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Breaking exclusive: Federal officials are calling for sweeping reforms at the Special School District of St. Louis County after an investigation concluded the district restrained or secluded students at alarming rates. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

A great read from intern Natanya Friedheim this morning with photos from Liz Rymarev 💪 www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

Just got rickrolled at Missouri School for the Blind

Only at the south St. Louis YMCA will you hear a man ranting about a sinkhole to an alderperson across the gym as he rides an elliptical and she a stair master at 9:45 p.m. on a Monday.

Chief Robert Tracy's $100,000 contract with UMSL, which @stltoday.com obtained through a public records request, stipulates his compensation is contingent on "funding availability from external gift or grants." It's not clear what the external source would be. From @monicaobradovic.bsky.social

Public schools bore the brunt of St. Louis County's senior tax freeze. Across the county, school districts will receive $19.6 million less in revenue this year. That amount is more than half of the total $30 million seniors saved in the first year of the tax break. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

This graphic in a Riverview Gardens budget presentation oh my god

Rents across the #STL region are soaring, but nowhere more than neighborhoods that have become targets of real estate investors. Four of the ZIP codes with the top increases in rent since 2023 are in a swath of North County from the airport to the Mississippi. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

A new record for expired tags in STL

U.S. congressman Bob Onder and Missouri state Sens. Nick Schroer and Adam Schnelting are working with a conservative PAC to give Francis Howell high schoolers $1,000 to set up Turning Point USA chapters www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

The Dunklin School District said the employee's comment on her personal Facebook account did "not align with the mission of our district."

I talked to over a dozen students in St. Louis about what school has been like under Missouri's cell phone ban. To my surprise, a lot of them are enjoying phone-free days. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

Me: flips a light switch on Ameren: 🫴🏻 that’ll be $5 🫴🏻

NEW @chronicle.com: I sat down with the chancellors of Vanderbilt and WashU to talk about how they believe #HigherEd should respond to Trumpism, and the pushback that stance has gotten from their peers. #AcademicSky

The first day of classes was not without glitches. Dozens of buses were delayed up to an hour or longer. Several students showed up to schools not knowing they were closed due to tornado damage. None of the school buses appeared to be even half-full. stltoday.com/news/local/e...

In the Ville

"Some members of the Missouri House and Senate want to make citizen-led initiative petitions more difficult to enact, particularly after Missouri voters approved a laundry list of progressive changes at the ballot box in recent years." www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Donors to Missouri's tax credit program for private school tuition is no longer available through Missouri’s transparency portal. The state treasurer's office "didn't seem to be aware" the list was available until @missouriindependent.com reported on it. missouriindependent.com/2025/07/29/d...

This is Bob Suberi of St. Louis www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

St. Louis’ leading research university has quietly removed references to the university’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion from many of its websites amid rising federal scrutiny of higher education.

Wow: "The fate of NCES remains uncertain. The Education Department says that it is restarting and reassessing some of the data collections that DOGE terminated, but the scope of the work might be much smaller." Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Superman promotion during STL arch fireworks was crazy

Drone footage compares how neighborhoods and parks around St. Louis have changed more than a month after the May 16 tornado. Read full coverage of the May 16 tornado here: https://go.stltoday.com/516tornado?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

I know I go to the Royale too much because Maps assumes I’m going there whenever I get in the car on a weekday evening

“I’m looking forward to getting relief to people devastated by this storm.”

"Within the span of four days, the Brown family faced the reality of two destroyed homes, as well as the loss of its matriarch and any semblance of a certain future." Important, in-depth, heart-rending local reporting on this ongoing crisis, by @monicaobradovic.bsky.social

"I cannot move on from this without providing accountability and ensuring that our emergency management is in trusted hands."

Do you have damage? Send pictures and a description, if you're in a safe place. www.stltoday.com/online/submi...

A self-proclaimed “book banning pastor” was kicked out of a school board meeting in St. Charles County on Thursday after he was barred from speaking. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

WashU has removed the name of Robert J. Terry from a lecture series and professorship after the university’s new Naming Review Board agreed with a challenge brought by 12 students.

Traffic lights going up in front of Ted Drewes

My small but growing collection of old St. Louis Post-Dispatch clips that make me laugh 🥒😴

Only 36% of international students at SIUE stay past their first year. The university is offering them significant scholarships to stay. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

When the paper’s two Balkan reporters team up 🤝 www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

At least 1,000 people are marching in downtown St. Louis to protest Trump, ICE, Elon Musk and federal cuts to research funding.

The hijacker, Akinyela Taylor, was an assistant football coach at McCluer North High School for about six months in 2018-2019, a spokeswoman for the Ferguson-Florissant School District said.

Local immigration attorneys say federal authorities are revoking international students’ visas and legal statuses for minor offenses such as traffic tickets — or seemingly for no reason at all.

I didn't expect to cry today! Wonderful storytelling by Allie Schallert and Colleen Schrappen. Don't skip the video if you can stand the quick ad. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

A reversal of decades of state utility policy, shifting risk from investors to consumers. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

WashU is one of over 50 universities the Trump administration says it's investigating for racial discrimination www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

Steve Tamari is suing WashU nearly a year after the protest on WashU's campus left him hospitalized for two days www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

The Bridge https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/10435/

Districts have started advising their staff on how to handle federal officials if they show up on campus. While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are now able to enter schools, they need a warrant to talk to students or access records. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

Attendance at Ritenour's school for English language learners has dropped 20% over the past two weeks. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...