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Austin Blankenship and Corey James want St. Louis to know one very important thing. "We have the best tasting dicks in St. Louis." Soon, folks throughout the metro area will be able to taste that assertion for themselves thanks to the husband-and-husband team's new adult waffle brand, Naughty Bits STL.

As SLM's dining editor points out, there are many contributing factors.

St. Louis startup Rezilient Health recently reached a key milestone in its evolution into a primary care provider, opening its first and flagship “CloudClinic” in downtown Clayton, at 7923 Forsyth Blvd.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Missouri Sunshine Law next year, a statewide organization dedicated to government transparency has honored The Missouri Independent as a “Sunshine Hero” for its work covering state government since launching in October 2020.  In addition to The Independent, the Missouri Sunshine Coalition has also chosen Greene County Clerk […]

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden took a preliminary victory lap Thursday to celebrate Democrats striking a surprise deal on a sweeping legislative package that renewed hopes of historic action on the party’s health care, tax and climate goals. But just down Pennsylvania Avenue, Senate Democrats said they needed to read through the bill text to […]

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Environmental advocates largely praised the climate provisions in Senate Democrats’ massive taxes, health care and energy bill released Wednesday night, saying even with provisions to help the fossil fuel industry, the measure represents a historic step toward addressing the climate crisis. The 725-page bill — made public mere hours after U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate […]

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Help may be coming for flood victims in north Saint Louis County.  The mayors of some north county municipalities are discussing flood relief Friday morning along with county council members Rita Heard Days and Shalonda Webb. They will meet Friday morning in Florissant. Many of those displaced in Tuesday's flooding are at the [...]

ST. LOUIS - A Las Vegas couple who stopped in St. Louis while on a cross-country trip had their dogs and car stolen while they were eating dinner. The couple was outside having dinner at a restaurant on Washington Avenue on Monday, July 18 when their car was stolen with their two dogs inside. The [...]

When Tanya Buechel wants to illustrate just how much her restaurant, Monte Bello Pizzeria (3662 Weber Road, 314-638-8861), means to people, she points to one of her longtime customers. The regular, an elderly gentleman, had taken his wife many years ago to Monte Bello for their first date, and the couple made it a tradition to come in every year on their anniversary to celebrate.

The Democrats’ deal with Manchin is a climate landmark that would also boost fossil fuels.

Before the Manchin news broke, Biden announced a slate of climate measures.

ST. LOUIS - Patchy fog is in the St. Louis area Friday morning. It will be partly cloudy, dry, and cool on Friday and Saturday with highs in the low 80s. Rain chances move in late Saturday night into Sunday. Expect high temperatures in the 80s. There is a chance for rain through early next [...]

“This is not another ‘before it’s too late’ book. This is a ‘what if it’s already too late?’ book.”

As he waits to head back out on tour with his All Starr Band in September, Ringo Starr has posted a video update at his YouTube channel in which he…

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In some ways, we are much more vulnerable than we know.

Which they did on Tuesday, when the NLRB and the Justice Department announced a joint effort to go after monopsonistic violators of workers’ rights

Much is riding on how Americans approach new development and managed retreat as the climate crisis worsens over the next decade.

No more Trump cronies overseeing the tax authority

They countenanced or took part in the kinds of scandalous acts that brought more ‘normal’ presidents down.