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Bills largely split by partisan divides seek to expand or modify charter school operation in Missouri
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St. Louis County health officials said those affected by the bacterial infection attended four events hosted or catered by Andre’s Banquets and Catering. The owner has denied his business is the culprit.
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Missouri lawmakers formed a new committee to document the effects of radioactive waste in the St. Louis region and other Missouri sites and to search for policy solutions.
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Since the 2018-19 school year, the Hazelwood School District has increased its rate of investigating student residency eightfold, deploying a team of employees who can use intrusive tactics.
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St. Louis County restored the only known remaining African American school in the county. During the 1900s, African Schoolhouse No. 4 held about 20 Black children each school year before it closed in 1950.
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Despite pleas from community members who say the landfill is responsible for mysterious illnesses, federal environmental regulators said that they can’t provide a timeline for cleanup.
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A historical marker in Clayton, Missouri, declared that St. Louis County was “first visited by white colonists” in the early 1700s. The sign was taken down this past November, but a professor says it was a missed opportunity for change.
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Thousands of Kias and Hyundais were stolen in Missouri last year. The problem is so bad that two major insurance companies have ceased writing new policies for Kias and Hyundais built before 2023.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is trying to vacate Johnson’s 1995 murder conviction, a crime that Johnson has long held he did not commit. But she’s facing pushback from the attorney general’s office.
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The new research, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, examines the practice of plea negotiations in St. Louis County, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.