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AmeriCorps members were working on environmental education and habitat restoration at parks and nature centers in rural areas across the country. Now federal cuts have eliminated many of those positions.

Gateway to the Great Outdoors takes low-income, urban youth into nature for educational experiences. The Trump administration effectively canceled two major grants for the organization.

President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office on April 30. And many of his initial actions in office made a mark on the St. Louis region and Missouri and Illinois.

AmeriCorps in Belleville and East St. Louis are just two of the latest offices scattered across the country that have been ordered to halt operations.

Watch leaders from NPR and PBS testify at 9 a.m. CST before a U.S. House subcommittee.

The U.S. Department of Education can only be fully closed through an act of Congress.

An estimated 800 employees were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents Illinois' 8th Congressional District in suburban Chicago, came to East St. Louis over the weekend when U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is contemplating whether to run for another term in 2026.

Dozens of American Federation of Government Employees union members rallied Saturday outside the post office in Florissant, calling on President Donald Trump to withdraw his executive orders that have disrupted workers nationwide since January.

FDA officials say the lab in the Central West End will stay open after the Department of Government Efficiency said it was terminating the facility’s lease.