Eric Schmid
Eric Schmid covers the Metro East area in Illinois for St. Louis Public Radio. He joins the news team as its first Report for America corps member and is tasked with expanding KWMU's coverage east from the Mississippi. Before joining St. Louis Public Radio, Eric held competitive internships at Fox News Channel, NPR-affiliate WSHU Public Radio and AccuWeather. As a news fellow at WSHU's Long Island Bureau, he covered governments and environmental issues as well as other general assignments. Eric grew up in Northern Colorado but attended Stony Brook University, in New York where he earned his degree in journalism in 2018. He is an expert skier, avid reader and lifelong musician-he plays saxophone and clarinet.
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Ascend’s Fairview Heights cannabis dispensary opened more than a year after the company first indicated it wanted a location in the Metro East city.
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The Environmental Justice For All Act would amend current law and add new programs such as creating parks in communities across the country.
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The implosion caps the final parts of the defunct coal power plant's demolition, which started in 2019.
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More than half of Illinois' 23 coal plants are closed, and five more will be shuttered this decade. Without clear rules for demolitions, activists say more environmental problems are likely to occur.
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The Madison County Health Department is partnering with churches, local NAACP chapters and other community organizations to schedule appointments for mobile vaccine sites.
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When the Wood River Power Station’s main building was brought down earlier this month, it was another visual reminder of the Metro East turning away from some of the heavy industry that helped build the region.
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The Military and Veteran Resource Center helps new and existing veteran students navigate the college experience.
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The Federal Statistical Research Data Center will be housed at Washington University’s Danforth Campus.
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The Illinois senator wants to know how much arsenic, cadmium, lead and other metals the plant puts into the air.
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The main building of the defunct coal plant came down Monday morning, but a last-minute change in demolition plans means three smokestacks remain standing.