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St. Louis Public Radio photojournalists Brian Munoz and Tristen Rouse make tens of thousands of photographs each year. Here are some of the most memorable from 2023.

Illinois officials now recommend the use of masks in certain settings as COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen across the state in recent weeks.

After Northview Village administrators notified employees at the north Kingshighway facility Friday they would not be paid, management shuttled approximately 170 residents to new homes. Employees still have not received their paychecks, and some families are trying to track down their loved ones.

Advocates say merit scholarships mainly benefit white, wealthy students and make it harder for low-income students to afford college.

Union members and labor experts agree that a collective sense of job insecurity and frustration over wages and working conditions are driving activity in the region.

Missouri's education department has released new performance data finding chronic absenteeism remains a problem for many school districts. Among them are St. Louis Public Schools with 51% of students chronically absent, Normandy Schools Collaborative with 52%, Ferguson-Florissant with 43%, Hazelwood with 42% and Riverview Gardens among the worst in the state with a 61% of students chronically absent.

The five-year forecast from the Illinois governor’s budget office indicates Illinois is still facing a structural budget deficit.

On Friday a jury ordered Giuliani to pay more than $148 million in damages.

Despite some progress in recent years, teacher diversity in Illinois continues to significantly lag the growing diversity of the student population.

The efforts to remove books from school libraries started with parents in local school districts and eventually led to state legislatures. After two years of controversy, one school librarian says her colleagues are leaving the profession because it has become too painful.

Missouri’s tax-credit-funded scholarship program will gain a new partner in one of the state’s largest public education institutions.

The Missouri State Employees Retirement Fund reversed its previous decision to reject a divestment proposal from Treasurer Vivek Malek. One of the four legislators on the board accused Malek of playing politics with state investments to boost his 2024 election chances.