Just weeks before thousands of fans from around the world celebrate the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial, local organizers and security partners gathered there to practice responding to emergencies.
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The Missouri Senate wants $225 million set aside a few years ago to renovate the Capitol Building to instead support education funding and other programs. Kehoe and House Budget Committee Chairman Dirk Deaton said they’re not ready to go along with the plan
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Republican Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway explains why she led the effort amongst many Republican state attorneys general to try to stop Democrat lawsuits from preventing a presidential executive order from going into effect.
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About half of all Missouri enrollees chose bronze plans in 2026 — the lowest-premium option with the highest deductibles — a significant shift from last year, when mid-level silver plans were the most popular.
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A controversial plan to build a data center at the planned $3 billion Armory Innovation District in Midtown St. Louis received approval.
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Jonathan Wayne Morris, the owner of Columbia Urgent Care, 619 N. Providence Road, was arrested Wednesday.
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The bill was one of four signed into law. One adopts a new definition for antisemitism, including new penalties at colleges.
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Three appellate immigration judges sided with Department of Homeland Security lawyers who appealed a decision from Immigration Judge Michael Pleters terminating removal proceedings for DACA recipient Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago.
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Critics say the proposed rule to let the DOJ step into state bar investigations could weaken one of the last independent checks on government lawyers.
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Iran's Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday, as the White House confirmed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel there Saturday to try to "move the ball forward towards a deal."
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The new legislation would prohibit antisemitic and discriminatory speech in schools. But the Supreme Court has already ruled that if discriminatory or hate speech causes disruption in a classroom, schools can regulate it.
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The city has opened a bidding process for a new Material Recovery Facility, with submissions due May 12.
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Officials say replacing invasive species with native trees can help restore ecosystems and support wildlife
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Author and historian Greg Olson discovered the subject of his latest book, Jeffrey Deroine, while researching the Iowa Tribe of Native Americans. "What I really like about this story is...it changed a lot of the preconceptions I have about what it was like to be an enslaved person in Missouri and a free person of color in Missouri." April 22, 2026
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