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U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in May, but the pace of construction remains significantly higher than a year ago as the real estate sector increasingly reflects the stronger job market. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that housing starts ...

The federal government has cited a Springfield-based manufacturer after a worker at the company plant died in January. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday cited Ridewell Corp. with a willful violation after the employee died after he was ...

Expanding their battle with organized labor, Republican lawmakers in the Midwest are moving to scrap labor laws that help unions win a healthy share of the jobs on public works projects and bolster trade union membership. Conservative legislators are targeting ...

The murder trial of a suburban Kansas City attorney accused of killing her millionaire father and his girlfriend has been rescheduled for August. The Kansas City Star reports Susan Elizabeth Van Note of Lee’s Summit now will go to trial ...

To one St. Louis-area school board member, a proposal revamping Missouri’s student transfer system could lead to “systemic dismantling” of public education in struggling districts. To the parent of a child who left the troubled Normandy district, it’s a chance ...

A federal judge has handed a partial victory to the former CEO of American International Group, who claimed the government’s bailout of the insurance giant in the heat of the financial crisis was unfairly punitive. Judge Thomas Wheeler ruled Monday ...

investigation into its methods of dispensing prescription drugs in Illinois. Schnuck Markets Inc. was accused of filling prescriptions written by unauthorized practitioners at several southwestern Illinois locations. Federal prosecutors on Friday announced the settlement. U.S. Attorney Stephen Wigginton of the ...

Queen Elizabeth II led commemorations Monday to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta — but the human rights the document helped enshrine are at the center of a modern political feud. British Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. ...

A California woman can’t challenge the government’s decision to deny a visa to her spouse from Afghanistan, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The justices ruled 5-4 that Fauzia Din, a naturalized U.S. citizen, had no basis to protest after the visa ...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s signature personal income tax cuts emerged mostly intact from a grueling legislative fight to close a budget deficit that arose after revenue failed to match the conservative governor’s predictions of an economic boom. Brownback and his ...

St. Louis contends that an ordinance requiring a public vote before city tax dollars are used on a new football stadium is valid. The argument is part of a counterclaim filed against the public board that owns and operates the ...