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Missouri Governments Look For As Many Pipelines As Possible To Vaccinate Their First Responders

Slowly but steadily, first responders across Missouri are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Gov. Mike Parson opened up eligibility for police officers, firefighters and ambulance crews earlier this month. Some larger cities, like St. Louis, are vaccinating their employees themselves, with staffing help from private companies. St. Louis received its first 3,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday and held vaccination clinics for its police officers, firefighters and ambulance...

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Kansas City Homeless Find Beds At Bartle Hall But Organizers Call It A Band-Aid Solution

Gov. Parson Accuses Missouri House GOP Leaders Of Trying To Embarrass Him

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Trio Appointed To Madison County Broad After Board ‘Pushback’ To Prenzler Nominees

By Kavahn Mansouri | Belleville News-Democrat • 1 hour ago

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.

With Border Wall Construction Finally On Hold, Activists Worry About What's Next

By • 1 hour ago

The bulldozers, excavators, concrete trucks and water haulers are parked. The construction crews are gone. And hundreds of 30-foot-tall steel panels are stacked up and down the U.S.-Mexico border.

As promised, President Biden has halted construction of the massive wall — former President Donald Trump's signature project. The new administration has called for a two-month suspension while border security officials sort out what to do next.

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Trio Appointed To Madison County Broad After Board ‘Pushback’ To Prenzler Nominees

By Kavahn Mansouri | Belleville News-Democrat • 1 hour ago

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.

Here’s How One Kansas City Architecture Firm Stays Winning At The Super Bowl

By editor • 3 hours ago

Brady Spencer grew up in northwest Arkansas, and after earning a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Arkansas, he set his sights on Kansas City.

“It’s the home of sports architecture,” he said, thinking he might try it for a few years. “And 25 years later, I’m still at it.”

Tuesday: Tishaura Jones Wants To Be St. Louis' Next Mayor

By Sarah Fenske • 3 hours ago

This interview will be on “St. Louis on the Air” at noon Tuesday. This story will be updated after the show. You can listen live.

In 2017, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones came 880 votes shy of victory in the crucial Democratic primary race for mayor. Lyda Krewson, who edged past Jones in a crowded field, cruised to victory in the general election.

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Sager | Braudis -- Painting of the Month

Tête de femme / paysage avec baigneurs (Head of a Woman / Landscape with Bathers)
PABLO PICASSO

Sager | Braudis -- Painting of the Month

PABLO PICASSO -- Tête de femme / paysage avec baigneurs (Head of a Woman / Landscape with Bathers) A spectacular example of Picasso’s compositional foresight, Tête de femme / paysage avec baigneurs is two works in one - the head of a woman when oriented as a portrait, and a landscape with bathing figures when turned 90 degrees. The artist reduced both compositions to relatively few, essential lines, produced by carving from a linoleum plate the “valleys” that would not receive the ink of the ultimate print.

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Paul Pepper: Jill Womack, "TRYPS Winter Classes" & Marilyn McLeod, LWVCBC, "February Events"

By & Paul Pepper • 5 hours ago

TRYPS artistic director JILL WOMACK invites the youth in our community to spend these next couple of months engaged with her staff in learning a variety of aspects related to the creative side of live theatre. Jill also touches on the effectiveness of doing this all online. Plus, MARILYN McLEOD tells us about a few of the many public events coming up in February sponsored by the League of Women Voters, including a two-part forum on social justice issues. (4:17) February 1, 2021

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Black Missourians Have Received Just 4% Of COVID-19 Vaccine So Far

By Tessa Weinberg & Columbia Missourian • 6 hours ago

Black residents of Missouri had received roughly 4% of the total COVID-19 vaccines administered, despite making up 11% of the population, according to a new dashboard the state launched Tuesday.

The dashboard shed light for the first time on detailed demographic data and a county-by-county breakdown of where COVID-19 vaccines have been given to residents. And similar to Missouri’s demographic data on coronavirus cases — it’s incomplete.

Parson Wants Shuttered Prison To Become Training Academy

By • 7 hours ago

Gov. Mike Parson has proposed transforming a shuttered northwest Missouri prison into a training ground for incoming correctional officers.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Parson’s recently unveiled budget plan includes $671,714 to convert the idled Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron into an academy where would-be prison guards can get more real-world experience before being assigned to one of the state’s 20 lock-ups.

Afternoon Newscast for January 29, 2021

By Jack Kosowski • Jan 29, 2021

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