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Missouri voters won’t fall for the ballot initiative power grab

2 years 5 months ago

For over a century, Show-Me-State voters have had the ability to amend the constitution by ballot initiative and simple majority vote. As a conservative, I take pride in the fact that our state’s forefathers had the foresight and humility to provide the people with a mechanism against political tyranny. Today that check is being threatened. […]

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Jamie Corley

SIX Opens at the St. Louis Fox Theatre on Tuesday

2 years 5 months ago
Tuesday will bring the talk of the Broadway world to Fox Theatre (527 North Grand Boulevard, 314-534-1111, fabulousfox.com) with the musical SIX. One of the most popular shows on Broadway, SIX follows the six wives of Henry VIII.
Benjamin Simon

Macbeth Opens at Winter Opera St. Louis Friday

2 years 5 months ago
How does a Scottish play sound in Italian? That's an answer Winter Opera St. Louis plans to illuminate over the course of several hours each this Friday and Sunday as the company presents Macbeth at Kirkwood Performing Arts Center (210 East Monroe Avenue, 314-759-1455). In this Macbeth, the lord doesn't just sing his part — he goes by "Macbetto."
Sarah Fenske

Review: Mountain High Suckers Are a Mixed Bag

2 years 5 months ago
It's the new year, and I struggled deciding on what to review next. Since flower got me in hot water at the end of 2022, I decided to dip into a category that I have yet to try for a review: edibles
Graham Toker

Missouri lawmaker works with Humane Society to stop use of gas to kill shelter animals

2 years 5 months ago

Some of Missouri’s animals’ last moments are spent in a gas chamber, suffocating in carbon dioxide – but a bill by Rep. Adam Schwadron, R-St. Charles, would bar shelters from using this type of euthanasia. “Humanely treating our animals in our shelters is something that’s very important for us in the state,” Schwadron said. “And […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Family Business Profile: Matt LaMartina continues legacy of his father's plumbing company

2 years 5 months ago
Matt LaMartina has fond memories of growing up, riding in the plumbing truck with his father, Tony LaMartina. “There were the smells and the sound it made as it’s going down the road, full of parts and equipment,” Matt LaMartina recalled. LaMartina said his father often would tell him: “This business is going to die with me.” That appeared to be the case for a decade or more, until Matt LaMartina pursued his Master of Business Administration degree at Washington University and decided…
James Drew