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'Without the Bible, There is No America': Josh Hawley's Unhinged NatCon Speech

3 years 1 month ago
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) gave a speech that was "more like a sermon" at the National Conservatism Conference on Monday, claiming that, "without the Bible, there is no modernity. Without the Bible, there is no America," according to Salon. The three-year-old conference, often called NatCon, is about the future of the conservative movement and nationalism.
Rosalind Early

Megan Green pulls ahead in primary election for aldermanic president

3 years 1 month ago
Turnout for a special primary election held Tuesday to determine who would move on to the November general election for aldermanic president fell short of the 10%-20% officials had hoped for. Out of the 191,587 registered voters in St. Louis, about 6% cast an absentee ballot or visited one of 15 locations throughout the city to vote for Alderwoman Megan Green or Alderman Jack Coatar — or both candidates. Green received just under 54% (6,497) of votes cast, while about 46% (5,607) went to Coatar. In…
Jacob Kuerth, KSDK

USDA more than triples funding for ‘climate smart’ agriculture

3 years 1 month ago

The Biden administration plans to distribute more than $3 billion to fund projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in agriculture and forestry — a tripling of its initial commitment in February. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was set to publicly announce the expansion of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program on […]

The post USDA more than triples funding for ‘climate smart’ agriculture appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Jared Strong

In Wash U's shadow, 3 St. Louisans Struggle at the Corner of Hope and Despair

3 years 1 month ago
Keith* has been working the intersection of Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway for longer than most of the college kids who attend Washington University, just across the street, have been alive. He's been there — off and on, depending on whether he can land another job — for more than 20 years.
Olivia Poolos