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The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District expects to receive an additional $29 million in state loans to repair sewer pipes over the next year.Click to Continue »

The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman is proposing a plan he says will constrain costs in some of the fastest-growing parts of the state's budget.Click to Continue »

Fulton Public Schools has self-reported federal law violations that administrators believe were committed when students were asked personal questions during an activity called "Claim It" recently in a Fulton Middle…Click to Continue »

A Republican state lawmaker on Wednesday said his proposal to allow certain bus and train riders to carry guns would help Missourians protect themselves, while public transit lobbyists raised concerns…Click to Continue »

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's decision to retire has sparked a very public feud between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer…Click to Continue »

The Indiana attorney general has filed a petition asking a state agency to suspend the license of a Gary funeral home director accused of hiding the remains of two babies…Click to Continue »

The Missouri Department of Transportation's chief financial officer has been named interim department director.Click to Continue »

Authorities hunting for a convicted murderer say he somehow escaped from his cell in eastern Illinois, hid inside the jail and then beat a guard into unconsciousness.Click to Continue »

A federal judge says he'll decide soon on whether the Chicago Transit Authority must let employees distribute campaign leaflets in break rooms that oppose Mayor Rahm Emanuel's re-election bid.Click to Continue »

Investigators have found the SUV used by a convicted murderer to flee from a jail in eastern Illinois.Click to Continue »