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St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will appoint members to the nine-person task force. The announcement comes as state lawmakers prepare to pass several bills limiting freedoms for transgender kids and teens.

Nearly 100 Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are the newest addition at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Butterfly House in Chesterfield.

Jordan Teisher and Matthew Albrecht are leading efforts at the Missouri Botanical Garden to bring back plants that have been extinct in the wild for more than 100 years.

Illinois has paid out millions in pension payments to ex-lawmakers who have admitted criminal wrongdoing or are awaiting trial.

As part of his $49.6 billion budget proposal, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker earmarked $20 million toward helping independent grocers open in food deserts across the state.

Native New Orleanian Simone Faure has baked king cakes at her south St. Louis bakery since it opened 10 years ago.

His re-election in December marked the first time in almost a decade that the party retained its top leader for a second two-year term.

Smart Start Illinois is the name of the early childhood education program that was announced Wednesday as part of the $49.6 billion budget proposed by Pritzker.

Attorney Lindsay Runnels of the Kansas City-based law firm Morgan Pilate has represented Lamar Johnson since 2015. Johnson was freed this week after serving 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

Some feel Missouri is so Republican now that primaries for key offices are inevitable. But others are concerned that nasty party contests could make general elections more difficult.

In his annual budget address, the Illinois governor cautioned against "a virulent strain of nationalism plaguing our nation."

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings, and that's the way I've got to look at life,” Johnson said. “I’m happy to have my life back, and I'm going to try to make the best of it.”