Eric Schmid
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St. Louis Public Radio
Madison County and Venice Township have a Black township supervisor for the first time in their collective history after swearing in the township board on Monday.
Theo R. Welling
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Special to St. Louis Public Radio
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As vice president of sustainability and electrification for Ameren Missouri, Gwen Mizell is juggling more than one big challenge. Climate pledges are great, but how does a major utility company make the shift to clean energy while maintaining reliable and affordable services — and also reckon with the reality that the technology needed to become totally green does not yet exist? -
A Chesterfield-based tech company, Fybr, has installed 275 wireless parking sensors in downtown Kirkwood. Starting this week, residents and visitors will be able to access real-time parking availability via the mobile app, Park Kirkwood.
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Corn, soybeans, livestock, lumber and wines are all among the products the state is marketing to southeast Asian countries.
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St. Louis University is converting its African American Studies program into a full department this fall. Faculty and students have championed the effort since the early 1970s and say it’s a big step for equality.
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The GOP-controlled Missouri legislature passed several major initiatives in the just-completed 2021 session. But it wasn't exactly easy.
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The 1904 World's Fair was a beacon of technological advancement in the United States, but the treatment of Filipino and Indigenous people has been long overlooked by mainstream society. One local artist is hoping to change that.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shifted its stance this week on the need to wear masks if you're vaccinated. What's that mean for kids? For travel? For work? Experts weigh in.
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The last day of the Missouri General Assembly’s legislative session ended with a thud when the Senate adjourned without the approval of a must-pass bill that helps fund the state’s Medicaid system.
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An Ohio state senator went viral last week after he was caught on camera driving during a Zoom debate on penalties for — you guessed it — distracted driving. But Andrew Brenner is hardly an outlier: Numerous elected officials, including St. Louis aldermen, have been spotted driving while participating in virtual public meetings.
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Clayton attorney Bevis Schock won a victory in federal court this week on behalf of Robert Fernandez, a homeless man repeatedly cited for violating St. Louis County ordinances against panhandling.
Sylvester Brown went from childhood poverty to a plum post as a columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Then came a public falling-out and some serious soul-searching. On this encore edition of St. Louis on the Air, Brown discusses his new story collection — and the characters who gave life to his writing. We'll also hear about a book that delves into St. Louis’ Italian-American neighborhood: The Hill, and get an update on how one St. Louis entrepreneur raised more than $3 million for a magnetic pillow fort.
David Kovaluk
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St. Louis Public Radio
County health centers and St. Louis-area hospital systems have launched online forms where people can pre-register to receive coronavirus vaccinations.