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Trump’s FCC ‘Investigates’ Disney For Not Being Racist And Sexist Enough

1 year ago
Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr isn’t really interested in doing his actual job as head of the FCC. He’s not interested in protecting consumers or markets from notoriously shitty telecom monopolies. He’s not interested in protecting consumers or markets from harmful consolidation. He’s not interested in addressing the fact the telecom industry just saw the […]
Karl Bode

Hourslong filibuster over Franklin County Commission appointment sputters in Missouri Senate

1 year ago
A Republican state senator spent hours Wednesday trying to block the appointment of his former colleague to a county office over a grudge that goes back more than seven years. Shortly after 1 a.m., the filibuster sputtered and the appointment was confirmed by the Missouri Senate. State Sen. Mike Moon, an Ash Grove Republican, sought to prevent former Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz from being confirmed to a spot on the Franklin County Commission. Schatz was appointed to the job earlier this…
Annelise Hanshaw

Ethics panel issues ‘reproval’ to lawmaker from Wildwood who ran for Missouri House speaker

1 year ago
A Missouri House member violated a state disclosure law by voting on an appropriation that helped his employer, according to a report approved unanimously on Wednesday by the House Ethics Committee. The committee, made up of five Republicans and five Democrats, was investigating a complaint against state Rep. Justin Sparks, a Republican from Wildwood, related to his employment with the National Law Enforcement Foundation. The committee found “no support for the claims made in the complaint,”…
Rudi Keller

US House Dems say NOAA cuts will harm weather forecasting, fisheries, Navy operations

1 year ago
Democrats on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and a panel of experts on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration’s reduction to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget and workforce, citing consequences for everyday weather data, national security and affected industries. Virtually every American interacts with NOAA’s weather data, which supplies forecasting services across the […]
Jacob Fischler

How the Rockettes originally began in St. Louis

1 year ago
This year marks the 100th birthday of the most iconic precision dance groups in the country, the Rockettes. Although, this milestone doesn't reflect their start in New York City, but rather, in St. Louis.
Megan Mueller

Tornadoes flip vehicles, destroy homes during Wednesday storms

1 year ago
Storms swept through the St. Louis region Wednesday afternoon, leaving damage in their wake. A tornado touched down in Washington County near Potosi in Missouri, as well as in Bond County near Greenville, Illinois. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said no fatalities had been reported as of Wednesday evening. Here's what we know so far about Wednesday evening's storm damage. Washington County, Missouri Multiple residents throughout Potosi and other nearby areas shared video and pictures of the…
Kelsi Anderson

Tornado hits Potosi, causing outages and livestock loss

1 year ago
A tornado struck Washington County near Potosi on Wednesday, causing significant damage, power outages, and a set of livestock going missing, with minor injuries reported and emergency crews working overnight to manage the aftermath.
Max Diekneite

Vexed by judicial restraints on Trump, U.S. Senate GOP floats bill to undercut courts

1 year ago
WASHINGTON — Amid dozens of injunctions placed against the Trump administration, Republicans on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary discussed a bill Wednesday to curb the nationwide effects of those orders from federal judges. The bill, sponsored by GOP Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who leads the committee, would prohibit district court judges from issuing injunctions […]
Ariana Figueroa