*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. President Lyndon Johnson chooses between two pens to sign legislation that created the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs ...

Since the implementation of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs in the 1960s, reducing government assistance has become impossible. Society (citizens and corporations alike) has developed a ...

On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson addressed a crowd of more than 80,000 at the University of Michigan’s football stadium in Ann Arbor. Having taken the oath of office just six months earlier ...

A more generous government doesn’t always lead to stronger economic growth, a healthier middle class, and public spaces as ...

On Thursday morning, US President Donald Trump said he intends to use this week’s government shutdown to impose, through dictatorial means, mass layoffs and the destruction of social programs in line ...

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, he committed himself to pushing through an ambitious slate of anti-poverty and civil rights ...

There has long been a tug-of-war over White House plans to make government more liberal or more conservative. Douglas Rissing/iStock / Getty Images Plus For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake ...

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Great Stone Viaduct Education Society the EPA Region 5 award Thursday ...

President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) For much of the 20th century, ...