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Trump FCC Prepares To Destroy Whatever’s Left Of Media Consolidation Limits

3 months ago
During Trump 1.0, his captured FCC took at absolute hatchet to what was left of media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, trampling smaller (and more diversely owned) competitors underfoot. The result has been a rise in local news deserts and […]
Karl Bode

Missouri House GOP starts over with new bill to ban abortion with limited exceptions

3 months ago
With less than six weeks left in the legislative session, Missouri House Republicans scrapped their latest of several iterations of an abortion ban in search of a new solution. The newest proposed constitutional amendment got its first committee hearing Wednesday night with a bill filed by Republican state Rep. Ed Lewis of Moberly presented to the House Children and Families Committee by its new handler, state Rep. Brian Seitz, a Branson Republican. Seitz told his colleagues the legislation, a…
Anna Spoerre

Police investigating fatal shooting outside Washington Park nightclub

3 months ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - Police are investigating after an overnight shooting left a man dead outside a nightclub in Washington Park. The shooting took place overnight Thursday morning at Activated Bar & Slots, located on the 1200 block of Kingshighway. Police are actively searching for the shooter. The incident is the second fatal shooting [...]
Nick Gladney

Thursday, April 10 - How the race was won

3 months ago
St. Louis Mayor-elect Cara Spencer cruised to victory by outflanking incumbent Tishaura Jones in high turnout wards. STLPR’s Jason Rosenbaum breaks down the factors that led to Tuesday’s results. Plus: an audio postcard from a Missouri tree nursery might get you inspired to go outside and start planting.