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An orbit-bound experiment by two Lindbergh High School students is delayed at least another year after it was lost by a package delivery company.

A quarter of all state tax revenue from recreational marijuana is supposed to help address long-standing issues in underserved communities.

Conservative legislators don’t want to renew a tax on health care providers unless they can get amendments they say are “pro-life” added.

Attorneys for three women trying to sign up for the health care program say they will appeal Cole County Judge Jon Beetem's ruling.

The Archdiocese of St. Louis is the latest religious institution to acknowledge its role in enslaving people. The archdiocese started a project called Forgive Us Our Trespasses to uncover that history.

Organizers expect around 15,000 people will attend each day of the four-day competition, bringing millions of dollars into the region.

For many, the dwindling of the coronavirus pandemic is a chance to reflect on a year of sickness and trauma. For Dr. Alex Garza, St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force commander, the last 14 months have offered unexpected lessons about public health. "A lot of the issues aren’t these scientific or medical issues," he said. "I think they’re more cultural and social."

St. Louis Art Museum officials have chosen Min Jung Kim, who has helped lead museums in Connecticut and Michigan, to run the organization. She'll be the museum's first female director and first director of color.

Washington University researchers are working with the National Institutes of Health to provide five St. Louis County school districts free saliva testing for the coronavirus. The RADx-Up research program set up drive-thru testing sites on school campuses throughout the Normandy, Jennings, Pattonville, University City and Ferguson-Florissant school districts.

The Senate will convene on Wednesday to start the process of approving the tax on healthcare providers that funds a large portion of the state's share of Medicaid.

Some residents in the city had asked for the bronze depiction of Ninian Edwards to be removed entirely because he owned enslaved people.

An investigation by St. Louis Public Radio and APM Reports found at least five homeless people froze to death this winter after city officials declined to fund a 24-hour walk-in shelter.