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Considering BRT on Kingshighway

2 years 8 months ago

Kingshighway is one of the most important boulevards in the city. Nine miles long, it stretches across the city from north to south. It borders a handful of parks including Forest Park and Tower Grove Park. It also terminates on the north side at Bellefontaine Cemetery. It’s so meaningful to the lived experience of St. […]

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Tony Nipert

The U.S. Senate is broken. Missouri’s talking filibuster could fix it | Opinion

2 years 8 months ago

U.S. Rep. Willard Duncan Vandiver coined Missouri’s  motto during an 1899 Philadelphia speech. “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats,” he said, “and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.” As a former state senator who still haunts […]

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Jeff Smith

St. Louis Standards: Meshuggah Café Is the Center of the Conversation

2 years 8 months ago

St. Louis Standards is a weekly column dedicated to the people, places and dishes that make our food scene what it is.

If you want to know the special place Meshuggah Café holds in the hearts of its longtime regulars, consider the term owner Jen Kaslow uses when she recounts its history.…

Cheryl Baehr

Bluewood Brewing Finds New Partner in Burger 809

2 years 8 months ago

Burger 809’s founder Tasha Smith knows all fries are not created equal. She’s laughing, but she is dead serious about the extensive research she’s put into the partner to her bite-sized burgers.…
Jenna Jones

Here’s how much St. Louis startups raised in 2021 — and why 2022 could be a strong year for VC funding

2 years 8 months ago
St. Louis startups reeled in the cash in 2021. Local startups raised $699 million in venture financing in 2021, according to a report published Friday by research firm PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. That’s up from the $490 million local startups snagged in 2020. The bulk of the 2021 funding came in the year’s second half, which included nearly $600 million in financing for St. Louis firms. The 2021 total marks the most venture funding St. Louis firms have raised in…
Nathan Rubbelke