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Ron DeSantis Continues To Waste Taxpayer Funds To Pay For His Unconstitutional Culture Wars

2 years 7 months ago
Remember when Republicans pretended they were the party of fiscal responsibility, not wasting taxpayer money, and limited government? Sure, sure, you say, that was all just sloganeering, and never actually true in practice, but it’s really starkly on display in Florida, where governor (and wannabe 2024 Presidential candidate) Ron DeSantis has taken this all to […]
Mike Masnick

Drebes: Why do business in a corrupt place like St. Louis?

2 years 7 months ago
For years I told people St. Louis politicians are corrupt in their own way — but don't take bribes. Now, the feds seem to have such activity on tape, part of an indictment that reads like a backwater municipality. Who the hell wants to do business in a place like that?
Dave Drebes

Video: Bear Scouting Location for New Den Causes Stir in Fenton

2 years 7 months ago
On Saturday, a Fenton man heading out to run errands encountered a bear in his subdivision. Thirty-three year old Justin Mathenia was pulling out of his street onto Saline Drive, near Gravois Bluffs, when he spotted the black bear running through several of his neighbors' front yards. He said at first he thought it was a deer, then did a double take.
Ryan Krull

Real estate investment trust buys 14th St. Louis industrial property

2 years 7 months ago

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on June 10, 2022.  A publicly traded industrial real estate trust with a growing presence in St. Louis has purchased an industrial building in St. Louis County for $8.5 million. Plymouth Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:PLYM), based in Boston, purchased 1901-1939 Belt Way Drive in Overland this spring, according to […]

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Matt Fernandes

Review: Dear Jack, Dear Louise Is Nostalgia at Its Finest

2 years 7 months ago
The Greatest Generation gets another homage in Dear Jack, Dear Louise, a play at New Jewish Theatre. The two-hander is about U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, and Louise, an actress living in New York. The two have never met, but their fathers know each other and suggest they start a correspondence that lasts from the summer of 1943 until the end of World War II.
Rosalind Early

St. Louis Weather Heat Index Expected To Hit 111 Today

2 years 7 months ago
As a wise man once sang to Carlos Santana: “Man, it’s a hot one.” We knew this heat wave was coming, but somehow that doesn’t make it feel any more tolerable. It’s overcast outside right now — the sun isn’t even bright and blazing — but we still might hit the triple digits before the sun sets tonight.
Jaime Lees