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More cities are pressing pause on data centers as local backlash grows

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Hearing backlash from residents, cities and counties across the country in recent weeks have blocked planned data centers amid concerns over rising electricity prices and environmental harms. The local actions come as state lawmakers also are looking to limit or repeal the incentives for the centers, which are sprawling campuses of computer servers that store […]
Robbie Sequeira

Night Comfort

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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

Trump FCC Proposes Vile New Trans Panic TV Warnings

1 day 19 hours ago
Last month the FCC quietly issued a public notice saying the Brendan Carr run agency was demanding that the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and “the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes” included in children’s programming. You are to ignore that […]
Karl Bode

Bipartisan deal floated on college athletes’ name, image and likeness legislation

1 day 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A pair of U.S. senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a sweeping bill aimed at tackling many of the biggest issues surrounding how to compensate players in college sports. GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state — the top members of the Senate committee with jurisdiction […]
Shauneen Miranda

Wak’a Garden

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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

St. Charles' Heart of Banquet Center set for demolition Friday

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Changes are coming to a longtime popular venue in St. Charles, as demolition begins Friday morning on the Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center. The former Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center is one of the community's most recognizable gathering places. The building has been vacant since 2019, when it was [...]
Nick Gladney

Missouri bill aims to make it easier to dismiss lawsuits that punish public criticism

1 day 21 hours ago
A Missouri bill awaiting action from Gov. Mike Kehoe would give judges broader power to quickly dismiss lawsuits designed to chill speech, replacing what supporters have long described as among the weakest anti-SLAPP laws in the country. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Mike Henderson of Desloge, would repeal Missouri’s current anti-SLAPP law and […]
Jason Hancock

How Trump’s ‘slush fund’ sparked lawsuits, roiled Republicans and revived Jan. 6

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies.  Among the top concerns: Could pardoned Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers claim a slice of the pie and essentially be rewarded […]
Ashley Murray