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For recently naturalized citizens, the 2024 election could mark their first time casting a ballot in a U.S. presidential race. Here are the handful of states where new citizen voters could hold political power.

To date, only 4% of the money sought for projects to help the city of Cahokia Heights address its flooding and sewage crisis has been spent, according to an EPA analysis.

The St. Louis Department of Health has placed a naloxone box outside its building near Soulard Market, the first of many boxes planned for throughout the city. The nasal spray blocks the effects of opioids in the body of someone who is overdosing.

The patient got infected from exposure to dairy cows. Health officials say risk to the general public remains low.

This year’s Missouri General Assembly session was defined by fighting among factions in the Republican Party amid campaigns for other offices ahead of the November general election. It resulted in a recent low for passing legislation. Most laws are still waiting a signature or veto from Gov. Mike Parson.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will sign the budget, which passed the House early on Wednesday morning.

The St. Louis Reparations Commission is working on its proposed 100-page report. It will include narratives and documentation that focus on housing, neighborhoods and built environment, education, public health, jobs and the economy, and state violence and policing. About 20 local and national experts will help write the final report.

The EPA could soon face a lawsuit for not protecting farmers from “forever chemicals.” Few states regulate PFAS in biosolids fertilizer, but farmers in the northeast are now calling for federal standards.

Democrats needed three tries to pass $1.1 billion revenue plan just before 5 a.m.

Black voters have traditionally been a critical part of the Democratic Party’s coalition. But polls this year show a softening of that support.

Sen. Josh Hawley, Rep. Ann Wagner, and Rep. Cori Bush vow to fight against a bill to renew the program set to expire June 10 if Missouri is excluded.

The fiscal year 2025 spending plan spends $400 million more than what Gov. JB Pritzker proposed in his February budget address.