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Mayor Cara Spencer wants to delay a vote on a St. Louis data center project near the Armory until new zoning rules have been approved. -
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Currently under federal law, convicted people with drug charges are banned from receiving SNAP benefits. A proposed Missouri House bill would opt out of the federal ban. -
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Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn. -
The number of fatal opioid overdoses has gone down in the last few years in Missouri, but the emergence of nitazenes — a class of potent, synthetic opioids – has state officials concerned.
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Tuesday's ruling reinstates the immigration status of those who came via CBP One and whose status was terminated.
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