ST. LOUIS—The U.S. Transportation Department has ended a $5 billion grant program that helps states build electric vehicle chargers. It’s a decision that would appear to have minimal impact in Missouri, but could upend a Pritzker administration goal of having 1 million registered electric vehicle users in Illinois by 2030. In a memo sent to…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that Nippon Steel would no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese company would instead invest in the symbolically important American business. The U.S. president mistakenly referred to Nippon Steel as “Nissan,” the Japanese automaker. But it’s Nippon Steel’s bid that generated controversy as both…
ST. LOUIS—The mayor of Granite City is cheering President Biden’s decision to block the nearly $15 billion deal that would have Japan’s Nippon Steel purchase U.S. Steel, saying the companies never came forward with specifics on how the agreement would impact operations in the Metro East. Mayor Mike Parkinson told Spectrum News he was pleased…
ST. LOUIS—Rep. Cori Bush’s downtown St. Louis office closes Friday as her time representing Missouri’s first district is technically down to less than two weeks. Lawmakers are expected to adjourn for the session as soon as they pass a bill to extend federal government funding. Bush’s Capitol Hill office closed last month as she winds…
ST. LOUIS— The final U.S. Figure Skating Championships before the 2026 Milan Olympics will take place in St. Louis, officials announced Monday. Enterprise Center will host the 2026 nationals from Jan. 5-11, 2026, with the results determining the makeup of the 2026 squad, including men, women, pairs and ice dancing. The last time St. Louis…
ST. LOUIS—With Republicans continuing to control the U.S. House in the next session of Congress, the St. Louis region could again have three members representing the area serving as committee chairs when the next session is sworn in in January, and missed out this week on adding a fourth. Rep. Jason Smith, Missouri’s eighth district…
ST. ANN, Mo.—The St. Louis metropolitan area will have two new new representatives in Congress beginning in 2025. Democrat Wesley Bell, the St. Louis County Prosecutor who defeated first district incumbent Cori Bush in the August primary, easily bested a field of challengers including Republican Andrew Jones on Tuesday. Bob Onder, the former State Senator…