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January results from a survey of supply managers in nine states in the Midwest and Plains suggest some improvement in the regional economy, but the conditions apparently didn’t engender much optimism from those surveyed, according to a report released Monday. ...

More than 1 million low-income residents in 21 states could soon lose their government food stamps if they fail to meet work requirements that began kicking in this month. The rule change in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was ...

Police across the United States are rethinking how they use force amid national outrage over questionable shootings and violent arrests. The changes include efforts in Dallas to train officers to de-escalate situations by moving backward during target practice and arming ...

The departure of the Rams to Southern California killed a plan to build a $1 billion riverfront stadium to keep the team in St. Louis, making city officials more anxious than ever to keep the federal government from moving a ...

Missouri lawmakers who want a private firm to scrutinize the state’s welfare rolls say it could save the state millions of dollars by ending benefits for people who aren’t actually eligible for them. Legislation that cleared House and Senate committees ...

A federal appeals court has found that an Omaha police officer did not violate a Pennsylvania man’s constitutional rights by detaining him several minutes after the man was given a warning, then searching his truck. The ruling Wednesday by the three-judge ...

A fired suburban St. Louis police lieutenant was convicted Thursday of conspiring to arrest a mayoral candidate on false allegations. The conviction of 35-year-old Steven Blakeney on three criminal civil rights charges is one of several cases of wrongdoing involving ...

The Kansas City Police Department announced Thursday that two sergeants and seven detectives in its Crimes Against Children section have been suspended with pay while it investigates claims that some cases haven’t been addressed in a timely manner. The department ...

The suspended University of Missouri assistant professor who was charged with misdemeanor assault stemming from a confrontation with two student journalists during November’s campus protests reached a deal Friday with prosecutors, getting community service but no jail time or fines ...

President Barack Obama has nominated an assistant U.S. Attorney for North Dakota to serve as a federal appellate judge. The president announced Thursday that he has selected Jennifer Puhl to serve on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She ...

Motivated by the resignations of two lawmakers, the Missouri Legislature on Thursday advanced another round of ethics-related bills including a measure to stop legislators from immediately becoming lobbyists. The wave of proposed changes to the state’s loose ethics laws comes ...