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A Visit to Hallowed Ground

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: Despite efforts by British Conservative governments to strangle it, the National Health Service remains a jewel of fair and efficient socialized medicine.
Robert Kuttner

Missouri Governor Signs Bill to Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

2 years 6 months ago
Two Missouri bills that restrict gender-affirming care and transgender youth participation in sports have been signed into law.  Today, Governor Mike Parson signed Senate Bill 39, which prohibits transgender girls from joining women's sports teams at public and private schools, colleges and universities. 
Monica Obradovic

Shania Twain's St. Louis Show 'Don't Impress Me Much'

2 years 6 months ago
For her current tour (which apparently should have been sponsored by Ozempic), Shania Twain is doing her damnedest to both embody a new image and to turn back the hands of time, and the enthusiasm on hand for her sold-out Hollywood Casino Amphitheater concert on Sunday night proves that ’90s nostalgia is giving Twain a big boost. With a 70 percent female audience, the show was marked by gaggles of girls drinking show-specific watermelon margaritas (“space cowgirls”) and wearing light-up cowboy hats and “Let’s Go Girls” T-shirts.
Steve Leftridge

Sal y Limón Delivers Modern Design and Lots of Tequila

2 years 6 months ago
Christina and Enrique Robles were supposed to wait three years before opening another restaurant. Maybe two, but definitely not a mere 15 months after opening their popular South Grand Tex-Mex spot, Padrinos, which welcomed its first guests in September of 2022.
Cheryl Baehr

Godfrey Road Access Road Renaming Debated, Signage Approved

2 years 6 months ago
GODFREY - New signage has been approved for an access road to Godfrey Road which is technically also known as Godfrey Road. After the Public Safety Committee considered re-naming the road, input from local residents and a business owner led to a debate around the name change and ultimately resulted in the road keeping its name, but gaining signage that had been missing. Roland Hopgood, an owner of Godfrey Storage, said the road’s current name confuses customers who are unable to find his business. He suggested it be renamed Storage Lane. “The fact is, we run a business,” he said. “ have no idea where they’re going. We try to explain it to them, they go right on by on 67. They’re calling us going, ‘I don’t see where you’re at, where are you at? What street are you on?’ They don’t know.” Two residents who also live on Godfrey Road near the storage facility said they’d prefer the road’s name sta

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