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Missouri Republicans Weigh Minimum Wage Decrease Apr 08, 2021

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St. Louis Public Radio reporter Corinne Ruff discusses a proposal by Missouri House Budget Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage, to roll back or delay a voter-approved minimum wage increase.

Takeaways From A History-Making Election Night In St. Louis Apr 07, 2021

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Tishaura Jones' landmark mayoral win ushers in a new era for St. Louis politics.

After Jail Unrest, St. Louis Task Force Chair Calls For New Urgency — And New Management Apr 07, 2021

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Since late December, five protests have erupted at the Justice Center in downtown St. Louis. This latest came Sunday night, when a group of detainees broke windows on the third floor and threw objects out of the windows. Inmates could be heard chanting, “We need help” and “We want court dates.”

Pianos For People’s 300th Donation — A Baldwin From Ballwin — Finds Eager Young Player In St. Louis Apr 07, 2021

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Last week, as Laurie Bowen watched movers transport her cherished upright piano from the front of her home to the trailer hitched to their truck, she grew a bit emotional. She wiped away some tears. But they were happy ones, especially as she thought about what the instrument would mean for its new owner, 11-year-old piano student Amani Dugger, who lives in St. Louis.

Former St. Louis Elections Director’s Electronic Poll Book Streamlines Voting Process Apr 06, 2021

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KnowInk founder Scott Leiendecker shares how he developed the Poll Pad and how his voter registration company is becoming one of the fastest-growing companies in the region.

How St. Louisans Inspired, And Subsidized, Hemingway Apr 06, 2021

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In his book “Hemingway’s St. Louis: How St. Louisans Shaped His Life and Legacy,” Andrew J. Theising argues that many of Ernest Hemingway’s great adventures have roots in St. Louis. He explains how Hemingway's three St. Louis-born wives and their family fortunes helped to launch the novelist.

Analysis: Prosecutors Retrying 2 St. Louis Cops Face Tough Road To Conviction Apr 06, 2021

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Federal prosecutors will retry two St. Louis police officers charged with beating an undercover colleague after the jury deadlocked last week. A former federal prosecutor shares his analysis of what went wrong at trial -- and what this means for others making similar claims against St. Louis Police.

Meeting St. Louis’ Incoming And Outgoing Youth Poets Laureate Apr 05, 2021

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In January, shortly after poet Amanda Gorman inspired the nation with her reading at President Joseph Biden’s inauguration, St. Louis' outgoing youth poet laureate, Sarah Abbas, and the city’s next poet laureate, Grace Ruo, shared their hopes for bringing written and spoken words to bear on society.

What History Tells Us About The Mobilization Of Hate Groups In The U.S. Apr 05, 2021

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In this encore episode, we listen back to a conversation with Washington University Sociology Professor David Cunningham, who shares what we can learn about right-wing, white nationalist groups today — and best practices for defeating them — by studying their mobilization during other moments in our nation's history.

‘It’s Just Incredibly Frustrating’: Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion Now Faces Uncertain Fate In Missouri Apr 02, 2021

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Republicans in the Missouri House this week declined to fund the expansion of Medicaid. To their colleagues across the aisle, including state Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis, the GOP arguments in recent days against funding the change haven’t made much sense. In this conversation, Merideth, the ranking minority member of the House Budget Committee, offers his sense of recent developments and where this battle may be headed next.

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