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For a year, I’ve been writing and working with a larger coalition — What’s Next 4 Missouri — to ensure the story of Missouri’s fight for reproductive freedom is told accurately and rooted in justice.  New abortion data backs our longstanding argument: that legal doesn’t mean accessible. State data reported in The Missouri Independent, and […]

The capital gains tax cut passed this year by Missouri lawmakers will cost far more than expected and shrink state revenues, a new state budget estimate shows. The consensus revenue estimate, issued Wednesday, anticipates that revenue in the year ending June 30 will be $400 million below estimates made a year ago. Growth will return […]

A MetroLink stop in St. Louis will be closed for multiple weeks as it undergoes improvements.

The first-ever video for George Harrison’s "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" was just released, directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard. And it turns out he may…

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EDWARDSVILLE — Dr. Pamela Denise Long, a former Newsweek columnist and conservative political commentator, officially filed her nominating papers recently to run for U.S. Senate in Illinois. Long aims to become the first Republican to win statewide office in Illinois since 2014 and, if successful, would be the first legacy Black American Republican woman elected to the Senate from the state. Long, a downstate resident and occupational therapist, launched her campaign in May and has since

Headlines from the Dec. 18, 1925, front page include: The Jack Daniel liquor case goes to the jury and a tax bill stirred a prohibition debate.

A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.

  I grew up on KSHE and still love cranking the volume up on my radio while driving my hotrod or working in the shop. I think I should be...

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Gann, Shirley J. - St Louis, MO

February 8, 1936 - November 15, 2025

Shirley J. Gann Sunday, December 14, 2025. Visitation, Monday, December 22, 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Funeral Service, Tuesday, December 23, 11:00 AM at Collier's Funeral Home, 3400 N. Lindbergh Blvd (St. Ann). www.colliersfuneralhome.com

Timmerman, Evelyn K. 94, passed December 14, 2025. Services: Funeral Mass Mon. Dec. 22, 11:00 am at Mary, Mother of the Church, 5901 Kerth Rd. Visitation Mon. 10:00 am until time of mass. For full obituary go to www.heiligtagfuneralhome.com

I’ve said it roughly a zillion times: trademark bullying exists because it works. One of the unfortunate inequities of our system is that having a large legal warchest simply allows someone to push around others over trademark “concerns” that aren’t valid. The formula for this is consistent. Large corporate interest with lawyers at the ready […]

Williams is being held at the St. Clair County Jail, where he awaits a detention hearing due to Illinois' Safe-T Act.

Beginning in 2026, the foundation will pursue studies to examine expanding the park east of the Mississippi River into East St. Louis.