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The hearing was the closest Lamar Johnson has come in 30 years to freedom after the unsuccessful endeavors of nearly all of his appeals and habeas corpus petitions.

Stormwater experts shared findings Monday on July’s flash flooding that made University City a regional epicenter of damage — and gave recommendations for better policies, moving forward.

“Kevin McCarthy has ceded his speakership and control of the House Republican agenda to the most extreme fringe faction of his party."

Meet the Frankenstein of greenhouse gases.

As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.

As previously reported, Brian May was knighted as part of the 2023 New Year's Honours List, the first from King Charles. Well, the new honor apparently inspired a lot of fan art, and…

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Republican Scott Fitzpatrick was sworn in as Missouri’s 39th auditor Monday

As Congress discusses crypto regulation, it’s important to note that the most important regulation has already been done.

The schisms will only widen as McCarthy tries to carry out his deal with the crazies.

Why macroeconomic overheating was not the problem and austerity is the wrong cure.

House Majority Leader Jon Patterson is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where he talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum about the start of the 2023 legislative session. Patterson is a Republican from Lee’s Summit who was recently elected as majority floor leader. He first won election to the 30th District House seat in 2018, and was subsequently re-elected in 2020 and 2022. His district includes a portion of Jackson County.

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Michael Spivey of Mitchell, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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Charmin Dahl, conservation educator and nature-loving mom, shares her experience and perspective relating to Nature with her digital native kin.  Explore with her - and head on out-of-doors, with your young friends.

More from Dahl in The Healthy Planet Magazine and in her blog for Villa Montessori School.

Find nature connection resources from MEEA, the Missouri Environmental Education Association.

Related Earthworms Conversations: Forest Bathing with Andrea Sarubbi Fareshteh (January 2019)

The Big Book of Nature Activities (June 2016)

Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer, and to Jon Valley, KDHX production team.

 

A south St. Louis resident says she was left high and dry by the Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division.

Here's the impact of the first bill that Republicans passed today: I'm just kidding, of course. The real name of the bill is the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. Because why not? Republicans can call it anything they want regardless of what it actually does. And what it does is simple: It repeals ...continue reading "First Republican act of the new Congress is to blow up the deficit"

In a nearly hour-long presentation, Bob Criss, a geological scientist, presented a 28-page River Des Peres flooding report to the University City Council.

The employee was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Carjackings are on the rise, and as police work to stop thieves, some drivers are now fighting back to protect their property.