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Jan. 6 panel says Trump, far-right groups are responsible for insurrection
A widely anticipated hearing Thursday by the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol…
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Ex-St. Louis jail guard gets prison for inmate’s beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis jail guard has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for…
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Missouri AG Schmitt subpoenas school districts over student surveys
Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that he’s issued subpoenas to seven school districts across the state as part of…
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Reed quits Board of Aldermen in wake of indictments; Vollmer will be interim president
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed has resigned his post five days after federal…
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Missouri helps abortion opponents divert state taxes to crisis pregnancy centers
In the final days of Missouri’s legislative session in May 2019, lawmakers turned their focus to a bill that would…
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Addressing the ‘trust factor’: Researchers tackle health disparities using genetics
Quenton Tompkins’ family tree is deeply rooted in rural McCormick County, S.C. His grandfather was a sharecropper in McCormick. His…
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High court won’t hear appeal over McCloskeys’ law licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis husband-and-wife…
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Months-long wait times for Medicaid coverage may finally shrink
Missouri officials have vowed again to lower the number of days it takes to process Medicaid applications – which was…
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Man pleads guilty in death of Miss Sweetie Pie’s grandson
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man admitted Friday that he killed the grandson of a woman whose St.…
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Lead industry misled the public about its toxic problem for decades
Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin. Researchers have known that for decades. But the substance stuck around for decades in everyday…
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Study: Children who survive school shootings endure lasting consequences
As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19…
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Reed, Boyd, Muhammad are indicted on federal bribery charges
A federal grand jury indicted three St. Louis aldermen, including the board’s president and longest-serving member, on charges of accepting bribes…
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Gun control bills to be taken up by U.S. House panel in emergency meeting
WASHINGTON — Following mass shootings in New York and Texas, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is holding an emergency meeting…
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Medicare recipients to see premium cut — but not until 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare recipients will get a premium reduction — but not until next year — reflecting what Health…
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Police investigate swastika painted on Black church
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern…
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New Missouri mothers won’t yet get more mental health, substance use health care
Threats of a filibuster in the Missouri Senate this year extinguished a proposal to extend health care for new mothers to…
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Missouri ranks 7th in electric vehicle use, but access to charging remains barrier
Beto Lugo-Martinez is a grassroots activist who advocates for clean air. A big part of his work is fighting the…
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City to resume alleyway recycling collection starting May 31
CITY HALL – St. Louisans can again put their household recyclables into the city’s blue alley bins for pickup separate…
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Commission recommends new names for 9 Army bases to end ties to Confederacy
WASHINGTON — The group in charge of renaming military installations that have continued to honor Confederates released its recommendations for…
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St. Louis Public Schools teachers to get big pay boost
Teachers in the St. Louis Public Schools district are celebrating a new contract that will provide the second highest pay…
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Missouri legislators load up state’s official calendar with awareness days
The bill started out as just one word. “Literally adding the word ‘Captain’ to the David Dorn Memorial Highway on…
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Baby formula industry was primed for disaster long before key factory closed down
The conditions that led to a shortage of baby formula were set in motion long before the February 2022 closure of the…
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Assistant city police chief gets $162K to settle discrimination lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city of St. Louis will pay a St. Louis assistant police chief nearly $162,000 to…
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Missouri legislature may revisit contraceptive limits post-Roe
By the time state lawmakers return to the Capitol next year, nearly all abortions could be illegal in Missouri. With a…
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Ashcroft won’t use random sampling to certify marijuana, ranked-choice initiatives
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will not use random sampling to verify whether a pair of initiative petitions submitted…
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Parson is wary of one-time tax credit bill, he says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is concerned about a one-time tax credit bill awaiting his approval, he…
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U.S. schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort
Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court’s declared goal…
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None of Missouri’s $35.6 million to tackle COVID health disparities has been spent
In March 2021 President Joe Biden’s administration announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address COVID health disparities, the largest federal funding…
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FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy children ages 5-11
U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance…
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Winners and losers of Missouri’s raucous 2022 legislative session
The 2022 legislative session ended last week the same way it began back in January: With the Missouri Senate bogged down…
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