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Passage of Missouri sports wagering seems assured despite narrow margin

1 year 4 months ago
The thin margin on Amendment 2 to legalize sports wagering, threatened when almost 10,000 unreported votes in Christian County were heavily against it, appears safe in a review of official returns posted on county election websites. And while the Missouri Constitution makes new amendments effective 30 days after the election, passage won’t immediately pull down […]
Rudi Keller

Dish, DirecTV Merger Dead Before It Even Has The Chance To Disappoint

1 year 4 months ago
After literally decades of rumor and speculation, fading satellite TV companies Dish and DirecTV finally recently announced they had proposed a pointless merger in a last gasp for relevance. Once blocked by regulatory worries about competitive impact, executives at both companies had long dreamed of combining the two companies into one, still broadly unremarkable company. […]
Karl Bode

Best Restaurants in St. Louis 2024

1 year 4 months ago
What's the best restaurant in St. Louis? Hear 'Arch Eats' hosts George and Cheryl's answer to this commonly asked question as they share their top picks, inspired by the 'Best Restaurants' issue of St. Louis Magazine.
SLM Staff

Homeschooling in Missouri: A quiet but seismic shift

1 year 4 months ago
Over the past few years, education in Missouri has undergone a quiet but seismic shift. What’s most interesting about this change is that it’s happening outside of schools. Today, 1 in 16 school-aged children in the state are homeschooled, according to new research by Amy Shelton and myself. That puts the number of children educated […]
Collin Hitt

Challenge to voter ID law heading for appeal to Missouri Supreme Court

1 year 4 months ago
A challenge to Missouri’s voter ID law will proceed to the state Supreme Court following a Cole County decision upholding the 2022 legislation, opponents said Tuesday. The decision by Circuit Judge Jon Beetem found the individual voters and organizations that sued — the Missouri NAACP and the League of Women Voters — were unable to […]
Rudi Keller

Wednesday, November 27 - How to make a baby elephant

1 year 4 months ago
A new baby Asian elephant born this weekend is part of a fourth generation of the herd living at the St. Louis Zoo. In what turned out to be the final days before his long-awaited birth, Abby Llorico stopped by to learn the ways in which Raja’s grandson is already making zoo history. * Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and weekend -- we'll be back in your podcast feeds Monday. *