TOWER GROVE EAST – When Arrey Obenson came to St. Louis in 2002, he had an experience that still influences him: He bought a car and had to pay 23 percent…
Day: February 1, 2021
Mini-Trumps take aim (literally) at protesters, your right to vote
What a second Trump term would have looked like is playing out in miniature in Jefferson City. Bills to legalize murdering protesters and to stop poor, Black and elderly people…
SLU webinar to dispel myths about COVID-19 vaccine
ST. LOUIS • St. Louis University’s School of Medicine and their Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 2, to help inform…
Health officials announce vaccine distribution plan
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Select hospitals across Missouri will receive just over half of the state’s weekly allocation of COVID-19 vaccinations in February in an effort to achieve consistent and…
There should be no pandemic privilege for religion
Even before we are out of the coronavirus pandemic, Missouri’s lawmakers are considering bills that would make it more difficult to keep people safe in a future pandemic. And several…
Retiring alderman boosted 17th Ward with tax breaks
CENTRAL WEST END – Being a numbers guy, 17th Ward Alderman Joseph D. Roddy uses numbers to show what he sees is the success of using tax breaks in his…