Episodios

  • Missouri Republicans see difficult national environment as a challenge to key ballot items

    Missouri Republicans see difficult national environment as a challenge to key ballot items
    Feb 23 2026
    Missouri Republicans gathered in Springfield this past weekend for Lincoln Days, the biggest gathering of the year for the state party. STLPR’s Jason Rosenbaum spent the weekend talking with GOP officials, consultants and activists – and found that the party is weighing how a bad national environment could affect key ballot initiatives and competitive state legislative races. Listen to Rosenbaum’s reporting on “The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.”
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    14 m
  • Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies

    Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies
    Feb 23 2026
    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled the final budget address of his second term, proposing a $56 billion plan that largely maintains the status quo while navigating federal funding cuts and rising costs. The budget includes targeted tax increases on social media companies and modest growth for education and pensions. STLPR Metro East reporter Will Bauer breaks down the speech and Pritzker’s priorities.
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  • Under fire from former colleagues, Bill Eigel defends recurring donation strategy

    Under fire from former colleagues, Bill Eigel defends recurring donation strategy
    Feb 23 2026
    As he tries to become the next St. Charles County executive, former state Sen. Bill Eigel is defending his fundraising strategies that inspired Republican House members to advance legislation curtailing recurring campaign contributions. Eigel joins “The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.”
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  • How WashU artists are sounding the climate alarm

    How WashU artists are sounding the climate alarm
    Feb 20 2026
    In “Climate Change in Concert,” delicate violin strings mirror the buzzing of cicadas take the place of data analysis. The performance at Washington University will transform environmental science into sound on Feb. 24. Composer Christopher Stark collaborated with violinist Clara Kim and Dan Giammar, the director of WashU’s Center for the Environment, to create a work that invites audiences to feel the rhythms and disruptions of a dynamic climate. We also explore the role of creativity in environmental research and why artists, alongside scientists, are essential in shaping solutions.
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    22 m
  • Hey, there's the Arch! How the Gateway Arch came to mean St. Louis

    Hey, there's the Arch! How the Gateway Arch came to mean St. Louis
    Feb 20 2026
    For 60 years, the Gateway Arch has defined St. Louis’s skyline — a 630-foot engineering marvel and the city’s most recognizable symbol. An exhibit at the Old Courthouse, “Hey, There’s the Arch!,” explores how the monument became woven into the region’s identity, from branding and ballcaps to personal memories. STLPR morning newscaster and host of The Gateway podcast, Abby Llorico, talks about the Arch’s evolving meaning and its deep connection to the community.
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  • Meet the new director shaping Black history at the Missouri Historical Society

    Meet the new director shaping Black history at the Missouri Historical Society
    Feb 20 2026
    Inside the Missouri History Museum’s “Mill Creek: Black Metropolis” exhibit, a once-thriving Black neighborhood erased by urban renewal comes back into focus. That’s where STLPR race, culture and identity reporter Andrea Henderson talked with Lyah LeFlore-Ituen, the new director of the Missouri Historical Society’s African American History Initiative. They discussed why Mill Creek’s story — and Black history more broadly — is foundational to St. Louis.
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    19 m
  • How a St. Louis scientist is decoding the ‘invisible language’ between plants and pollinators

    How a St. Louis scientist is decoding the ‘invisible language’ between plants and pollinators
    Feb 19 2026
    Scientists are beginning to decode how floral scents attract specific pollinators. Mónica Carlsen of the Missouri Botanical Garden is taking her research of anthuriums, a common household plant known for their wide leaves and protruding spike, from the Climatron and will soon travel to Colombia to capture plant scents in the wild, aiming to better understand the “invisible language” between plants and pollinators. We also hear from Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum curator Nezka Pfeifer about the museum’s latest exhibit “Smelling the Bouquet: Plants and Scents in the Garden.”
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  • Lawyers and judges face ‘legal morass’ in lawsuits against St. Louis police

    Lawyers and judges face ‘legal morass’ in lawsuits against St. Louis police
    Feb 19 2026
    Around 70 lawsuits against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are facing delays and confusion amid a year-long legal battle between lawyers for the state and city: The battle is over which entity is financially responsible to pay millions of dollars in settlements reached by judges and juries in lawsuits over police abuses. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger shares insights from his reporting about the situation, which he calls a “legal morass.” Arch City Defenders attorney Maureen Hanlon, who represented the family of a 63-year-old man police killed in a SWAT raid in 2017, shares her experience from the middle of this legal confusion. Messenger and Hanlon discuss the current situation’s roots, the history of local control of the SLMPD, and why judges are looking to lawmakers for lasting solutions.
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