WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Bell, Hayes, McIver, Introduce Legislation to Fund Gun Buybacks and Remove Firearms from Communities WASHINGTON D.C. - This week, Representatives Wesley Bell (D-Mo.), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), and LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) introduced the Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act, which would invest $360 million in grant funding to establish state and local gun buyback programs to help prevent gun violence, r  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 24 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * St. Louis Fed Releases Beige Book ST. LOUIS -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis released its portion of the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book, published today. The local report summarizes economic conditions for the Eighth District, which is based in St. Louis and covers all of Arkansas and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tenn  more