A roughly 40‑member panel will study whether district mergers and other consolidation can help struggling St. Louis‑area schools, starting with north St. Louis County.

Wentzville aldermen will meet July 22 to finalize a six‑month pause on new large‑scale data centers while staff studies water, power and neighborhood impacts. The draft ordinance would temporarily stop new applications as the city reviews protections.

KSDK has named Denisha Thomas its new news director as the station's parent faces a court-ordered pause on a $6.2B sale. The hire arrives amid legal uncertainty over ownership.

A paid AI-generated ad in the St. Charles County executive primary is drawing criticism from rivals and highlighting gaps in state rules on deepfakes.

Missouri capped routine legislative mileage reimbursements after a Brentwood lawmaker filed dozens of out‑of‑session trips and collected roughly $5,076 in mileage.

Missouri will waive state and local sales tax on qualifying clothing, school supplies and certain computers from Aug. 7–9. Price caps and online/layaway rules determine what counts.

The Missouri attorney general filed a quo warranto asking a judge to remove Ray County Prosecutor Camille Johnston, and a court has temporarily barred her from the office pending the case. The petition alleges undisclosed relationships with people connected to cases and other misconduct.

Emails and filings tie tornado donations to a hard‑to‑trace nonprofit linked to Cori Bush, and Missouri’s attorney general says she’s reviewing the records.

Missouri regulators asked a judge to fine Preservation Board member Anthony Robinson, saying he violated a 2024 agreement about practicing architecture without a license.

Outside PACs and rival operatives are trading attack mailers in Missouri's 10th Senate primary after a lawmaker's 988 hotline test. The race has gone national in tone.

A former St. Louis Sheriff’s Office administrator says she was fired after cooperating with investigators and has sued the city and former Sheriff Alfred Montgomery.

In the St. Louis rematch, Cori Bush is targeting Wesley Bell’s pro‑Israel votes and the outside money supporting him. The Aug. 4 primary has become a nationalized test of local politics.

A pending county ordinance would end yearly reapplications for the Senior Real Estate Property Tax Relief Program, automatically renewing approved participants unless eligibility changes.