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The Hancock Amendment in the Missouri constitution bans unfunded mandates. An exception written for Kansas City's police department is set to expire in 2026.

Narrative by former Transgender Center employee Jamie Reed “puts us in the bullseye,” one mother said.

MoDOT is closing one lane on the I-44 bridge over the Meramec River near Eureka.

Emergency crews are responding to a two-car crash in south St. Louis County.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.60% for the week ended March 16 — down from 6.73% the prior week.

A total of 63 candidates for school board seats will appear on ballots across St. Louis County, compared to 84 last April.

Professional chess comes to the St. Louis area. Local grand masters are showing off their skills in the American Cup Tournament.

The Ivy Foundation of St. Louis hosts a week-long bus tour of historically black colleges and universities.

The Rockwood School District is looking for workers Monday.

Conservative groups are planning to rally at the Missouri Capitol Monday.

St. Louis County's School Safety Task Force unveils a plan Monday to improve student safety.

Welcome to the last few hours of winter.

“We were thrilled last month to reopen on The Hill,” he said. “We certainly have a lot more planned and a lot more in store for that location."

Lawmakers return to the Missouri Capitol Monday to kick off the second half of the 2023 legislative session with a laundry list of priorities and a constitutional deadline to get them done.  Legalizing sports betting, changing the initiative petition process, education policy shifts, tax cuts, banning foreign land ownership, expanding postpartum health care and a […]

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WASHINGTON — Bipartisan momentum is building in Congress to restrict China and other foreign adversaries from purchasing U.S. farmland, a reflection of a similar push by some states as well as apprehension over Chinese spy balloons, rising land prices and growing international competition. “Foreign ownership of agricultural land threatens small family farms and the overall […]

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Spending time fighting “woke,” “wokeness,” and a so-called “culture war” instead of focusing on the real issues and problems we face as a nation is a downright miscarriage of the political and legislative processes. Legislators, political leaders and potential candidates have found a new strawman to use to reenergize and promote continued racism and disenfranchisement. […]

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Big Oil has long counted on corporate-friendly federal courts to get rid of climate suits.

This year’s Missouri legislative session has been moving bills faster than in previous years. Lawmakers quickly passed the supplemental budget which included pay raises for state workers and have moved forward on extending maternal Medicaid care, foreign ownership of farmland, parental bill of rights, state control of the St. Louis police department and creating a special prosecutor in St. Louis. Still to come are bills targeting transgender people.