⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXIV:45-AM

STL: Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Events 📆

• Free Metro Transit passes offered today - FOX 2
• Mardi Gras ends, Lent begins in St. Louis - FOX 2
• Ash Wednesday: Get your ashes to go at these St. Louis-area churches - KSDK
• The Ultimate Fish Fry Guide for Lent 2024 - RiverBender
• Find a St. Louis fish fry with this 2024 Lent map - FOX 2

BuySTL 👜

• Stray Rescue markets 'prime' site next to Downtown West's CityPark - KSDK
• Centro Modern Furnishings celebrates 25 years of bringing timeless design to St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
• Investigation reveals financial secrecy in the nursing home industry - KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

• Stew's Food & Liquor brings Asian-inspired food and craft cocktails to Soulard - FEAST
• Donut Palace expands to Sunset Hills - St. Louis Magazine
• Steve's Meltdown opening at City Foundry STL - St. Louis Magazine

STLfood ⚜️

• Mobile Coffee Bar the Spilt Milk Café to Launch in St. Louis in March - RFT

STL100 💯

• Celtics, Chaminade basketball star Jayson Tatum gives $1 million to St. Louis homeowners - KSDK
• SLPS reaches milestone in ongoing removal of lead paint - KSDK
• Celtics star Jayson Tatum gets $1 million gift from SoFi to help people buy homes in St. Louis - FOX 2

STL99 😱

• KDHX Has Lost Nearly One-Third of Its Donors, But All Is A-OK - RFT
• Woman dead after being struck by 2 cars at St. Louis intersection - KSDK
• Woman fatally struck by two cars in north St. Louis - FOX 2
• Missouri man breaks into home, attacks man 3 times in one night: Police - FOX 2

Police 🚓

• 'Valentine's Law' would make it a felony fleeing from police when committing a crime - FOX 2
• Off-duty officer shot in north St. Louis being treated at hospital, manhunt continues - FOX 2
• Police officer shot early Wednesday in north St. Louis - KSDK
• St. Louis County officers shoot man in St. Louis City, police say - KSDK
• St. Louis police destroy hundreds of seized weapons - FOX 2

CityGov 🏛

• St. Louis Aldermen Seek to Ease Liquor License Process, But at What Cost? - RFT

LocalGov 🏛

• St. Louis-area cities say they'll cut services like police, roads if food tax is repealed - stltoday.com
• Kirkwood to consider closing a portion of Jefferson Avenue, turn it over to church - KSDK
• St. Louis County Council considering using $20M of Rams settlement money on street repairs - FOX 2

MoGov 🏛

• Push for restrictions on intoxicating hemp products spurs clash over who should regulate - KSDK
• Missouri Senate Democrats continue to delay action on initiative petition legislation - FOX 2
• Missouri Senate Democrats stall GOP push to change initiative petition process - Missouri Independent
• Missouri House bill would jeopardize millions in funding to fight water pollution - Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

• U.S. Senate sends to the House a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan - Missouri Independent

Jobs 📄

• Anheuser-Busch says negotiations continue with Teamsters ahead of strike deadline - FOX 2
• Bayer preps to cut jobs and restructure, invites workers to ‘opt in’ for severance - stltoday.com
• BeLeaf Medical Argues Missouri Cannabis Workers Can’t Unionize - RFT
• Company continues to argue Missouri cannabis workers can’t unionize - Missouri Independent

Ecology 🦤

• Carp are killing Missouri's rivers and lakes. Instead, they can be a global force for good, expert says - KSDK