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2 weeks ago | 
stlpr.org | Alice Bolin |Lucas Schaefer |Amy Bloom |Marlen Haushofer
With summer - and some welcome downtime - on the horizon, we have just the thing to help you spend those hours by the pool, at the beach, or on a plane: New books!Our critics have considered the great titles publishing this summer and are here to let you know which ones they are most excited about.
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1 month ago | 
stlpr.org | Andrea Henderson
The Latinx Arts Network, a local arts organization, is hosting a week of arts events beginning Thursday to highlight Latin American artists in the St. Louis area. Latinx Arts Week will include a culinary experience, a film festival, an author’s showcase and art exhibitions.
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1 month ago | 
stlpr.org | Eric Schmid
Tariffs can increase revenue and protect domestic industry, but achieving the latter goal takes time and will require domestic manufacturers to find different sources of materials in the short term.
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2 months ago | 
stlpr.org | Viet Thanh Nguyen |Kate Folk
Who are you, anyway? It's a simple question. Just complete a name tag at the welcome table and you'll be fine, right? But behind that fig leaf there's a freshet of complications, contradictions and still other questions of identity, not least of which is: Who gets to decide? A handful of notable books coming out this week, each in its own way, offer stabs at an explanation - or, at least a deeper understanding of the questions involved.
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2 months ago | 
stlpr.org | Will Bauer
The old Broadview Hotel has been converted into a 110-unit apartment building for residents over 55 years old. East St. Louis leaders believe this project will anchor future economic development.
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2 months ago | 
stlpr.org | Lacretia Wimbley
More people are moving to the St. Louis metropolitan area, but experts warn that declining births will eventually impact the region's economy. On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau published its population estimates for 2024, showing that the 15 counties across the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area gained 6,420 new people last year, which is the region's largest increase since 2010.
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2 months ago | 
stlpr.org | Lacretia Wimbley
As interim commissioner of corrections, Doug Burris has been at the helm of the St. Louis City Justice Center, where 18 detainees have died since 2020, since late January,Burris is a nationally recognized expert in corrections and is credited with turning things around at the St. Louis County jail, where at the height of that facility's troubles, five people died in custody in 2019.
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2 months ago | 
stlpr.org | Lacretia Wimbley
Most of the U.S. lost an hour of sleep this weekend after moving clocks forward for daylight saving time, but a bill making its way through the Illinois legislature proposes to make that the last time Illinoisans lose sleep for the tradition. would amend the Standard Time Act, so daylight saving time would be the year-round standard time of the entire state, according to the bill's primary sponsor, Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
stlpr.org | Lacretia Wimbley
The St. Louis City Democratic Central Committee officially endorsed Alderwoman Cara Spencer for mayor on Saturday, a rare show of support for a challenger against an incumbent of the same party. The Democratic Central Committee met with 26 of their 28 members from all 14 Wards, and the group cast votes on who to support for mayor and comptroller. Incumbent Tishaura Jones had nine supporters in the final vote for mayor, and Spencer had 15, with two members abstaining.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
stlpr.org | Lacretia Wimbley
Dorrisa Ellis, 33, has worked as a Personal Support Assistant at the Veterans Benefits Administration St. Louis Regional Office in Overland since October, but she and at least 19 of her colleagues recently received an email from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs notifying them of their immediate termination. Ellis is a union member of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2192.