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

It was 1956, and Bud Taylor, Curt Bennett and Ralph Stille found themselves in a bit of a pickle.…

Denial, said Missouri’s greatest export to the world, Mark Twain, ain’t just a river in Egypt. It’s also a problem plaguing major factions of both of our political parties. A lie that a politician tells publicly can be dangerous, as we all witnessed on January 6. But lies that politicians tell themselves — wishcasting, if […]

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‘Our commitment has been to remain informative,’ says Scott Carter, Spire Missouri president. ‘We’ve continued to highlight the importance of the pipeline.’

With $6.5 billion on the way from the federal infrastructure bill and a newly increased gas tax, Missouri is ready to take a big bite out of $4.5 billion in unfunded highway needs, Patrick McKenna, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, said this week. But that doesn’t mean the state is ready to tackle […]

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These photos are totally overexposed, but I still wanted to show some of the fall color from a drive around Bellefontaine Cemetery, revealing these views of the leaves changing on the trees.

After 580 days of construction, the expansion franchise’s 22,500-seat stadium is nearing its final stages of construction as crews prepare to finish the project in July 2022. Here's what it looks like right now.

The vacant downtown building, one of the largest and most historic in St. Louis, is the subject of a series of court disputes involving a lender and several contractors that, for now, are holding up any potential sale or redevelopment of the property.

The concrete and steel stadium practically hugs the pitch.

In the first month since Missouri started processing Medicaid expansion applications, some 13-thousand people have enrolled in the service. That has major implications for Missourians dealing with cancer, which requires expensive treatment and benefits from early detection.

Ringo Starr is part of the latest list of celebrities who have been confirmed to host their own virtual tutorial sessions as part of the ongoing MasterClass series. The former…

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Since its first startup competition in 2012, Arch Grants has funded 207 companies with $50,000 grants. Take at a look at our timeline to see when companies were funded, how many are still in business or acquired, and details from a few prominent Arch Grants recipients.

St. Louis needs to not only expand MetroLink, but also address last-mile concerns, safety, low-volume routes and areas that need nontraditional public transportation to get people where they need to go, writes Kathy Osborn of the Regional Business Council.

Well with all of the classes now in English and history and math and science and so on, I was thinking that there are, of course, more ways than one to contribute to learning.

This story is part of a series looking at the impact of St. Louis' Arch Grants startup investment program after 10 years. For more, go here. Arch Grants founder Jerry Schlichter says he’s noticed plenty of nonprofits that “wither on the vine” after they’ve launched. The reason: fundraising. Many nonprofits face a tension between trying to balance their annual budgets and pursuing their long-term ambitions, Schlichter said. He wanted Arch Grants to chart a different path. Since its founding…

The third draft version of an aldermanic panel’s redistricting map was released Thursday; public hearings are set for Saturday morning, Monday night.