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While dispensary workers see progress, marijuana manufacturing employees say they are stuck in a ‘gray area,’ unable to unionize because they may be considered agriculture workers.

It’s taken Attorney General Andrew Bailey his entire first year in office to work through a backlog of requests he inherited from his predecessor.

The sheriff’s patrol budget is increasing 2% next year. Republican members of the St. Clair County Board say there's not enough deputies. The sheriff has also told the board staffing challenges.

The cost-saving measures enacted by the private Clayton-based university will reduce the next two fiscal year's budgets by more than $2 million combined.

Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.

The symbolic measure was blocked on a 3-3 vote, with resolution co-sponsor Matt Swanson absent. Immigration advocates broke out in applause after the vote.

St. Louis University High School freshman DeJuan Strickland used stimulus money from the COVID-19 pandemic to publish his first comic book, "Tech Boy," in 2021. In addition to his work in comics, Strickland has led several initiatives to eliminate school lunch debt.

The longtime civil rights and voting rights activist died Thanksgiving Day in O'Fallon, Illinois. Scott spent 32 years as the head of the East St. Louis NAACP branch.

One of the biggest issues facing the local education system is the growing number of teachers needed — especially special education and bilingual teachers, as well as paraprofessionals.

Farmers got a slightly smaller percentage of what consumers spent on food in 2022 than the year before, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In most cases, Thanksgiving staples return cents on the dollar to farmers.

State Rep. Ian Mackey, D-Clayton, said election year politics could interfere with the legislature.

Illinois advocates have continued calls to speed up contributions to new Illinois schools funding formula.