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WASHINGTON — Election officials on Tuesday detailed to the U.S. Senate Rules Committee how their states countered threats to election workers and worked to combat misinformation and disinformation during the 2022 midterm election. With the 2024 presidential election closely approaching, Senate Rules Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she was concerned about threats to election […]

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As subterranean water inches higher, so do threats to air and water.

Experts say the trend still isn’t fast enough to stop the worst impacts of climate change.

A Tuesday night mass remembered 9-year-old Nashville shooting victim Evelyn Dieckhaus, who has family in Franklin County.

The Federal Home Loan Bank system has moved beyond its original intent and mostly allows distressed banks to delay a reckoning. It could use reform.

The key is higher equity requirements so banks remain solvent.

The $50 billion spending plan is due on the governor’s desk by early May.

Garrett Beck of Plainview, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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Gather your furry friends and participate in our B.A.R.K. Ranger Photo Contest sponsored by Purina!   To enter, come down to the Arch grounds and snap a photo of your

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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A federal judge ordered the former caretaker of Tonka, a chimpanzee who appeared in the movies, to pay nearly $225,000 in attorney's fees and costs.

Advocates for increasing rates for home care workers fell just two votes short of adding $308 million to the Missouri budget on Tuesday as more than two dozen Republicans joined Democrats on a proposal intended to help dire staffing needs of local agencies. The amendment from Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Manchester, would have increased rates for […]

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Despite the City of St. Louis going to great lengths to save a downtown jewel, thieves and vagrants are still getting inside the former Famous Barr building.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was greeted with cheers and a standing ovation at the West Side Missionary Baptist Church in north St. Louis on Tuesday.

A change to more than 20 jobs to help fill a gap in the Fox C-6 School District budget has teachers and students outraged at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

Timing, as they say, is everything. We’ve been talking about Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard a lot lately and for good reason. It’s a huge deal, both in terms of the size of the purchase relative to the video game industry, but also because of what it could mean for the overall competitive marketplace […]