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Rebuilding & Expansion of I-70 to Become a Reality

2 years ago
Last week both chambers of the Missouri Legislature voted with a resounding YES to the House/Senate Budget Conference Committee’s recommendations for Missouri transportation funding. The approved state budget, now on its way to Missouri Governor Parson’s desk for signature, includes $2.8 billion ($1.4 billion in existing state surplus; $1.4 billion in bonding) to rebuild and […]
Dede Hance

Lunchtime Photo

2 years ago
This is Werner, the bus driver during our tour of the battlefields and cemeteries of Normandy.
Kevin Drum

The Voice Recap: St. Louis' Neil Salsich Falls Too Soon

2 years ago
Kelly Clarkson and her stupid hair extensions are dead to us. In an outrageous decision that flies in the face of all taste and logic, last night Clarkson failed to move Neil Salsich through to compete in the live playoffs on The Voice.
Steve Leftridge

Trump found liable for sexual battery, defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial

2 years ago
A jury found former President Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and later defamed her by denying her claims, marking the first time Trump has been found liable for sexual misconduct at a trial. The nine-member jury found Trump did not commit rape, but jurors found him liable for sexual abuse, [...]
Zach Schonfeld

Major overhaul of initiative process one step from Missouri ballot

2 years ago
A proposal making it harder to pass constitutional amendments, which one Democrat called “dog poop with icing,” is one step away from a statewide ballot. On Tuesday morning, the Missouri House voted 107-55 to pass a measure to set the majority needed to pass amendments at 57%. The current threshold is a simple majority and has been since the state was created in 1821. The measure needs one more vote in the state Senate. If approved, it would be on the November 2024 ballot unless Gov. Mike…
Rudi Keller

Biden Anxiety

2 years ago
Today on TAP: Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do?
Harold Meyerson