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Five Years Ago This week in 2018, we looked forward to the Senate oversight committee hearing that would force Ajit Pai to explain why the FCC made up a DDoS attack, but were disappointed (if not at all surprised) when it utterly failed to hold him accountable. Pai was also busy opposing the effort to […]

As Missouri students head back to the classroom for the new year, roughly one-quarter of the state’s school districts are only in session four days a week.

The St. Louis Police Foundation is spending around $860,000 to add more overtime police patrols around downtown St. Louis.

I am reminded this morning of the odd contempt that conservatives have for renewable power—There's no sun at night! The wind doesn't always blow!—paired with their seemingly inexhaustible love of nuclear power, which survives even $17 billion overruns on $14 billion nuclear plants. I myself have mixed views on nuclear. On the one hand, new ...continue reading "Why do conservatives hate renewable energy?"

Book publisher Island Press always impresses me with thoughtful new books written by people working to solve current problems — the subjects are important ones for urbanists and policy makers to be familiar and actively discussing. These four books are presented in the order I received them. ‘Justice and the ...

Huh: According to a survey of 7,100 American teens last year conducted by investment bank Piper Sandler, 87% of teens currently have an iPhone, and 87% plan on sticking with the brand for their next phone. But the stigma regarding Android phones is mostly an American phenomenon, at least to the degree to which it ...continue reading "Gen Z is in love with iPhones"

Is our economy doing better or worse? See recent changes in local employment, regional inflation and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.

The emergency meeting was held over a vote to declare the August 9 council meeting "unlawful and ineffective."

People’s Health Centers was founded as a free clinic in 1972 by community activists and medical students in a storefront at Kingsbury and Des Peres in University City.

The alert was issued shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday morning in St. Louis, troopers said.

"Having these persons fulfill such crucial roles represented a conflict of interest and a blatant disregard of checks and balances in the City of Jennings."