On Saturday, Ashley-Ann Davis will offer some words of wisdom to her fellow graduating seniors at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. She’s one of just four students scheduled to speak at the university’s in-person commencement ceremonies. But when it comes to giving life advice, the 22-year-old hasn’t just written a speech — she’s also got a small book to her name.
Pediatric infectious disease physician Dr. Jason Newland of Washington University discusses the FDA's authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for younger teens.
Summer festivals are signature events for many communities in the region.. They were a casualty of the pandemic last year. Now that people are getting vaccinated and restrictions on large gatherings are being reduced, organizers are working on plans to bring them back.
Missouri’s medical marijuana industry is faring well since the first dispensaries opened their doors last October. Today, more than 100,000 patients and caregivers use and purchase medical cannabis in the state.
This week, Missouri Governor Mike Parson joined a growing number of GOP governors in rejecting federal unemployment benefits. Beginning June 12, the state will no longer participate in a half-dozen federal programs designed to aid out-of-work residents during the pandemic, including the $300-per-week supplemental benefits given to unemployed workers.
Despite working with both traditional school districts and charter schools, many backers of St. Louis Public Schools see The Opportunity Trust as a shady organization bent on privatizing public schools in Missouri.
Restaurateurs across the region are grappling with staff shortages. Former chef Patrick Tague, who spent about 30 years in the industry, hopes that the demand for workers will lead to a kinder, gentler culture for food service workers, and more jobs with employee benefits like health insurance.
At a time when opinions about critical race theory and inclusive pedagogy are loud and manifold, two experts from Webster University offer a closer look at what critical race theory is — and what to make of the controversy surrounding it.
In late February, Honduran immigrant and longtime Missourian Alex Garcia left the Maplewood church where he'd been living in sanctuary for 1,252 days. He and his wife, Carly, join host Sarah Fenske to discuss their reunited life and remaining challenges ahead.
J.J. Maloney traded a knife for a pen, swapping a life of crime for a career in journalism. copyright 2021 by C.D. Stelzer An earlier version of this story appeared in the St. Louis Journalism review in 2008 and Focus/midwest magazine in 2010. He chain-smoked. The brand varied with the decade: L&Ms or, later, Marlboro […]
Lawmakers in Missouri probably won’t get to debate how the state should spend more than $2.5 billion in additional Coronavirus Relief Act money. In Illinois, health officials are moving ahead with a plan to vaccinate workers as they return to their offices.
Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ sold-out 2021 season moves outdoors for the first time. Among its world premieres: A timely comic opera about parenting in a pandemic
HOUSING COSTS IN ST. LOUIS CITY are generally affordable, according to a February poll of likely voters. About 79% of respondents in the poll said their housing costs are either “somewhat” or “very” affordable, compared to only 9% who said their housing costs are not affordable at all. Forty-three percent said their housing costs have […]
State Sen. Lauren Arthur returns to Politically Speaking to talk with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum about the final week of the 2021 legislative session.
Arthur is a Democrat who represents a portion of Clay County. She won a special election in 2018, bringing a traditionally Republican seat into the Democratic column. Arthur won election to a full term in 2020, and will get to serve through the end of 2024 when term limits will prevent her from running again.
Harris-Stowe State University’s 20th president started the job during the height of the pandemic. Dr. Corey S. Bradford Sr. says the university has made it through the toughest part of the outbreak, while still planning to increase student enrollment and to launch initiatives to boost employment opportunities for African American graduates.
On Legacy Circle Farms, Tyler and Erin Bernsen start their growing underground: nourishing "challenging Ozark soil" with compost, mulch and intensive grazing. Vibrantly visible are their crops of vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, nuts, high value herbs like turmeric and ginger, and heirloom varieties of garlic.
Recent addition of high tunnels boosted productivity from the quarter-acre the Bernsens farm. Their big-picture stewardship of Legacy Circle's 71 acres in Lonedell, MO embodies a unique exchange: a rent-free relationship with their landlord from which Tyler and Erin are seeking like-minded "landless" farmers to share their place for a farming start.
Listening to this interview before May 22? Legacy Circle Farms is hosting Open House on 5/22/21 - consider a visit!
THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms engineer, and for KDHX production support from Jon Valley and Andy Coco. THANKS to Jenn DeRose of Known & Grown STL for coordinating this special series, Earthworms On The Farm.
Last year, COVID-19 restrictions put a damper on festivities. But this year, precautions and vaccines helped return a sense of normalcy to the religious traditions. Producer Lara Hamdan checks in with local Muslims to hear how they are observing Ramadan.
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