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A new AP/NORC poll includes one of our favorite questions: Which government programs do we spend too much on? Here are the results: The only program that a majority wants to cut back is good ol' foreign aid, which now has a thousand-year streak of being disliked even though it accounts for—let's see here—0.9% of ...continue reading "Americans are pretty satisfied with federal spending priorities"

Koibito Poké on Wednesday opened its second St. Louis location in the shopping and entertainment district — just in time for opening day, officials said.

Jolman Nunez vividly remembers being the new kid in town when he and his brothers, Jesus and Ever, arrived in St. Louis back in 2007. Just nine years old, Jolman had moved here with his siblings from their native Honduras to join their mother, who had already been here for a few years.

'Swashbuckle!', which features the parrot Teko, puts unicycling, contortion, wire-walking, and more on display.

On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, outgoing 14th Ward Alderwoman Carol Howard discusses raising aldermanic pay, what it might take to lift a residency requirement for city employees, and how the digital age changed everything about being an alderperson.

St. Louis’ elected prosecutor says she will run for reelection in 2024, even as she tries to fend off an effort by Missouri’s attorney general to force her out of office.

“We envisioned a getaway in our own backyard,” says homeowner Dawn Sturmon, who worked with architect Ann Wimsatt to create the space.

The company, which expanded to St. Louis in 2020, offers decorative prints, stationery, greeting cards, notebooks, linens, and other products, all made with block printing.

The state's rainy day fund now stands at $1.22 billion.

House gives first-round approval to $45.6 billion budget plan after cutting $2.1 billion from spending proposed by Gov. Mike Parson.

Nine-year-old Hallie Scruggs and 9-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus both have personal connections to Missouri.

Despite pleas from community members who say the landfill is responsible for mysterious illnesses, federal environmental regulators said Tuesday they can’t provide a timeline for cleanup.

I know we’re deep, deep, deep into the moral panic about social media being uniquely awful, especially for kids. It’s driving all sorts of nonsense, including the false idea that we’re in a uniquely excessive period of depression, or that it’s been “proven” that social media makes kids feel bad. But… that’s not what the […]

Critics allege the lawsuit is a way to ‘relitigate’ responsibility for millions of acres of damage to crops and natural areas across the Midwest and South.

The All-In-One Hardcore Unity Game Developer Bundle has 8 courses to help you learn how to build your own games plus a 1 month pass for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Unity is one of the world’s most popular game engines. Used to easily create cross-platform 2D and 3D games, it comes with a powerful set […]

Officials have estimated 200,000 Missourians could eventually lose coverage as a pandemic policy ends. State Medicaid leaders say they are working to ensure those who are eligible aren’t kicked off.

News reports based on leaks from the Fed have said that Silicon Valley Bank was called out in 2021 for some poor governance practices but that warnings about financial risk didn't come until late 2022. However, testimony yesterday by Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for supervision, paints a slightly different picture: Near the end ...continue reading "Yesterday we got a little more detail about the Fed’s supervision of SVB"