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Trump FCC Proposes Vile New Trans Panic TV Warnings

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago
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

2 months 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

2 months ago
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

Scattered rain chances into the weekend, lots of dry time

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The chance for scattered showers and a few storms is shifting back to the east Friday morning. Showers are most likely southwest of metro St. Louis, down the I-44 corridor towards Sullivan and Rolla, but some of that rain may be able to hold together into metro St. Louis and Illinois. There [...]
Angela Hutti

Friday, May 29 - A Shakespearean song of rage and redemption

2 months ago
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s fast-moving production of "The Tempest" in Forest Park sets the story to the tune of sea chanteys and folk songs, performed live on two stages. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin reports, the production evokes the magic encountered by its characters … with music.