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Illinois' high court put the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform — short for Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today — on hold in December just hours before it was scheduled to take effect. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case.

Legislation is being proposed at the federal and state level to restrict foreign ownership of farmland, especially by China. The scrutiny comes after a Midwestern project was scuttled by military concerns and the flight of a Chinese spy balloon across the U.S.

The future of cash bail in Illinois is in the hands of the state’s Supreme Court.

Members of the Missouri House adjourned for spring break on Thursday, while the Senate left the night before. The break marks the halfway point of the session.

High school theater teachers fear their stages will be the next battleground in the culture war. Plays have been canceled or removed when local officials claim the content is inappropriate.

Raw sewage backups and chronic flooding have been a decades-long issue in Centreville, now Cahokia Heights. Residents previously filed two federal lawsuits over these issues in 2020 and 2021.

Metro Call-A-Ride paratransit services will reduce services in parts of St. Louis County starting next month. Metro officials say they need to cut routes to help reduce trip denials and phone reservation wait times. But advocates for people with disabilities worry that the reduced bus service will limit their independence.

St. Louis City SC became just the fourth MLS expansion team to win its first two games. The first home game was a dream come true for many soccer fans in St. Louis and throughout the region.

Some Belleville Airbnb owners don’t go through the permitting process — and start earning extra money without obtaining business licenses or paying the city’s 8% hotel-motel tax, some in the city allege.

Transgender youth and their parents were shocked at Jamie Reed’s allegations — and now want officials to hear their perspectives.

Left beneath bridges and inside parking garages, Native American memorials in St. Louis draw advocates' ire.

On Tuesday, the justices will hear expedited arguments in a challenge to the Biden plan brought by six states — Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and South Carolina.