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Essential news for the St. Louis region. Every weekday, in about 8 to 10 minutes, you can learn about the top stories of the day, while also hearing longer stories that bring context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the region.
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Tuesday, October 29 - Hawley and Kunce pitch vastly different messagesMissouri’s U.S. Senate race between Democrat Lucas Kunce and Republican incumbent Josh Hawley is arguably the most competitive, and combative, statewide contest this year. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum reports, Kunce and Hawley are pitching strikingly different messages in the campaign’s final stretch.
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Monday, October 28 - Has the craft brewery bubble burst?St. Louis has a reputation as a beer town, but in the past few months, a handful of local breweries have filed for bankruptcy, indicated they’re closing, or both. Craft breweries across the country are facing headwinds. St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric Schmid explores how that's playing out locally.
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Monday, October 28 - Has the craft brewery bubble burst?St. Louis has a reputation as a beer town, but in the past few months, a handful of local breweries have filed for bankruptcy, indicated they’re closing, or both. Craft breweries across the country are facing headwinds. St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric Schmid explores how that's playing out locally.
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Friday, October 25 - The issues impacting the MO gubernatorial raceThere are 11 days until the November 5th election., when Missourians will choose 5 statewide positions, including the governor. Several ballot initiatives – including a question on overturning Missouri’s abortion ban – could be an influence on who wins the governor’s race. St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg reports on the contest.
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Thursday, October 24 - St. Louis ballot items + Chuck Berry rocking across genresIn addition to federal and statewide races, voters in St. Louis will cast their ballots on three changes to the city charter. St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann will break them down. Plus, Chuck Berry did much to define what rock n’ roll sounds like. But a new tribute project shows that his songs can translate to any genre. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin shows how you never can tell how far a good song will go.
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Wednesday, October 23 - Fact versus feeling: How voters decide what's realWith the election now less than two weeks away, airwaves and social media feeds are flooded with ads for candidates and causes. This cycle, those messages increasingly rely on inflammatory language...and loose facts. We spoke about this trend with Professor Natasha Casey, a media literacy educator at Lincoln Land Community College and with the Media Literacy Lab.
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Tuesday, October 22 - Will sports gambling really support education?Proponents of an amendment to legalize gambling on sporting events in Missouri say the resulting tax revenue could help fund education, but critics say tax loopholes could mean the state’s classrooms would see little benefit.
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Monday, October 21 - Future-proofing Missouri farmlandThink of all the things you might do differently than your grandparents' generation: how you dress, how you cook, how you communicate. Same goes for farming. Reporter Jana Rose Schleis explores the historical context behind the generational divide in agriculture, and how future-proofing some Missouri farmland has led some to ditch decades of advice.
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Friday, October 18 - Medicare changes, and possible savingsMedicare enrollment began this week. As Rebecca Smith reports, there are some big changes this year that could immediately affect the lives of senior Missourians and, in the long term, the overall Medicare marketplace.
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Thursday, October 17 - MO's AG and Lt. Governor RacesMissourians will select five of the six statewide office holders this year, including the Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor. With less than three weeks until election day, St. Louis Public Radio’s statehouse and politics reporter Sarah Kellogg breaks down those two races. You can read more of our coverage of the 2024 election at stlpr.org.