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This weekend's Weather: Cold and Breezy Friday, Warming Up Saturday

6 months ago
Friday morning starts off chilly with temperatures around 30 degrees and mostly sunny skies. The day will be colder than usual, with a high of 37 degrees. Breezy winds at 11 to 25 mph from the west-southwest will be noticeable in the morning. Through the afternoon, expect mostly sunny conditions with the cold continuing. By evening, it turns partly cloudy and remains breezy with south-southeast winds around 16 mph gusting to 23 mph. Overnight lows will dip to about 30 degrees, keeping the chill

Trump health agency proposes rules to limit gender-affirming care for youth

6 months ago
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Thursday in a campaign to block minors’ access to gender-affirming care nationwide.  Under two proposed new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, hospitals would be barred from providing gender transition treatment for children as a condition of participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs, […]
Shauneen Miranda

Friday, Dec. 19 - Kris Kringle is ready to rock

6 months ago
St. Louis musicians have historically made their mark on the holidays — now Kris Kringle and the Jolly Jingles are putting their ‘North Pole Rock’ twist on Christmas classics. St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Munoz hoped to speak with band founder Joe Bubenick about their unique sound, new song, and pandemic-era beginnings. But he wasn’t free. So here’s Kris Kringle instead.

Federal education cutbacks cause problems for Missouri school funding formula

6 months ago
The process of drafting a new formula to calculate state aid for Missouri’s public schools became more challenging this week as state officials discovered some federal data sources are likely to disappear. Kari Monsees, the state education department’s semi-retired chief of finance, told working groups tasked with revamping the formula that he hopes to find […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri is on notice about Lincoln University funding. Will lawmakers act?

6 months ago
In 2023, the U.S. secretaries of Education and Agriculture did something Missouri can’t shrug off: they wrote Gov. Mike Parson that from 1987 to 2020 the state underfunded Lincoln University by about $361 million in per-student support compared with the University of Missouri. It was a figure highlighted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and […]
Emir Phillips

Gaslight Dreams

6 months ago

Saint Louis Dance Theatre’s holiday tradition is set against the backdrop of the historic Gaslight Square entertainment district. Infused with jazz rhythms by Jazz St. Louis, the vibrant production transforms […]

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Rachel Huffman