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Beer heiress joins Missouri Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

3 years ago

Beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine entered the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate on Monday, giving the party a candidate who could potentially match Republican spending this year out of her own pocket. In a three-minute video announcing her campaign, Valentine says she is entering the race to bridge divisive politics but provides no specifics […]

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Rudi Keller

Failure of Fragmentation: Apr 5 Tax Hikes On St. Louis County Ballot

3 years ago

Another election is coming up, and that means more tax increases on the ballot to prop up fragmentation and auto-oriented land uses in St. Louis County. The April 2016, August 2016, November 2016, April 2017, Aug 2017, April 2108, Aug 2018, and April 2019 ballots included several tax increases and bond issues. The next ballot […]

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Richard Bose

Powell Hall expansion project gets OK to move forward

3 years ago
Plans will move forward for a major renovation of St. Louis' Powell Hall, which paves the way for a new and modern experience when you go to hear the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. But Monday evening's decision was met with some opposition. Some 20 people signed up to speak before the city's Preservation Board made its 3-2 decision. Even board members acknowledged that type of interest in a design proposal is rare. Many of those who spoke out are concerned that expansion would erase history. Champagne-colored…
Brent Solomon, KSDK

Busch beer heiress enters Missouri's U.S. Senate race

3 years ago
Trudy Busch Valentine, an heiress to beer maker Anheuser-Busch's founding family, filed Monday to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri as a Democrat, the Associated Press reports. Valentine is the daughter of the late Anheuser-Busch Cos. Chairman August “Gussie” Busch Jr., who died in 1989. Her mother was the late Gertrude “Trudy” Busch, Gussie Busch Jr.’s third wife. A philanthropist, Valentine serves on the Board of Trustees of Saint Louis University, to which she's donated nearly…
Diana Barr

Lawmakers weigh bills to offer suicide prevention training as mental health issues rise

3 years ago

With mental health issues on the rise nationwide, Missouri lawmakers are weighing bills that would provide pharmacists and teachers with more training to recognize the signs of suicide. A bill sponsored by Rep. Adam Schwadron, R-St. Charles, heard Monday in the House Health and Mental Health Policy Committee, would allow suicide awareness and prevention to […]

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Tessa Weinberg