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Kim Gardner saga tops the list of the year’s biggest political news in the St. Louis region.

Public records show the Missouri House spent $60,000 of taxpayer money renovating the speaker’s office — including $29,000 on new furniture like a leather sofa and new fridge. At the same time, other legislative offices remain inaccessible to constituents with disabilities.

St. Louis-based dining critics & food writers dish on 2023 trends and highlights, and talk about what’s to come in 2024.

St. Louis Public Radio photojournalists Brian Munoz and Tristen Rouse make tens of thousands of photographs each year. Here are some of the most memorable from 2023.

The legislation filed by Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin was inspired by Evergy’s rollout of time-of-use pricing plans to its customers last summer, which included a plan that would have quadrupled customers’ charges for energy used at times of high demand.

Illinois officials now recommend the use of masks in certain settings as COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen across the state in recent weeks.

After Northview Village administrators notified employees at the north Kingshighway facility Friday they would not be paid, management shuttled approximately 170 residents to new homes. Employees still have not received their paychecks, and some families are trying to track down their loved ones.

The Gateway Arch’s new, LED lighting system will turn on each night with a dramatic, 30-second sequence. Officials say the lights will save energy and pose less of a threat to migrating birds.

Advocates say merit scholarships mainly benefit white, wealthy students and make it harder for low-income students to afford college.

Union members and labor experts agree that a collective sense of job insecurity and frustration over wages and working conditions are driving activity in the region.

Missouri's education department has released new performance data finding chronic absenteeism remains a problem for many school districts. Among them are St. Louis Public Schools with 51% of students chronically absent, Normandy Schools Collaborative with 52%, Ferguson-Florissant with 43%, Hazelwood with 42% and Riverview Gardens among the worst in the state with a 61% of students chronically absent.

The year in St. Louis’ climate was defined by nights that wouldn’t cool down and a record-setting lack of rain.