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ACLU lawsuit challenges part of Amendment Two

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class action lawsuit late this afternoon that takes issue with part of Amendment Two, which deals with prayer and religious expression in Missouri. Amendment...

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Missouri exports grow at record-setting pace

Missouri exports are growing at a record-setting pace this year and trade with markets in Asia is up more than 24 percent this year alone. Tim Nowak, executive director of World Trade Center St. Louis,...

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Drug czar visits Missouri; pushes drug tracking system

The nations drug czar was in Fenton Wednesday highlighting the fact that Missouri does not have a prescription drug monitoring program. Its the only state in the US without a tracking system or that...

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Activists protest to lower payday loan interest rates, raise the minimum wage

Supporters of a failed effort to place initiatives on the November ballot in Missouri that would cap interest rates on payday loans and raise the minimum wage rallied in St. Louis today. From priests...

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Mo. lawmakers face big decisions in veto overrides

Missouri lawmakers are returning to the state Capitol and must decide whether to override any of Gov. Jay Nixon's vetoes . The Democratic governor vetoed about a dozen bills, but attention for a...

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Mo. payrolls increase by 17,900 jobs in August

A new report shows Missouri gaining nearly 18,000 jobs last month while the state's unemployment rate held steady at 7.2 percent. The state Department of Economic Development released the figures...

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Watch: Simply, 'Missouri Is Awesome'

Missouri is awesome. That's it. It's the premise behind a new effort to launch a clothing line representing the Show-Me state's excellence. The Springfield, Mo. folks behind the effort have also put...

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CDC Report: Obesity Rates Down Slightly Among Low-Income Preschoolers In...

Updated at 5:30 p.m. to adjust y-axis units on graph and to add second map. It's not a big change, but it's at least in the right direction. According to a new report released this week by the U.S....

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Missouri’s High School Equivalency Exam Gets A Reboot

The path to a high school equivalency certificate in Missouri is about to be rewired. Starting in January the GED exam, which has been used in the state since the 1940s, will be replaced. It’s a move...

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8 shot to death, including gunman, in Missouri rampage

The Texas County, Missouri, coroner says all seven people killed in an overnight house-to-house rampage were adults. The victims were found at four homes in Tyrone, about 40 miles north of the Arkansas...

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An interview with former FCC Chairman Al Sikes who, in 1991, predicted the...

It’s hard to imagine a time in which laptops, iPhone and satellite television weren’t immediately accessible and yet, in 1991, those opportunities were merely considered a brave new world. Imagine...

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Report: Missouri's testing requirements for teachers are top-notch

A report released Wednesday singles out Missouri for being the only state in the nation that requires science and social studies teachers to pass tests in all of the subject matters in which they are...

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Proposed Missouri law relieves firefighters from proving they got cancer on...

When firefighter Marnell Griffin died in January 2017, it was not due to burns, smoke inhalation or any of the other hazards people associate with his line of work. Griffin, a 22-year veteran of the...

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New almanac helps Missourians learn about the state’s facts and history

Did you know that Missouri was once a mecca for health conscious people, that there is a town in the state named Tightwad or there is still a law on the books that cattle can’t graze on airport...

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Missouri bird lovers join annual Christmas Bird Count

The National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is in full swing, with more than 2,500 counts taking place worldwide. Since 1900, bird enthusiasts have been tracking and counting the status...

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St. Louis gets needed rainfall after months of drought-like conditions...

St. Louis' weather forecast this week is rain, rain and more rain, yet that's good news for a region that's in the midst of a drought. National Weather Service meteorologist Jayson Gosselin says a dry...

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Protest buffer zone at St. Louis Planned Parenthood narrowly earns...

It soon could be harder for opponents of Planned Parenthood to get their message to people going to the St. Louis Central West End clinic. On a 15-13 vote, St. Louis Aldermen gave the measure,...

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Bear sighting in Ballwin has residents on alert

The Ballwin Police Department is urging residents to be cautious after a black bear was spotted Sunday in a St. Louis County neighborhood. According to a post on Facebook by the police department , a...

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New 'Vice' documentary features two Missouri plants

A documentary from the HBO series "Vice" features two Missouri plants that have been affected by President Donald Trump’s trade policies and tariffs. For one plant, the tariffs have been a lifeline;...

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Convicted woman receives parole in Missouri but still serving a life sentence...

After nearly eight years, members of the Women Initiate Legal Lifelines to Other Women — or the WILLOW Project — have made a significant gain in the case of a woman convicted of helping in the 1994...

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