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Marijuana companies will be able to deduct business expenses on their state taxes for the first time this year, a Missouri Department of Revenue spokeswoman confirmed to The Independent.  Missourians voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2018. But under federal law, growing, transporting or selling marijuana remains a crime. Because of this dynamic, marijuana companies […]

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Thousands of Missouri residents are dealing with long COVID. They can't work, and that is adding to the state's labor shortage.

A couple of firefighters are recovering from minor injuries Tuesday morning.

Overnight, a tractor-trailer crashed in north St. Louis.

Two people were injured in an early morning fire on Watson Road in south St. Louis.

St. Louis County will hold its 2023 inauguration for several elected officials later Tuesday morning.

Tragedy overnight in the city of St. Louis as a person was shot and killed on the north side.

Christopher Dunn has served over 30 years in prison for a murder he vehemently claims he did not commit. He stands not only on his word but on evidence that supports alibi witnesses and the recanted statements of trial witnesses in his case. However, the most substantial support for Dunn’s case may come from the […]

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The hearing was the closest Lamar Johnson has come in 30 years to freedom after the unsuccessful endeavors of nearly all of his appeals and habeas corpus petitions.

Stormwater experts shared findings Monday on July’s flash flooding that made University City a regional epicenter of damage — and gave recommendations for better policies, moving forward.

“Kevin McCarthy has ceded his speakership and control of the House Republican agenda to the most extreme fringe faction of his party."

Meet the Frankenstein of greenhouse gases.

As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.

As previously reported, Brian May was knighted as part of the 2023 New Year's Honours List, the first from King Charles. Well, the new honor apparently inspired a lot of fan art, and…

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Republican Scott Fitzpatrick was sworn in as Missouri’s 39th auditor Monday

As Congress discusses crypto regulation, it’s important to note that the most important regulation has already been done.

The schisms will only widen as McCarthy tries to carry out his deal with the crazies.

Why macroeconomic overheating was not the problem and austerity is the wrong cure.

House Majority Leader Jon Patterson is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where he talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum about the start of the 2023 legislative session. Patterson is a Republican from Lee’s Summit who was recently elected as majority floor leader. He first won election to the 30th District House seat in 2018, and was subsequently re-elected in 2020 and 2022. His district includes a portion of Jackson County.