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Schlafly Brings Back Live Music — And Andy Coco Is in on It

1 year 7 months ago
Nobody puts Schlafly in the corner — for too long anyway. For the first time since that nasty COVID-19 shut down in-person entertainment, the local microbrewery will have live music in both its city and county locations: Fridays at the Schlafly Tap Room (2100 Locust Street) and Saturdays at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood).
Jessica Rogen

Jason Smith on bipartisan bill boosting child tax credit, business incentives

1 year 7 months ago
Missouri Congressman Jason Smith is hoping to inch his colleagues toward future bipartisan collaboration with a bill that increases the child tax credit and provides incentives for business research and development and low-income housing. The Salem Republican joined forces with Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden to put forward the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. While Smith noted in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio that neither side of the political spectrum is completely happy with the bill, the agreement could provide some guidance for federal lawmakers struggling to come up with legislation around immigration or aid to Ukraine or Israel.

FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program

1 year 7 months ago
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount. While it didn’t get much hype, that’s a big deal in a country where broadband affordability is a massive obstacle due to muted competition. But those 23 million Americans are poised to soon […]
Karl Bode

We Need to Talk About St. Louis Losing Its Black Residents, Ness Sandoval Says

1 year 7 months ago
St. Louis' population decline is often talked about in the context of the city's population peaking shortly after World War II and then dropping steadily in the seven decades since. But Saint Louis University professor and demographer Ness Sándoval says that to only focus on the city is to miss the bigger issue bedeviling St. Louis, and that is people leaving the region altogether — specifically, Black families.
Ryan Krull

Korean Dessert Café "Spoonful Desserts" Opens Second Location in Edwardsville

1 year 7 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - St. Louis favorite Spoonful Desserts has opened a second location in Edwardsville. Located in the same building as Poke Munch at 1063 IL-157 in Edwardsville, the Korean dessert café specializes in bingsu, bubble tea, coffee and taiyaki. Owner Monica Lee explained that the café aims to please everyone and give back to the community. “Spoonful is a Korean dessert café that welcomes anyone and everyone,” she said. “Our values are customer service, cleanliness and quality, and a big thing we strive to do is make the environment welcoming so that we take the intimidation factor out. The number of times you’ve walked into an Asian restaurant or even just a foreign food restaurant and you had no idea what to order and you kind of just made a fool of yourself because you just didn’t know, we tried to take out that intimidation factor and just kind of ‘translate’ what these desserts are.” Lee explained

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