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President Biden has tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve as the economy faces huge challenges, including surging inflation.

Last year, COVID-19 pushed the persistent problem of healthy food access toward crisis levels. The number of meals provided by The St. Louis Area Foodbank, which serves 14 Missouri counties and 12 in Illinois, increased by 53% to nearly 53 million between June 2019 and June 2021, data from the nonprofit show.

Large donors can put universities in potentially awkward positions when faculty conclusions conflict with the interests of those benefactors. Data collected by Harvest Public Media and Investigate Midwest show corporations have given at least $170 million to ag colleges in the past decade.

Alderwoman Megan Green, who represents the 15th Ward, says her neighborhood is losing affordable housing units and people are getting priced out. She hopes imposing a conversion fee on developers who flip multi-unit buildings into single-family homes will help.

MODOT Director Patrick McKenna said money will go towards as many of the state’s more than 400 unfunded projects as possible

The proposals were submitted as a part of the lawsuits challenging the state's new legislative district maps and would create more majority Latino and Black districts.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen’s legislation committee released an updated draft of a redistricting map Thursday. It reduces the number of wards from 28 to 14, as approved by voters 10 years ago.

Commitment Coffee is helping to cover some of the college expenses of veterans' children.

The city has already received half of the money.

Congress told the Transportation Security Administration and airlines in 2018 to improve air travel for people with disabilities. But TSA data and stories from flyers suggest little has improved.

Nancy Kranzberg examines the economic impact that the arts make in the St. Louis community.