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Each of the state’s 28 prisons will receive $15,000 for books, magazines and other supplies — the first time they’ve received public funding of any kind in six years.

The vice president will speak Friday at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in St. Louis.

Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the United States since 1988.

The sold-out event in St. Louis coincides with a three-day Democratic National Committee event that will feature Vice President Kamala Harris.

Marc Smith is one of the three Illinois agency leaders to announce their end-of-year departure plans.

Farmers say Title One — a farm bill program that sends money when crop prices or harvests get low enough — isn’t working as a buffer against tough years. Yet others argue the nearly 100-year-old safety net is costing billions of dollars with few strings attached.

Forestry and Streets Divisions workers, with help from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and advocates, dismantled, bagged and tagged a smattering of tents and belongings left from the encampment late Tuesday evening.

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Trump and Biden in a dead heat — but a conviction could change that, as independent voters aren't interested in supporting Trump if he's convicted.

St. Louis officials early Tuesday morning called off an attempt to disband an encampment of people who have been sleeping in tents outside Mayor Tishaura Jones’ office window at City Hall for months.

The grocery store chain unraveled this year as St. Louis-area locations closed and it faced a lawsuit over late taxes and unpaid rent. Its owner had envisioned the store bringing high-quality products to food deserts.

Bill Eigel has faced accusations that his gubernatorial campaign used deceptive fundraising tactics, drawing a rebuke from former President Trump’s lawyers. The firm behind that strategy also raised cash for attorney general hopeful Will Scharf.

St. Louis’ largest health system, BJC HealthCare, plans to merge with Kansas City’s second-largest, St. Luke’s Health System, uniting more than 28 hospitals on both sides of Missouri by the end of this year.