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A cornfield before its harvested on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in rural northeast Missouri.

More Midwest states are trying to block foreign ownership of farmland in 2024

At least 21 states are considering legislation to block foreign companies and individuals from purchasing farmland. The issue has gained momentum in recent years.

Congressman Jason Smith, seen here at a 2023 Ways and Means Committee hearing, is supporting the debt ceiling deal.

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith pushes bipartisan deal to expand child tax credit, business incentives

The Salem Republican has taken criticism from both parties for his work on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.

Missouri state Senator Andrew Koenig stands at a mic and responds to reporter questions during a press conference.

Missouri lawmakers poised for debate over open enrollment, private school scholarships

Supporters believe they have momentum, though GOP infighting in the Senate could doom their chances.

Max Stark, 12, a 7th grader at Senn-Thomas Middle School in Herculaneum, uses a magnifying glass to look at details of his team’s model city, “Ulia Pele” during the 2023-2024 Missouri Future City Competition hosted by the Kaleidoscope Discovery Center on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at the Butler-Carlton Hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. This year’s theme of the state-wide middle school competition is “electrify your future.”

Missouri middle schoolers compete to design an electrified city of the future

Junior high students from around Missouri competed to represent the state in a national contest to design and present a vision of an electrified, eco-friendly city that could be a model for life in the future.

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins pushes boundaries, including in a recent SLSO premiere

Kelly Hall-Tompkins' world premiere performance of Jeff Beal's “Body in Motion” for Violin and Orchestra with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on Jan. 12 was nearly a year in the making.

Lincoln University is in turmoil after the death by suicide of its vice president of student affairs and sharp criticism of its president, who is now on voluntary paid leave.

Lincoln University alumni call for president's ouster after vice president's suicide

The Missouri HBCU's national alumni association leaders echo Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey's scathing critique of university president John B. Moseley.

Fog rises off the Missouri River in front of the Missouri State Capitol building on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Jefferson City, Mo.

Freedom Caucus blocks Parson’s appointments in fight to make constitutional amendments harder

Members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus held up the Senate for hours on Thursday over the lack of action on legislation that would make amending Missouri’s constitution more difficult.

MetroLink's proposed $1 billion north-south rail in tough competition for federal funding

Transit officials say a $1 billion expansion of the MetroLink that would connect north and south St. Louis along Jefferson Avenue will rely on federal transit grants.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks at a podium with Gov. Mike Parson behind him.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson accused of illegally using office to meddle in primaries

A Republican candidate for attorney general called the governor’s efforts to pressure a political organization to support Andrew Bailey "egregious and potentially illegal."

Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, is retiring after roughly 16 years in the U.S. House. Luetkemeyer served on the House Financial Services Committee.

With U.S. Rep. Luetkemeyer retiring, 3rd District residents can expect a crowded GOP primary

The St. Elizabeth Republican is departing a Congress that’s been stymied by infighting among Republicans.

St. Louis Reparations Commission extended until September

The St. Louis Reparations Commission will be extended until Sept. 9. The commission was previously set to end this spring. Members asked Mayor Tishaura Jones for more time to engage with the community and to produce a final report.

Katelyn Moody, a process operator at Curio Wellness’ new marijuana manufacturing site, demonstrates equipment that will be used to make edibles during a tour on Dec. 4, 2023, in St. Louis County.

Marijuana manufacturing, cultivation facility set to open in Maryland Heights

The entire facility is 130,000 square feet, with the manufacturing portion taking up 55,000 square feet. The rest is under construction to build out the cultivation side — where the plants will grow — with opening anticipated for April.

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