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Night Comfort

9 hours 30 minutes ago

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]

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Myranda Levins

New Trump FCC Plan To ‘Fight Robocalls’ Raises Red Flags And Major Privacy Concerns

10 hours ago
We’ve talked a lot about how Americans have somehow accepted the fact that our voice networks are now saturated with scammers, fraudsters, and robocallers (no, that’s not something that happens in well run, functionally regulated countries). I’ve also explained for years how the U.S. government solutions to the problems are usually ineffective because they’re endlessly […]
Karl Bode

Missouri schools could hire armed ‘rangers’ under bill sent to governor

10 hours 30 minutes ago
A bill to create a new faction of school protection officers with “physical fitness superior to a U.S. Marine” got final approval from Missouri lawmakers in the final days of the legislative session. The legislation seeks to allow schools to hire volunteer or paid guards called “Missouri Rangers” who could carry a gun on school […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Wak’a Garden

10 hours 30 minutes ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Franklin County data center hearing stretches over 13 hours

10 hours 39 minutes ago
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A marathon hearing in Franklin County on Monday wrapped up after more than 13 hours of public testimony. Residents packed East Central College in Union to weigh in on proposed data center regulations and two rezoning requests. The meeting started Monday morning and lasted until after 10 p.m. County leaders heard [...]
Nick Gladney

Hearing set for ongoing budget battle between City Police Board, City Hall

11 hours 2 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - A critical court hearing is scheduled Tuesday afternoon in the ongoing budget battle between the St. Louis City Police Board and City Hall. The City Police Board has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Cara Spencer and others, alleging the city must provide millions more in funding to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police [...]
Nick Gladney

Miscarriage patients have fewer treatment options in states with abortion bans, study shows

11 hours 30 minutes ago
Pregnant patients experiencing miscarriage who live in states with abortion bans have fewer options for healthcare management, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, published May 18, found a shift away from managing miscarriages with a two-drug approach that includes mifepristone — which has been the […]
Kelcie Moseley-Morris

St. Charles city leaders to vote on permanent data center ban

11 hours 35 minutes ago
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - St. Charles city leaders are expected to vote Tuesday evening on a permanent ban on large data centers. The vote comes after months of strong opposition from St. Charles residents and a one-year moratorium on a proposed data center on the north side of town. As the one-year ban is set [...]
Nick Gladney

Tuesday, May 19 - A useful setback

11 hours 57 minutes ago
The Mississippi River is lined with decades-old levees that sit right on the river bank. But some researchers say those levees are doing a poor job of preventing floods — especially as climate change makes historic flooding events more common and more severe. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Katie Grawitch reports, a new setback levee system near Spanish Lake is one of many getting a makeover that will help it guard against flooding.

Heavy rain and storm chances linger Tuesday, drying out midweek

12 hours 5 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - We are thankful for 6-8 hour break from the heaviest rainfall and storms, but the active weather is far from over. After some dry time, rain is moving back in Tuesday morning, bringing with it some lightning and the threat for hail.   We will need to watch for heavy road ponding [...]
Angela Hutti