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Missourians Support Legal Weed By Wide Margin, New Poll Finds

3 years 3 months ago
By a ratio of almost three to one, Missourians are enthusiastic about legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. The SurveyUSA poll was released earlier this week. It was sent out mid-September and included responses from 1,000 Missourians, 830 of whom identified as registered voters.
Ryan Krull

Sweetie Pie's Upper Crust to Close September 25

3 years 3 months ago
Soul food restaurant Sweetie Pie's Upper Crust will be closing its doors on September 25, owner Robbie Montgomery announced on Instagram on Tuesday. The Sweetie Pie's restaurant chain was at the center of the reality TV show Welcome to Sweetie Pie's.
Rosalind Early

$1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot winners come forward

3 years 3 months ago
The winner of the $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forward nearly eight weeks after the drawing. The Illinois Lottery said Wednesday morning that the prize has been claimed by two people who agreed to split the prize if they won. The winners are remaining anonymous. “I’ve been working for the Illinois Lottery for [...]
Monica Ryan

There Have Been Decades Of Broadband Policy And Subsidies And We’re Only Just Now Accurately Measuring Their Impact

3 years 3 months ago
This FCC this week formally announced it had finally started gathering more accurate broadband mapping data from U.S. ISPs after more than a decade of complaints about mapping accuracy. “On June 30, the Federal Communications Commission opened the first ever window to collect information from broadband providers in every state and territory about precisely where […]
Karl Bode

Horror Film Festival Happening in St. Louis in October

3 years 3 months ago
Halloween events are ramping up and with them comes the announcement that a horror film festival is happening in St. Louis in October. The 2nd Annual Haunted Garage Horror Festival will be held at the Westport Playhouse (635 West Port Plaza Drive, WestportPlayhouse.com) from October 7 through October 9.
Jaime Lees

Republicans in Congress push to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth

3 years 3 months ago

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to commit to bringing legislation to the floor that would make it a felony to perform gender-affirming care on transgender youth, should the GOP take control of the U.S. House following the November midterm elections. “How on earth can this be happening in America? […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Missouri's Child Welfare Agency Is Dangerously Understaffed

3 years 3 months ago
This story originally appeared in the Missouri Independent. Eighty open cases of child abuse and neglect sat on Matt Cordova’s desk in 2017 during the height of the “hole I found myself buried in,” he remembers. Twenty open cases would have been a lot to handle; 80 was impossible.
Clara Bates

Man shot while driving on Olive Boulevard

3 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A man was shot while driving Wednesday morning on Olive Boulevard. The man told the Creve Coeur Police Department that he was driving near Dorsett and McKelvey Road in Maryland Heights when he saw two vehicles stopped in the middle of the road. He went around them and then entered [...]
Monica Ryan