Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
It’s time to bet the over-under on how much will be spent this year on gambling ballot measures in Missouri.
A good mark might be $60 million. Online bookies poured $32 million so far into the Amendment 2 campaign to legalize sports betting, and a casino company grumpy about the deal countered with $14 million to defeat it.
The campaign for Amendment 5, to authorize a new casino at the Lake of the Ozarks, adds $9.4 million — bringing the total to more than $55 million.
Winning for Missouri…
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Another St. Louis restaurant has closed, after five years in business.
Sunny's Cantina, a Mexican-American restaurant at 6655 Manchester Ave. in the Franz Park neighborhood south of Forest Park, closed its doors Sunday.
"We have made the sudden and difficult decision to close our doors at Sunny’s Cantina," the owners had said in announcing the decision Friday on Facebook. "A month ago, we were planning on giving it another year at least, but it became clear these last few weeks that now is the…
It’s time to bet the over-under on how much will be spent this year on gambling ballot measures in Missouri. A good mark might be $60 million. Online bookies poured $32 million so far into the Amendment 2 campaign to legalize sports betting, and a casino company grumpy about the deal countered with $14 million […]
In 2020, after nine months of renovation that filled five dumpsters, they moved into the three-bedroom, three-bath, 2,369 square-foot home and began to fill it with period-appropriate midcentury modern furniture.
ST. LOUIS - A fire overnight damaged a vacant apartment building in south St. Louis Monday morning. The fire occurred around midnight in the 3100 block of Minnesota Avenue. Firefighters say the fire was mostly contained to one apartment on the second floor. No injuries were reported from the fire. The cause of the fire [...]
One of Josh Hawley’s favorite lines of attack during his first run for U.S. Senate in 2018 was to lambaste his Democratic opponent for using a private jet to travel the state. “I say, ‘Look, I’m driving everywhere, why don’t you drive?’ She can’t do it,” Hawley told Politico during the 2018 campaign about then-Sen. […]
For more evidence of Missouri’s drift to the far side of MAGA madness, look no further than the race for lieutenant governor. In the primary election, Republican voters turned aside Lincoln Hough, the veteran senator and state budget expert. They rejected Holly Thompson Rehder, a state senator with a compelling biography and rock-solid conservative values. […]
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash in north St. Louis early Monday morning, and St. Louis Metropolitan Police are now searching for the driver who fled the scene.
ST. LOUIS - After hitting 88 on Saturday and 79 on Sunday, temperatures Monday will struggle to get out of the 50s thanks to colder air still settling in behind Sunday’s cold front. Some clouds to start, but the day is expected to be sunny. Highs will be around 60. Chilly temps Monday night, we [...]
Missouri’s trade unions have been a source of Democratic votes and financial support for decades. But trade union members are increasingly willing to give Republican candidates a chance – especially ones who hold pro-labor positions. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum explores whether this GOP outreach is part of a wider trend or just an election year strategy.
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