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Missouri Republicans build cash advantage over Democrats as primary races heat up

2 years ago

Missouri’s statewide Republican candidates have a huge cash advantage over Democrats, while Democratic candidates reverse that edge in contested state Senate seats. Quarterly financial reports were due from all campaigns Monday, providing the last financial snapshot of upcoming primary battles until just a few weeks before Missourians vote on Aug. 6.  This year’s ballot includes […]

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Rudi Keller

The global economy is becoming more fragmented

2 years ago
A team of researchers says the global economy is becoming more fragmented: To measure this phenomenon, we introduce an index of geopolitical fragmentation distilled from diverse empirical indicators. To do so, we rely on the use of a flexible, dynamic factor model with time-varying parameters and stochastic volatility. Then, we employ structural vector autoregressions and ...continue reading "The global economy is becoming more fragmented"
Kevin Drum

Juvenile Detention Staffer Gave Jailed Kids Weed Gummies, Police Say

2 years ago
A former staff member at a St. Louis juvenile detention facility has been charged with two felonies after two young people locked up in the facility got too high. Patrick Harris, 23, worked at the juvenile facility on Enright Avenue in the Covenant Blu-Grand Center neighborhood. According to police, Harris gave weed gummies to two individuals locked up there, both under the age of 17.
Ryan Krull

Divided U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with case of Pennsylvania man who joined Jan. 6 mob

2 years ago

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a Jan. 6, 2021, case that could potentially upend convictions for a mass of Capitol riot defendants and slash some election interference charges against former President Donald Trump. The case, Fischer v. United States, centers on whether former Pennsylvania police officer and Jan. 6 defendant Joseph […]

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Ashley Murray

Media literacy bill gets hearing in Missouri legislature

2 years ago

Despite growing tensions between elected officials nationwide and the media, Missouri lawmakers are looking to educate students on media and digital literacy through a new pilot program. Bills in the House and Senate contain provisions to help elementary and secondary students navigate an online world. The bills contain identical language that originated from a model […]

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Molly Miller