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Montgomery, who is Black, pointed out that newly elected Mayor Cara Spencer, who is white, brought in new staff and aldermen weren’t calling her in for a hearing.

Two benches stand tall in the Northside's St. Louis Place Park

Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck, a St. Louis County Democrat, says he won’t consider stadium subsidies until tornado relief and other projects are tackled by lawmakers.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins jettisoned state workers after lawmakers reduced his office’s budget by 25 employees. Work in the state archives division will be “diminished,” a spokeswoman said.

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis City Board of Aldermen is set to meet Tuesday morning to advance relief efforts for victims of a deadly tornado. The special session Tuesday will focus on providing aid to those affected by recent tornadoes, with discussions ranging from tax breaks to rental support. President of the Board of [...]

Almost two dozen employees in Missouri State Archives and the State Library are on paid leave and will lose their jobs at the end of the month because of a politically motivated budget cut targeting Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. Twenty-two employees — 17 in the archives, five in the library — were told Friday […]

This column is a major departure from how I have written columns for nearly four decades. It is personal. I have avoided using “I’ and have endeavored to remain objective and impersonal as I have addressed and analyzed myriad social, educational and political issues across race, age, gender and socioeconomic status. That has been my […]

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating three homicides that occurred within just over a 24-hour period from Sunday evening to Monday night. The violent stretch began Sunday evening around 8:15 p.m. with a shooting on the 4800 block of Kossuth Avenue in north St. Louis' Penrose neighborhood. At the scene, [...]

William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is the story of a Danish prince who can’t decide how to respond to his father’s murder. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s production of the play in Forest Park this month is inspired by the fashion and jazz of mid-20th-Century Manhattan. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin reports, the production shows that one of the most famous plays ever written can inspire new sounds and surprises.

ST. LOUIS - A shift in our weather pattern will help move the plume of wildfire smoke east of St. Louis on Tuesday, but it will also open the door to rain and storms returning to the forecast. Tuesday starts sunny with increasing clouds into the afternoon, especially in Missouri. Highs are expected to be [...]

The deal was the largest negotiated in the local's history, with a 60% increase in the total compensation package from the last signed contract.

The new location has a larger footprint than the chain's other St. Louis-area stores, allowing for the display of more types of furniture.

Blondie's Debbie Harry has always been known for her style, especially during the height of the band's success in the '80s. It turns out the rocker has held onto all the looks…

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"We just need the help," one storm victim said. "We need the people, the funds, the resources."

If the spending bill is passed, an estimated three-quarters of eligible federal workers may be coerced into at-will employment.

Less than a year after ending the latitude federal agencies were previously given by courts to implement laws, the Court’s conservatives brought it back for infrastructure approvals.