When House Minority Leader Crystal Quade first won election to her Springfield-based seat in 2016, her fellow Democrats suffered catastrophic losses for state legislative and statewide posts. After eight years of near total GOP control of Missouri state government, Quade believes the state’s voters are ready to move on and place Democrats like her in the governor’s mansion. She joins the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air to discuss her candidacy ahead of the Aug. 6 primary.
Tyson Foods, Inc. “devastated” a Missouri town and “chicken farmers who put everything on the line” to raise animals for slaughter when it closed its Dexter plant, a lawsuit alleges. An owner of three poultry farms in Arkansas that raised chickens for slaughter at the plant, which closed last October, filed a lawsuit against the […]
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe has worn a lot of different hats over the years: That includes car dealer, highways and transportation commissioner, state senator, and lieutenant governor. As one of three main GOP candidates seeking his party’s gubernatorial nomination on Aug. 6, Kehoe brushed aside the idea that he’s part of the Jefferson City establishment and explained why he thinks he’s the best choice for Missouri.
The 77th annual Tony Awards are happening Sunday in New York, with The Who's Pete Townshend previously confirmed as a presenter. Well, he may be doing more than that. Deadline is now…
On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum interviews TWO Missouri gubernatorial hopefuls — GOP Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and Democratic House Minority Leader Crystal Quade. The two are trying to maneuver through primaries that are slated to take place on Aug. 6. Rosenbaum also talked with STLPR's Sarah Kellogg about the high-stake governor's contest.
Whether intentional or not, the process for tech companies to fall to the process of enshittification seems to be a very real trend. The term, coined by Cory Doctorow, describes the process by which once good and useful technology platforms devolve to become worse and less useful as the owners of those platforms move on […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a rule enacted following a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that defined a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock attachment as a machine gun, which is generally prohibited under federal law. The opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, reduces the executive branch’s already-limited […]
A Nashville police officer, Sean Herman, 33, has been arrested and charged with two counts of felony official misconduct after allegedly appearing in an adult video on OnlyFans while on duty. Herman was fired one day after detectives became aware of the video last month.
U2 has released the next installment in their digital series, U2 To Love and Only Love - Deep Dives and B-Sides, this time dedicated to the track "Mofo," from their ninth studio…
The Department of Justice, headed by Merrick B. Garland, has told House Republicans—who held Merrick B. Garland in contempt two days ago—that it will not be pursuing charges against Merrick B. Garland, who is their boss. I'm glad that's all cleared up.
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