WASHINGTON — Two leading Democrats on a U.S. House panel called on the head of an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for protecting workers’ benefits to take action to address improper health insurance claim denials, in a Tuesday letter provided exclusively to States Newsroom. Reps. Bobby Scott of Virginia and Mark DeSaulnier of […]
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, the 2025 Visiting Artist in Residence at Laumeier Sculpture Park, works predominantly in clay, focusing on process to develop an intimate and collaborative relationship with her chosen […]
O'FALLON, IL. - One person died Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, 2025, in a multi-vehicle crash in a construction zone on eastbound Interstate 64 near O’Fallon, IL., the Illinois State Police has reported. The crash occurred around 8 a.m. on Nov. 18, 2025, and involved two tractor-trailers, a utility work truck, and a Ford Bronco. Authorities have not released the identity of the deceased pending an ongoing investigation. The right lane of eastbound I-64 remained open during the investigation.
For at least the next dozen years, rural areas will continue to have only about two-thirds of the primary care physicians they need, according to a report released Monday. The nonprofit Commonwealth Fund based its analysis on federal health workforce data. Its report comes just days after states applied for portions of a $50 billion rural […]
Judge Matthew Thornhill, a Republican, has admitted he wore an Elvis wig on the bench, among other actions, and agreed to resign once a disciplinary term is completed.
Towns in the Metro East have seen increased sales tax revenue this year. That’s after Illinois started collecting tax on online sales from out-of-state, as STLPR's Will Bauer reports. Plus:
The Trump administration has cut National Science Research grants by more than a billion dollars. STLPR's Jonathan Ahl finds Missouri S&T is doing ok with theirs, for now.
ST. LOUIS - The threat for rain and storms is gone for now, but a lot of cloud cover will be hanging around the region Wednesday. We’ll watch for areas of fog Wednesday morning. We will be cooler, with top temperatures in the upper 50s to 60 F. A storm lifting north out of Texas [...]
The Who is revisiting their 2017 performance of Tommy at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and they want their fans to join them.The band has announced a Tommy: Live at…
As fast-growing cities and suburbs scramble for new water sources, farmers in East Texas are turning to government regulation to keep their wells from running dry.
Dear Readers, A while back, for a decade or so, Esley Hamilton (the historian working out of the St. Louis County Parks Dept., now retired) and I conducted walking tours through the original Maplewood subdivision. They were part of a program of Esley’s that he called History Hikes. He led them through many of the […]
The best part of KSHE is the on-air personalities. I feel that they genuinely care about the listenership as is shown from the live broadcasts and multiple charities and...
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