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Proposal calls for new bars in certain downtown areas to close by 1:30 a.m.

2 years 9 months ago
A new proposal from Greater St. Louis Inc. seeks to have the city of St. Louis make some changes when it comes to bars and their hours, claiming safety as the biggest benefit. Greater St. Louis wants new bars, clubs and venues that set up shop in primarily residential and office areas to close their doors by 1:30 a.m., getting rid of the 3 a.m. option. The change would require sign-off from the city's legislative body, the Board of Aldermen. "The initiative to update the zoning code in Downtown…
Laura Barczewski, KSDK

Big Telecom Drops Its Legal Assault On Maine Over Broadband Privacy Rules

2 years 9 months ago
When it comes to manhandling US regulators and gutting telecom industry oversight, the nation’s biggest telecom monopolies have had an impressive five year run. Under Trump, they managed to lobotomize FCC consumer protection authority, dismantle federal net neutrality rules, dismantle media consolidation rules and get all of their planned megamergers approved, kill off broadband privacy […]
Karl Bode

GOP leaders target ‘woke’ investments through state pension funds

2 years 9 months ago

Republicans in state capitals across the country are targeting an investing concept known as environmental, social and corporate governance criteria, or ESG for short. Describing these investment criteria as “woke” and “misguided activism,” GOP officials argue that by taking these factors into account when making investment choices, financial institutions are putting ideology ahead of making […]

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Casey Quinlan

An ‘unprecedented flood’ of book bans engulfs U.S. school districts, PEN report says

2 years 9 months ago

WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 book titles across 32 states were banned from public schools during the 2021-2022 school year, with the bulk of the ban requests coming from a handful of right-wing groups pushing for censorship of books that feature LGBTQ+ characters and characters of color, a new report issued Monday said. “What I […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Eat Crow Brings Heavy Metal and Mac and Cheese to Soulard

2 years 9 months ago
Eat Crow (1931 South 12th Street, 314-934-1400), the new concept from the owners of the popular Maplewood bar and restaurant The Crow's Nest, may have a different name than its sister concept and a couple of extra dishes, but co-owner Kenny Snarzyk insists its essence is the same. "If you walked in here and didn't know we were related to The Crow's Nest, you'd figure it out pretty quickly," Snarzyk says. "Either that, or you'd think we were ripping them off pretty badly."
Cheryl Baehr

Amid a massive American clean energy shift, grid operators play catch-up

2 years 9 months ago

For the better part of the past century, the American electric power system evolved around large, mostly fossil fuel power plants delivering electricity to residences, businesses and industry through a network of transmission and distribution wires that collectively came to be called the electric grid. But as the threat of climate change driven by carbon […]

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Robert Zullo