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Renewed bipartisan efforts to eliminate the sales tax on grocery food this legislative session have hit roadblocks.

We’ve noted for a while that the performative histrionics surrounding TikTok are really just a distraction from our corrupt failure to police dodgy data brokers or pass even a basic privacy law for the internet era. U.S. companies don’t want to lose money by empowering consumers or being ethical, and the U.S. government doesn’t want […]

The office of the Missouri attorney general has decided not to pursue action against the man behind St. Louis’ largest Kickstarter campaign on record. Thousands of backers wanted a magnet-based "fort" during the pandemic. Nearly two years later, some of those Get the Fort customers are still waiting for their items. St. Louis’ Conor Lewis is the founder of the business. The fort was supposed to be a toy that would give parents a break during the pandemic. It’s a magnetic foam system made…

This is insane: It's insane that maternal mortality has gone up 3x since 1990. It's insane that it increased 40% in 2021 according to the latest data from the CDC. 40%! It's insane that Black women have a maternal mortality rate 170% higher than white women. Something seriously doesn't make sense about these numbers. Why ...continue reading "Maternal mortality exploded in 2021"

Proposals affecting transgender Missourians have moved to the top of the Republican agenda in Jefferson City.

A woman caught on camera in a viral video harassing a Latino family in south st. Louis is being held without bond, but that could change after a court hearing Thursday.

A St. Louis jury awards $15 million to the mother of a man who drowned in the Mississippi River.

St. Patrick's Day is Friday. It kicks off with the annual Ancient Order of Hibernian Parade in Dogtown.  

Someone broke into an ATM in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood.

Funeral arrangements for Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith have been finalized.

There is absolutely no upside to cancer, but oddly, Nicole Robinson credits her 2014 diagnosis of Stage 2 breast cancer as her genesis in truly finding purpose in life.

In his seven years running Sam's Steakhouse (10205 Gravois Road, 314-849-3033), Mark Erney has learned a lot about why guests regularly flock to the iconic south county restaurant. There's its long history that dates back to the Busch family, its role as a multi-generational gathering place and the juicy steaks that grace its plates. However, if he has to narrow down the one thing that makes Sam's so special, Erney doesn't hesitate: It's the sauce.

Mercy and SSM Health are no longer requiring visitors, patients, and staff to wear masks at their facilities.

The rhetoric is rising Thursday morning in the legal back and forth between Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Bailey threw the latest legal jab in this battle after he filed new court documents late Wednesday night.

by Al Shaw, Irena Hwang and Caroline Chen

In 2013, the worst Ebola outbreak in history started in a small village in southern Guinea, eventually tearing through West Africa. By the time it ended in 2016, more than 11,300 people were dead. Scientists have linked this and other Ebola outbreaks to specific patterns of deforestation.

To understand why, ProPublica adapted an academic model to show how the way forests are being cut down around the locations of multiple previous outbreaks could increase the risk of another outbreak today.

See more in our interactive story.

Missouri is one of just 13 states that levies a sales tax on grocery food items. Citing the hefty burden on low-income shoppers and rising cost of food, several other states have moved to reduce the burden of the grocery sales tax. Kansas began phasing it out this year and Illinois suspended the tax for […]

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The ConocoPhillips venture is supposed to secure energy independence and Alaskan prosperity. It probably won’t achieve either.

One-sixth of U.S. households are in rural communities. The Biden administration wants to help modernize their grids, invest in renewables, and improve the efficiency of their homes.

In 1941-42, the hamburger eatery Medart's was the target of harsh words and a real bomb.

The new “Good Neighbor” plan will halve nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants by 2027.