Imagine losing your home, your job, your school, everything you’ve worked for, not because of anything you did, but because of who you are. That was the reality for thousands of Japanese American families during World War II. A new exhibition at the St. Louis Kaplan...
A U.S. House committee is examining a decades-long decline in entrepreneurship among military veterans. U.S. Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo. 4th District, sits on U.S. House Committee on Small Business. During a hearing last week, he said many veterans want to start their own...
A federal fund to compensate Americans diagnosed with cancer or other illnesses linked to radiation exposure has been revived. And victims exposed to radiation in the St. Louis area are now eligible for payments. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expired...
A new attempt by Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is being made to revive the expired Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). A new version of his bill has been added to the so-called, “Big, Beautiful Budget Bill” being considered by the U.S. Senate....
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is renewing his push to provide compensation for radiation victims in the St. Louis area and other parts of the country. Hawley’s original bill that would have extended the life span of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act passed...
