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Westchester Comes to Chesterfield

2 years 9 months ago

Cyndy lived in Chesterfield for years, so she keeps me posted on what’s opening and closing in the area. She was especially excited about Westchester, the spiffy, new restaurant that opened last January. So Off We Went It was noon-ish when we arrived and the place was jumping. I usually prefer sitting outdoors, whenever possible,... 

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Jean Carnahan

Pujols wins 'Hamm Slamm' at Home Run Derby

2 years 9 months ago
The above video is from the St. Louis Cardinals. LOS ANGELES - Albert Pujols received a much-deserved consolation prize at the 2022 Home Run Derby Monday night. St. Louis native, actor Jon Hamm, was at the event held at Dodger Stadium. He was down on the field before it got started talking with the players [...]
Monica Ryan

Anti-Greitens PAC tops spending as Missouri U.S. Senate race cost approaches $30M

2 years 9 months ago

The biggest spender in the Missouri Senate race is a political action committee that won’t disclose its donors until Wednesday. Show Me Values PAC, which is running ads opposing former Gov. Eric Greitens, was formed June 2 and told the Federal Elections Commission it intends to file monthly reports. Every candidate and other outside groups […]

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Rudi Keller

'I was not surprised': South Grand leaders push for traffic enforcement after deadly hit and run

2 years 9 months ago
Nearly three days later, St. Louis police still don't have answers about a deadly hit and run Friday night on South Grand. Investigators haven't released the victim's name or the driver's. But neighbors along that stretch of South Grand say they do know one thing for sure: it was only a matter of time. "I was not surprised that it happened," South Grand Community Improvement District Executive Director Rachel Witt said. Witnesses told KSDK that an SUV went through the red light at South Grand…
Sara Machi, KSDK

Democrats Hope To Gotcha The GOP With Doomed New Net Neutrality Bill

2 years 9 months ago
As we’ve long noted, the Trump era attack on net neutrality was one of the more grotesque examples of regulatory capture and corruption in Internet policy history. The rules, which imposed some very modest restrictions on giant telecom monopolies to prevent them from abusing market power, were very popular among consumers of all political stripes. […]
Karl Bode

Housing prices drop in Southern California for the first time in a decade

2 years 9 months ago
The LA Times reports on CoreLogic's latest report on Southern California housing prices: The region’s six-county median sale price was $750,000, down from $760,000 in May....Although median prices tend to peak in the summer, the average increase from May to June was 1.78% over the last decade....The last time prices fell from May to June ...continue reading "Housing prices drop in Southern California for the first time in a decade"
Kevin Drum

Amtrak River Runner returns to 2 trips per day between St. Louis, Kansas City

2 years 9 months ago
Amtrak is increasing service across Missouri. Starting Monday, Amtrak is back to offering two daily round trips from St. Louis to Kansas City. The "Missouri River Runner" will once again offer morning and afternoon departures from both cities. Amtrak cut back to one daily round trip in January, after federal relief funds ran out. The General Assembly approved $13 million in funding to restore service. The River Runner also passes through Kirkwood, Washington, Hermann, Jefferson City, Sedalia,…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Raw data: Hispanic support for the Democratic Party

2 years 9 months ago
Are Hispanic voters abandoning the Democratic Party? Fox News and the Wall Street Journal want you to think so, but Gallup disagrees: Gallup's best mechanism for tracking political inclinations over time is political party identification, a measure included in all Gallup surveys for decades....The results show that Americans' party identification swung dramatically toward the Republican ...continue reading "Raw data: Hispanic support for the Democratic Party"
Kevin Drum

Lucas Kunce is betting outspoken populist message can turn Missouri Senate seat blue

2 years 9 months ago

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Lucas Kunce’s life story seems built for a populist Senate campaign in Missouri.  He grew up in a modest neighborhood in Jefferson City where a local grocer let his mother float checks when his family couldn’t afford the bill. He attended Yale University on grants, came back to Missouri for law school […]

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Allison Kite