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The move comes months after Missourians voted to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution.
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It’s not unusual for annual projections to show deficits in future years. Projections could change by the time Pritzker delivers his budget proposal on Feb. 19.
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The House also passed bills to end the capital gains tax, preserve the assets of foster children and allow landlords to refuse tenants who get federal housing assistance.
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Several of Missouri’s statewide officials are moving their St. Louis offices into the Old Post Office in downtown.
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The City of St. Louis receives at least $162 million in federal dollars, and over 150 city government projects would be impacted if President Donald Trump’s executive orders stick.
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Sonya Massey's shooting also spurred legislation on police hiring.
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The decadelong FBI investigation that led to Michael Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois history. Prosecutors summoned 50 witnesses to a 12th-floor courtroom in a bid to prove Madigan and Michael McClain guilty of “corruption at the highest levels of state government.”
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The fate of St. Louis Personnel Director Sonya Jenkins-Gray is now in the hands of the city’s civil service commission.
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The lawsuit alleges that Starbucks setting goals for the representation of people of color and women in its workforce and leadership amounts to illegal discrimination.
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The proposal would allow the council to fire a department head with five out of seven votes.
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Advocates have said Freeburg's mascot, the "Midgets” to be derogatory, objectifying and dehumanizing. A bill proposed in the Illinois General Assembly would ban public schools from using derogatory names for people with disabilities as mascots.
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One of the measures, Senate Bill 74, would bar cities and counties from imposing their own open carry firearm restrictions.