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Senate Majority Leader O'Laughlin on navigating a turbulent Missouri Senate

1 year 8 months ago
On the latest episode of The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum talks with Senate Majority Leader Cindy O'Laughlin of Shelbina about the state of the Missouri Senate. Rosenbaum also discussed what to expect in the second half of the Missouri General Assembly's session with STLPR's Sarah Kellogg. And in the final segment of the show, St. Louis Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier talks about her bill to make it easier to open homeless shelters in the city.

Missouri Senate Majority Leader O’Laughlin navigates a session filled with rancor

1 year 8 months ago
As Missouri Senate Majority Leader, Cindy O’Laughlin has a front row seat to the factionalism of the General Assembly’s upper chamber. During a wide-ranging interview on The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, O’Laughlin discusses the brunt of criticism from the Missouri Freedom Caucus, the need to reauthorize the Federal Reimbursement Allowance, initiative petition reform and more. St. Louis Public Radio’s statehouse reporter Sarah Kellogg also discusses what’s ahead in the second half of this year’s legislative session.

Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier wants to make it easier to open homeless shelters in St. Louis

1 year 8 months ago
Last year, St. Louis Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier unveiled legislation known as an Unhoused Bill of Rights. The bill included a lot of different ideas — including the creation of intentional encampments and restrictions on when city officials can break up encampments. But the legislation faced a rash of criticism, including from St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones. Sonnier shelved that legislation, and on The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air discusses how she’s going back to the drawing board to overhaul how shelters are approved.

To You, I Go

1 year 8 months ago

To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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Rachel Huffman

Police investigating homicide in St. Louis County

1 year 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - An investigation is underway involving a homicide Friday afternoon in Velda City. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, officers were called to a reported shooting in the 7000 block of Glenboro Drive around 1:30 p.m. Upon arrival, police found an adult male dead from apparent gunshot wounds. The [...]
Megan Mueller