North St. Louis residents took aim at the city's allotment of settlement funding directed toward revitalizing downtown and called for more money for tornado recovery. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:

According to WSJ, the five biggest home-insurers as a group didn’t pay out on more than 44% of claims resolved last year. STLPR interviewed dozens of residents who have struggled to get payouts from insurance companies following the May 16, 2025 tornado. www.wsj.com/finance/the-...

If things line up, this would be the first new office building in the city since 2019 www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

Really terrific reporting from the Midwest Newsroom's Luke Nozicka. www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

More than 20 restaurants opened their doors last month in the St. Louis region. Here's a full list of openings and the restaurants we bid farewell to in May:

Mayor Spencer named Stephen Davis to the newly created job today. The position was created during a reorganization of her office announced last August. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Gateway South project shrinks in size. Developer given another extension. More here: www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

A wild Wednesday in the ongoing battle between City Hall and the Police Board www.stlmag.com/news/police-...

Developers behind a riverfront redevelopment project in downtown St. Louis say it is moving ahead slowly, despite a major fire at key buildings last year. The redevelopment plan hit a roadblock late last year when a fire destroyed a large portion of the Crunden-Martin buildings.

Look at that. Cardinals and BJC collab Pokemon binder? Amazing.

My sister in law unearthed a vital piece of my childhood after dinner tonight. What does 190 pieces mean and what on earth is the material I wrote it with?

The panel spent a large amount of time "mythbusting" criticism over data center projects, claiming the projects will not raise energy rates and that some online rhetoric is being fueled by bots. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

30 days until #IRE26! Have you built your conference schedule yet? 👀 https://bit.ly/3PgsnNg A few session topics you should have on your list: 📝 Tracking political influence + money 📝 AI’s environmental impact 📝 Massive document dump investigations What sessions are YOU most excited for?

In unrelated news, I am crying tears of joy.

Planning officials estimate a final vote could take place next month. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

This just happened again at another St. Louis data center hearing. This time on zoning rules. Two Steadfast City employees failed to identify themselves as such as they suggested changes to city zoning rules on data centers.

For the past year, STLPR has been documenting the struggle to rebuild or move on in the tornado zone as well as the failures of the recovery effort. Here are 12 takeaways from our reporting.

Over the past year, St. Louis Public Radio wrote more than 200 stories about the May 16 tornado and the neighbors and neighborhoods it impacted. That work doesn't stop today, but today we take a moment to reflect on what we've learned. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

More than 100 people rallied on the steps of City Hall in Downtown St. Louis on Friday and demanded $150 million in Rams Settlement Funds for tornado recovery.

Residents report feeling disregarded, discarded & forgotten. David Jackson said on one block, almost everyone is gone. He said Spencer should quit talking about recovery. “North St. Louis doesn’t want to hear it. There’s a question about her credibility.” www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

St. Louis Public Radio reporters interviewed more than 60 north St. Louis residents who are still living with the impacts of the May 16 tornado. These are three stories of displaced St. Louisans navigating the aftermath one year later. www.stlpr.org/health-scien...

Behold the first episode of ProPublica's new podcast -- where we bring you inside our investigations. It's *interesting,* It's *lively,* we even *swear.* All in the public interest 👇🏻 www.propublica.org/series/paper...

Nearly a year after the May 16 tornado, a group of neighbors rebuilding their block in north St. Louis continues to show up nearly every weekend to lead cleanup efforts. Here's how these volunteers, once strangers, crossed the Delmar Divide and developed camaraderie along the way:

My second piece for our reporting series "TORN," looking back on a year of tornado recovery in north St. Louis. This piece focuses on the history of north St. Louis. How we got here and where neighbors worry the area is headed. With the extraordinarily talented and well-sourced Andrea Henderson.

One year after an EF3 tornado severely damaged north St. Louis, new reporting shows how inexperience and decisions in Mayor Cara Spencer’s administration slowed the tornado recovery.

Mayor Cara Spencer is defending St. Louis’ tornado recovery efforts nearly a year after the May 16 storm devastated north St. Louis, while acknowledging shortcomings and challenges still ahead.

Nearly a year after an EF3 tornado ravaged some of St. Louis’ most historic Black neighborhoods, @kgrumke.bsky.social and I delve into why recovery is taking so long in north St. Louis — and how city leaders are struggling to respond. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

A disturbing look into how Cara Spencer’s administration fumbled the city’s response to the May 16 tornado. Good job, @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/government-p...

“I can tell you I did not own or control those companies,” he wrote in a November email to the Post-Dispatch. “I’ve never owned a property in St. Louis.” Kiebler’s signature appears on deeds for all five properties. www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

Mid-Thursday Thought: Bring back The Wild Thornberrys.

All four incumbent city council members that supported a $6 billion data center development Festus lost their seat to anti-data center opponents tonight. Story coming tomorrow. 📸: @brianmunoz.bsky.social

This took a ton of research and document delving by @kgrumke.bsky.social. www.stlpr.org/health-scien...

Shiny.

My latest.

Biz leaders in Midtown area are hoping to get a new kind of TIF approved www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

"Through bold advocacy and cutting-edge litigation, the work of this office has helped make Missouri a more just and decent place."

While a distributor in Belleville says they'll keep distributing Stag kegs, others in the St. Louis region won't be — and a Maplewood bar even had a Stag funeral since it will no longer be carried on tap. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/culture-hist...

NEW: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has told St. Louis it will not pay for most building demolitions the city hoped would be covered. ✍️: @kgrumke.bsky.social and me. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Trans Kansans are getting letters on the eve of a new state law going into effect informing them that their driver’s licenses will be considered invalid as of TODAY. “Please note that the Legislature did not include a grace period for updating credentials," read the letters mailed Monday.

NEW: Hearing set for data center portion of $3 billion Armory project. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

She's just like me, foreal.

Sunshine requests in City of STL still need reform. @gconnolly314.bsky.social requested data center info from Zoning on Feb 5 & was charged $22.07 for a PARTIAL copy. The same info was requested 11 days later and charged $0 but given FULL public record. Arbitrary and capricious?

Eberechi Eze scored a hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur in November. And he has a brace today. Daylight for Mikel Arteta's Arsenal in the north London derby — they lead 3-1.

Bottle that. #arsenal

NEW: After announcing plans to ramp up repairs to 40-100 homes a month in North City, St. Louis officials in charge of tornado recovery say the city may run out of funds to repair those homes by April or May. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

"You can't regulate a dumpster fire." - Quote of the week from tonight's Planning Commission public hearing on data center zoning rules.

Strong reporting from my colleague, Sarah Fentem.