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Year-over-year homelessness declines

4 months 3 weeks ago
There were fewer homeless people in the United States on a single night in January 2025 than in January 2024, but homelessness increased in 28 states, according to the latest federal count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 745,652 homeless people in its latest “point-in-time” estimate, down 3% from the year before. […]
Robbie Sequeira

Wak’a Garden

4 months 3 weeks ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Services for families of Missourians with mental illnesses face budget cuts

4 months 3 weeks ago
When Barb Buchanan walked into her first support group for family members of people with mental illness in Columbia around 2010, Heather Harlan greeted her with a “huge smile.”  Harlan started attending the meetings, run by NAMI Missouri, the statewide affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, in 2007. Her adult son, Micah Bacus, […]
Steph Quinn

Trump’s $1.77 billion ‘slush fund’ may be on the way out after GOP objections

4 months 3 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund appeared to be on shaky ground Monday as he continued to face opposition from his own party. Trump had not yet made a public announcement by late afternoon, but several media outlets reported the president planned to possibly drop the fund to clear the way […]
Ashley Murray

A break from the rain, comfortable temps Tuesday & Wednesday

4 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - A weak cold front is pushing our active, stormy weather out into our Tuesday morning. Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll enjoy lower humidity, comfortably cool morning temperatures, and high temperatures around 80 F. It will be warmer, but still dry on Thursday and Friday. Storm chances return late Friday night into Saturday. The [...]
Angela Hutti