman, Illinois. The shallow tremor was felt across parts of Christian and Sangamon counties. The quake hit about 12 miles south-southeast of Taylorville, [...]

Billy Idol's longtime guitarist and collaborator Steve Stevens has worked with him since the early '80s and has a good idea as to why Idol’s popularity has lasted as long…

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As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladeshi cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.

In 2025, regulatory rollbacks and surging power demand helped buoy an industry in trouble.