a Better Bubble™

Aggregator

All the 2024 St. Louis Theater Circle Award Honorees

2 years 3 months ago
The 11th annual St. Louis Theater Circle Awards ceremony was held at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the campus of Webster University on Monday. The awards recognize locally produced, professional theater with 125 nominations in 33 categories, representing 24 St. Louis companies and 55 productions out of more than 100 eligible shows. The categories and winners are listed below, in order of presentation.
Tina Farmer

Senators ‘Shocked’ To Learn TikTok Does Things Only Made Possible By Their Corrupt Failure To Pass A Real Privacy Law

2 years 3 months ago
We’ve noted a few times now how the quest to ban TikTok is heavily peppered with bad faith actors who historically don’t care about consumer privacy or national security. We’ve also noted how it’s performative to hyperventilate about one single sometimes-dodgy app, but ignore the broader dysfunction and corruption (like our lack of a modern […]
Karl Bode

Democrats gripe over limited time for debating proposed $50 billion Missouri budget

2 years 3 months ago

The biggest fight Monday between Republicans and Democrats on the House Budget Committee as they finalized a spending plan for floor debate was over the time allotted to do the work, not any particular item in the $50.7 billion plan. Throughout the daylong hearing, Democrats said state Rep. Cody Smith, the committee’s chairman, wasn’t allowing […]

The post Democrats gripe over limited time for debating proposed $50 billion Missouri budget appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Rudi Keller

Firefighters put out Anheuser Busch Brewery fire

2 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at just before 2:30 a.m. at the Anheuser Busch Brewery in Soulard. Ameren crews were also on the scene. Firefighters were able to put it out. No word on any injuries or the cause of that fire.
Joe Millitzer

St. Augustine Church to be demolished after fires

2 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- The 126-year-old St. Augustine Church, located in North St. Louis, is slated for demolition following a string of fires, with the latest occurring just last Monday. This marks the third fire at the former Catholic church within a span of two years. The cause behind this recent blaze remains unclear. St. Louis [...]
Joe Millitzer