Lilley Halloran
Newsroom InternLilley Halloran is a sophomore studying Journalism and Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. She previously served as a St. Louis Public Radio intern during her senior year at the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience.
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With the country’s second-largest collection of unrepatriated remains, Illinois has lagged far behind the nation. A new law has the Osage Nation hopeful there will soon be progress. -
Despite enrollment at Albert Cassens Elementary falling, as it is at many schools across Illinois, spirits were high with Edwardsville families and teachers as a new school year kicked off Wednesday.
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In Missouri, most WIC mothers start breastfeeding but stop during the first year. Experts say there needs to be more support for retention because breastfeeding supports public health.
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A group of Midwestern shrimp farmers is on a mission to provide Americans with better-tasting, sustainable shrimp. The industry struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers remain hopeful that the industry will come back stronger than ever.
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Aquarium workers say Shark Week has promoted the idea that sharks are dangerous, and they want to help visitors face their fears.
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Missouri municipalities can no longer charge local taxes on the back-to-school tax holiday. Teachers and students say it will help them save money.
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The food co-op aimed to provide food insecure residents with healthy products, but low business and dwindling grant money forced it to close.
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The budget generated little contention, but the bill that would provide legal counsel to tenants facing eviction prompted debate.
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Mike McLively of the Giffords Center for Violence Intervention said the city needs to improve overall safety by investing in programs that support mental health and housing security.
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Alderwoman Anne Schweitzer, 1st Ward, says the city’s Water Division has responded to 180 water main breaks since October.
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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones says she wants to follow cities that reduced crime by making investments in youth.
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Organizers of Vote16MO said that will allow teens to be more involved in decisions that affect their lives.
![Santiago Bianco, 31, of Gravois Park, shops for fresh produce on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at MARSH Grocery Cooperative in Carondelet. “I felt like I was having a pretty good day, until I learned [MARSH was] closing and I was a little distraught,” Bianco said of the community co-operative that opened in 2020 with a ‘pay what you can’ model. “Now I have to find a new place to get my groceries and prepared meals.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/030a6d8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2Fab%2Ffdd578f3465ea16c27cf95c670f2%2F071223-bm-marsh-6.jpg)
