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Refugees and asylees are among those who can no longer qualify for federal nutrition support until five years after obtaining green cards.
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“We're watching what Indiana does,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated event in Alton on Wednesday. “We may have to react to that.”
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Some Midwestern soybean farmers are selling their beans to be crushed and turned into soybean meal and oil. But economists say domestic processing won’t be enough to offset the drop in Chinese demand.
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Operation Food Search is partnering with the City Foundry to collect food for the thousands of St. Louisans who will lose SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown.
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Nearly 2M Illinoisans could lose benefits as federal shutdown continues.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Marty Baron will speak in St. Louis about “The Case for Worry ... and for Optimism.”
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The nationwide "No Kings" protests included several rallies in the St. Louis area, including one attended by hundreds in St. Peters.
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Thousands of "No Kings" protests are planned nationwide, and more than a dozen are scheduled in the St. Louis region.
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Justice Department lawyers argued that U.S. District Judge April Perry “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief.” “This is a victory for our state,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said after the court’s ruling.
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Autistic St. Louisans and parents of autistic children said President Trump harmed efforts to remove the stigma attached to the disorder.