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Gretchen Bangert has served in the Missouri House for eight years.

A public school open enrollment measure narrowly won first-round approval in the House on Tuesday.

Voters may soon dissolve Missouri's Peaceful Village. Connections among businesses, nonprofits and a church — all tied to one person — drive the debate.

Senators moved to approve dozens of Gov. Mike Parson's appointments Tuesday before a committee took fast action on initiative petition changes.

Dara Daugherty's home was cited for numerous violations, including failing to have working smoke detectors and trash and debris piles deemed to be a fire hazard.

A teenage boy died Saturday, three days after he was found shot in the street.

The scimitar-horned oryx was deemed extinct in the wild until the St. Louis Zoo and others led an effort to send oryxes in zoos to Africa.

The law requires the city defend police officers if they are sued civilly and calls for them to be reimbursed if they lose income from private employment during disciplinary investigations.

The book features 23 recipes from Asia, Europe and North and South America.

The lawyers for a bar owner charged with assault after police crashed into his business say prosecutors are refusing to give them body camera footage of the incident.

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Cortez A. McCullough, 19, pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter, which was reduced from a charge of second-degree murder.

The university has reapplied for accreditation to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, which it had held since October 2017.

The New York Times and other news organizations say the Justice Department has subpoenaed congressional records as part of probe into Bush and her spending on security services.

The House Special Committee on Education Reform approved a measure that would expand charter schools into St. Charles and St. Louis counties and Columbia.

The Illinois State Board of Elections is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.

Henry Hughes pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, robbery, burglary and two weapons offenses in the deaths of Tommy L. Williams and his daughter, Octavia Williams.

The filibuster, joined by several members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus, prompted the cancellation of several committee hearings scheduled for Tuesday.

A teenager was shot in the leg Monday afternoon in the city's Walnut Park East neighborhood.