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Friday, June 20 - Missouri farmers want health care

2 weeks ago
A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren’t subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.

Friday, June 20 - Missouri farmers want health care

2 weeks ago
A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren’t subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.

Tuesday, June 17 - Bullet clinic steps up despite loss in funding

2 weeks 3 days ago
The Bullet Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, known as The BRIC, is helping the community heal through acupuncture in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through St. Louis last month. The nonprofit is one of dozens of organizations that lost half of their federal funding just before the storm, but organizers say that isn’t stopping them from getting resources to residents who need them.

Thursday, June 12 - How this ghost story turned into an opera

3 weeks 1 day ago
This month the Opera Theatre of St. Louis is producing a new opera by one of the world’s most-celebrated living playwrights. Lynn Nottage — the only woman so far to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice — wrote the libretto for “This House” with her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber. The opera looks at African American history through the intersecting powers of memory and place.

Wednesday, June 11 - The future of KDHX

3 weeks 2 days ago
A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of community radio station KDHX for $8.75 million to Christian broadcast network Gateway Creative Broadcasting. We sort through the judge’s decision, and what happens next.

Tuesday, June 10 - Trump is "giving out pardons like candy"

3 weeks 3 days ago
The decade-long criminal pursuit of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan finally comes down to this. On Friday, a man once regarded as the state’s most powerful politician will be sentenced for multiple corruption convictions. If Madigan gets a long prison term, could his next step be to seek relief from President Trump?

Monday, June 9 - Trapped under rubble while calls to help went unanswered

3 weeks 4 days ago
Centennial Christian Church sits in the heart of Fountain Park. It’s the lifeline of the north St. Louis neighborhood. But last month, an EF-3 tornado destroyed the 121-year-old church. Three people were trapped inside buried beneath the rubble for nearly two hours. One of them did not make it out alive. Repeated calls from a victim inside Centennial to the city’s 911 emergency line went unanswered.

Friday, June 6 - Hawley pushes Trump on FEMA

4 weeks ago
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called for swift federal help for victims of the May 16th tornado in St. Louis. But President Donald Trump hasn’t signed Gov. Mike Kehoe’s major disaster declaration request, which would unlock direct aid to St. Louis and St. Louis County residents.