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Southwest Airlines to ditch open seating

1 year 3 months ago
Southwest Airlines, the largest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, said Thursday it would abandon its longstanding open-seating policy, and instead assign seats, offer premium seating and redesign its boarding model.
Jacob Kirn

After Layoffs And Endless Chaos, The AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery Mergers Come To A Whimpering, Pathetic Finale

1 year 3 months ago
The utterly pointless, decade-long madness that was the Time Warner Discovery series of mergers has come to its pathetic conclusion. Basically announcing that the whole mess was a waste of time, company executives last week quietly announced they’d be untangling much of the partnership and try to pretend the whole thing never happened: “The theoretical […]
Karl Bode

Proposal to restructure St. Louis County government could go before voters in November

1 year 3 months ago
Voters in November could decide to restructure St. Louis County's government to include a non-partisan county manager in charge of day-to-day operations. Councilman Mark Harder, a Republican, introduced legislation at Tuesday's council meeting that would put the charter change proposal on the ballot. Harder said he's doing this because there have been too many problems with the way the county government is run. "We can't seem to do some of the basic functions of government. By having a person…
Kelsi Anderson and Megan Kernan

Jay Ashcroft pitches biggest reorganization of Missouri’s finances in state history

1 year 3 months ago
A February poll of Republican primary voters showed Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had the most recognizable name in the race for governor.  That shouldn’t be surprising.  Ashcroft has held statewide office for eight years, and his father John ran statewide seven times, winning five elections for state attorney general, governor and U.S. senator […]
Rudi Keller

Thursday, July 25 - Election Preview: GOP AG candidates play the Trump card

1 year 3 months ago
There are two Republicans running for Missouri Attorney General, including the current office holder. Andrew Bailey, who Gov. Mike Parson appointed to the position in 2022, faces Will Scharf in the August 6th primary. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg reports, in the middle of a contentious campaign, former president Donald Trump looms large.