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The donations come after Missouri banned abortions in almost all cases when Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Since its launch in 2020, St. Louis startup Kitchen Stickin’ LLC has sold its innovative tape dispenser online, but at only a single brick-and-mortar retail location. This week, Kitchen Stickin’ will participate in Walmart Inc.’s annual Open Call event, and it's not the only local company that will have a chance to land its product on Walmart shelves.

by Madison Hopkins, The Kansas City Beacon

We are journalists from ProPublica and The Kansas City Beacon. We want to know what it is like inside sheltered workshops.

Sheltered workshops are special jobs where most workers are people with disabilities.

Some people in sheltered workshops make very little money. They make less than minimum wage.

Some states have closed their sheltered workshops.

Missouri still has many sheltered workshops.

We want to know what it is like inside sheltered workshops. We want to talk to people who:

• Work in a sheltered workshop in Missouri.
• Used to work in a sheltered workshop in Missouri.
• Know someone who works in a sheltered workshop in Missouri.
• Know a lot about sheltered workshops in Missouri.

To help with our reporting, you can:

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Ozzy Osbourne is apparently going from bat biting to bat housing. As reported by the British tabloid The Mirror, the Prince of Darkness is building bat boxes on the property…

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There is yet another proposal for the reuse of the former headquarters of the Optimist International organization. With an initial proposal by developer Covington in 2014 recommending significant alterations to the exterior of the buildings and a 14-story, 200-unit apartment complex constructed on top, which fizzled following the project’s inability to receive support for tax […]

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In Missouri had nearly 70 anti-abortion centers and just one abortion clinic before Friday.

Last night I wrote that liberals need to forcefully address the question of whether a fetus is a human life that deserves the same legal protections as any other human life. Primarily this is because it's the ground on which abortion opponents stand, so it can't be ignored. But it's also key to Alito's decision ...continue reading "Sam Alito and the meaning of life"

ST. LOUIS - A 22-year-old man was shot in the face Sunday afternoon in St. Louis' Gravois Park neighborhood. Police said officers found Theoreon Sanders at approximately 5:50 p.m. inside a residence suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It is unknown at this time what led up to the [...]

If you accidentally leave your Google Drive accessible to anyone with the URL, and someone goes there and deletes stuff, is that “unauthorized access” and a violation of the CFAA? To me, the answer should be absolutely not. But in this recent ruling the judge went the other direction (first noted by Evan Brown). So, […]

St. Louis hits a 10-year high in underage arrests in the downtown area. Residents and business owners say police, parents can do more.

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department today announced plans for stepped-up July Fourth traffic enforcement with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers. The safety campaign will run from June 16 through the early-morning hours of July 5 to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after Independence Day. Edwardsville Police Department Lt. Barry Jones said it’s simple: if you’re driving, don’t drink or use marijuana or other drugs. “Our officers will be working around the clock to keep impaired drivers off the road and enforce all other traffic laws," Lt. Jones said. The Edwardsville Police Department will join the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local police and sheriff’s departments for the increased statewide enforcement effort. The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket” programs are made possible by federal highway safety funds administered

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VILNIUS—U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Baltic Freedom Caucus and the Senate Ukraine Caucus, is in Vilnius, Lithuania, today as part of travel to three European nations to discuss congressional support for the transatlantic relationship and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as continued Russian aggression and interference in western democracies. In Vilnius, Durbin received the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star Award—only the second individual and first American to receive this award. The new award honors Aleksandras Stulginskis, former President of Lithuania who served from 1920-1926 and was a strong advocate for a democratic republic. It was granted to Durbin for his decades-long support of Lithuanian independence and democracy and his promotion of parliamentary values. Durbin’s mother was born in Lithuania and came to the United States with her mother and siblings in 1911. In his remarks to the Lithuanian Parliament,

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ST. LOUIS – Drivers who use Route 100 (Manchester Road) through Brentwood and Maplewood will have to negotiate another Manchester Road closure for the next two months for upcoming sewer work. Crews will close the eastbound lanes of Manchester Road, between Hanley and Laclede Station Road, before morning rush hour on Tuesday, July 5. This […]

SPRINGFIELD – Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States marks an important moment for our nation, lifting a cloud that has hung over our country for nearly a half century. There is no way to undo the tragedy of tens of millions of innocent lives lost or the decades of division sown by the Roe v. Wade decision. But, for the sake of future generations, we can now move forward with a more honest debate and efforts to advance policies and support programs that protect innocent life and promote stability and security for vulnerable mothers. "Much work remains to be done on both fronts, and that work will now necessarily have more of a local focus, particularly in our own home state of Illinois. Importantly, these efforts must include prayer and concerted efforts to preserve peace in the face

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Bost Applauds Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization : “The issue of life is one that’s very personal to my wife, Tracy, and me; it’s the reason we got involved in politics nearly 40 years ago. I agree wholeheartedly with the Supreme Court’s decision to restore power to the American people to determine for themselves how abortion services are regulated in their state. It’s a historic decision that will help save the lives of countless innocent unborn children. As liberals in Illinois and Washington undoubtedly push forward with their abortion on-demand agenda, I’ll keep fighting to protect the lives of the unborn.” Jennifer Korte: Roe V. Wade Historic Win for the Right to Life of Unborn Children EDWARDSVILLE – Jennifer

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