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Missouri Ethics Commission finally has a quorum — but still can’t meet or take action

2 years 1 month ago

Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday appointed a fourth person to serve on the six-member Missouri Ethics Commission, providing the board with a quorum for the first time since March.  But because one member has been unable to attend meetings since last fall, the commission is still one person short of being able to hold a […]

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Jason Hancock

Man shot in south St. Louis

2 years 1 month ago
A man was shot in south Saint Louis early Friday morning and was taken to the hospital, where he is expected to recover.
Nick Gladney

Forecast: Several rounds of rain expected this weekend

2 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS-- Another nice day with highs in the mid-80s and sunshine. Clouds will increase this evening into tonight. A decaying complex of storms will move through overnight into early Saturday morning. Thunderstorms are not expected to be severe but locally heavy rainfall may occur. Rain and some thunder will continue past daybreak Saturday, dissipating [...]
Jaime Travers

Friday, June 7 - The future of Missouri's conservation efforts

2 years 1 month ago
Missouri’s Department of Conservation has a new director. Jason Sumners, a former deputy director of the department, is taking the reins from Sara Parker Pauley who stepped down after 30 years. St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg spoke with Sumners about how conservation work has changed over the years and his goals for the department.

The Urge to Surge

2 years 1 month ago
Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.
Sarah Jaffe

Which horrible person will be Trump’s VP?

2 years 1 month ago
The Washington Post writes today about the eight leading contenders to be Donald Trump's vice president. Here's my ranking: Greatest willingness to kowtow: Tim Scott Overall pure shittiness: Elise Stefanik Nonentity award: Doug Burgum Willingness to pretend to be an idiot: J.D. Vance Actual idiot: Ben Carson Most pathetically ambitious: Marco Rubio Strong right arm ...continue reading "Which horrible person will be Trump’s VP?"
Kevin Drum