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‘She served the citizens well,’ Franklin County Presiding Commissioner Tim Brinker said Wednesday.

I had known for awhile that Richard Pryor was from Peoria, but I had always assumed it was one of those situations where he was born there and had moved away when he was a small child. That is far… Continue Reading →

A mother-and-daughter duo are behind this shop.

Gov. Mike Parson signed the act blocking federal gun laws in June.

If approved by voters, St. Louis County could see as much as $10 million in new revenue, according to estimates.

Voters could get a chance to raise the threshold for how many votes it takes to approve constitutional amendments.

Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green sided with Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt in stopping the appeals process.

A look back at the biggest local and state political stories of 2021 and how some, like the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic and the race to fill U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat will play out in 2022.

Conflict adds to questions about state government insiders’ influence over the fledgling medical marijuana industry.

This story was originally published by the Missouri Independent.

A company denied licenses to grow medical marijuana in Missouri urged the state Supreme Court last week to compel regulators to provide application info that the health department has argued it’s constitutionally obligated to protect.

At issue is the Department of Health and Senior Services’ refusal to turn over applications of successful license holders, despite being ordered by lower courts to disclose them.…

The women of the Missouri Senate are telling their own stories through a forthcoming children’s book that chronicles the journeys of lawmakers past and present. Titled, “You Can, Too!,” the book recounts the stories of the 36 women who have served in the state Senate over the course of the chamber’s history. The book is […]

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As a chemist and immigrant from Vietnam, Linh Nguyen never thought she could have a role in U.S. politics. But then Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 and he “unknowingly inspired minority leaders, women of color like me, to be more actively engaged in politics,” she said. She joined the nonpartisan League of Women […]

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Christmas is upon us, and a variety of music artists tell ABC Audio that, like so many people during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they're planning a fairly low-key holiday celebration…

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Dionne Warwick will perform on the first-ever The Masked Singer float on New Year's Day. The legendary artist will be joined by her son, Damon Elliott, aka Nomad, on the float at the 133rd annual…

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In a court filing, General President Douglas McCarron offers new details about decision to dissolve the politically powerful St. Louis Council.

This post is part of a series exploring menus with holiday connections. When it first opened in 1892, Stix, Baer & Fuller occupied 815–821 Broadway near Morgan Street. Within a few years business was booming, and store owners decided to upgrade their space following the success of the 1904 World’s Fair. They acquired land previously occupied by …

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Outages were mainly in two ZIP codes: 63119 and 63123, according to Ameren's outage map. The company was "actively working" to restore power.