Police say the shooting was the result of a dispute among several people and happened outside Union Station, where an estimated 1 million people had gathered for the Chiefs celebration.
Descendants of those enslaved by St. Louis University calculated their ancestors’ unpaid labor. Here’s howDescendants of the Black people enslaved by St. Louis University have for the first time calculated how much labor and wealth was stolen from their ancestors, their latest effort in a yearslong push for the university to “make good on…
How Missouri Republicans want to change the process for voters to amend the constitutionSome Republican lawmakers argue the states's ballot measure process makes the constitution vulnerable and open to out-of-state money and special interests. Critics argue the move is a "denial of democracy."…
School leaders work to keep students in class amid rise in chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism is a problem for school districts and students and the situation has grown significantly worse since the pandemic. Nearly 30 percent of students were chronically absent during the 2021-2022 school year, missing at least 10 percent of school…
Chronic absenteeism is up across the country. School leaders are trying to address whyFederal guidelines say districts should aim to have 90 percent of students in attendance 90 percent of the time. In Missouri, about 76 percent of students meet this standard, according to state data from the 2022-23 school year.
School districts turn to 4-day week to cope with staffing and budget shortfallsAcross the country, more school districts are making the change to a four-day school week. NewsHour Communities Correspondent Gabrielle Hays traveled to one of those districts in Missouri to see how teachers and parents are adjusting.
Decades after historic Black hospital closes, former nurses fight to keep the memory aliveHistorian Cicely Hunter said the mere number of Black health professionals who came out of the institution was significant — the hospital educated Missouri residents, but also Black residents from elsewhere in the U.S.
In the nation’s smallest national park, a big push to preserve historyAlong with building updates, new exhibits will be open to the public about the courthouse’s history — including 300 freedom suits filed there, the most famous of which, from Dred and Harriet Scott, made it to the Supreme Court.
Why vasectomies are on the rise after the fall of Roe v. WadeData shows that interest in vasectomies as a form of birth control is on the rise after the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to seek an abortion in 2022. To learn more, John Yang speaks with communities correspondent…
As pandemic funding fades, Missouri child care providers wonder what’s nextAlong with helping child care facilities stay open, American Rescue Plan funds helped many providers increase wages for child care workers, who have long been among the country’s lowest-paid workers.
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