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House Majority Leader Jon Patterson is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where he talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum about the start of the 2023 legislative session. Patterson is a Republican from Lee’s Summit who was recently elected as majority floor leader. He first won election to the 30th District House seat in 2018, and was subsequently re-elected in 2020 and 2022. His district includes a portion of Jackson County.

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Michael Spivey of Mitchell, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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Charmin Dahl, conservation educator and nature-loving mom, shares her experience and perspective relating to Nature with her digital native kin.  Explore with her - and head on out-of-doors, with your young friends.

More from Dahl in The Healthy Planet Magazine and in her blog for Villa Montessori School.

Find nature connection resources from MEEA, the Missouri Environmental Education Association.

Related Earthworms Conversations: Forest Bathing with Andrea Sarubbi Fareshteh (January 2019)

The Big Book of Nature Activities (June 2016)

Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer, and to Jon Valley, KDHX production team.

 

A south St. Louis resident says she was left high and dry by the Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division.

Here's the impact of the first bill that Republicans passed today: I'm just kidding, of course. The real name of the bill is the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. Because why not? Republicans can call it anything they want regardless of what it actually does. And what it does is simple: It repeals ...continue reading "First Republican act of the new Congress is to blow up the deficit"

In a nearly hour-long presentation, Bob Criss, a geological scientist, presented a 28-page River Des Peres flooding report to the University City Council.

The employee was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Carjackings are on the rise, and as police work to stop thieves, some drivers are now fighting back to protect their property.

Law enforcement agencies have no interest in tracking how often officers kill people. Despite all the talk about police reform, very few states require accurate reporting on deadly force deployments. Even the DOJ doesn’t care. The federal face of law enforcement has been required to compile this data for over two decades. It has yet […]

Drivers who commute on Interstate 55 are already making plans to use an alternate route as MoDOT crews closed two northbound lanes Monday morning, as well as a few ramps.

You've heard of "Yellowstone," the incredibly popular television show on Paramount Network, featuring the "Dutton Family's" beautiful, equestrian style home and the secluded property that surrounds the ranch.

The bill will now go back to the state House for another vote. 

Attorneys for Missouri death row inmate Leonard Raheem Taylor are calling on the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office to request a hearing to review his death sentence.

Police say the man’s sibling was a student at the school.

The Illinois Senate has approved a ban on semiautomatic weapons by a vote of 34-20.

Bush will play the Pageant on Feb. 26. Tickets are on sale now.

Police said the man is considered armed and dangerous.