Session ended on Friday with recriminations from within the GOP supermajority — and measured optimism from Democrats that they could gain seats this year.
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Civil rights attorney and former South Carolina state representative Bakari Sellers says national police reform is currently dead, but there is hope through voting to change the makeup of Congress.
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The Missouri House refused to go to conference and wanted the Senate to adopt a version of the proposal with other provisions that critics call "ballot candy."
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Tosha Phonix says gardens and farms empower Black communities in St. Louis.
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The wide-reaching legislation also includes provisions on electric vehicle charging stations, a land bank program and chicken ownership.
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Former funeral director surrendered his license in March after state regulators found deplorable conditions. The new owner recently found three disembodied human legs — although a mundane explanation emerged.
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There are still no confirmed cases of the H5N1 influenza virus in Illinois' dairy livestock after the federal government enacted mandatory testing and reporting for interstate travel.
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Bayer, the German company whose crop sciences division is based in St. Louis, has already paid out $10 billion for claims Roundup caused plaintiffs’ non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Grant School District 110 failed to apply for several federal grants in recent years. The district was certified as being in "financial difficulty" in March by the Illinois' State Board of Education.
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Members of the Freedom Caucus said the move to send the proposal to conference effectively kills what supporters call IP reform.
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“InVISIBLE: A Reclaiming of the Asian Gaze” opens May 17 at Wildfruit Projects.
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