[Dean Martin singing] That’s A MORY.

“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told. “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another. Our #3 most-read story of 2025:

From earlier this week. "They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome — I think it's not working and I think there's really got to be a debate here about overhauling incentives completely.” www.stlpr.org/education/20...

Companies tied to investor Joey Chianese, of Virginia, own 150+ single-family homes across St. Louis. He sells them using a model much like rent-to-own, which leaves buyers without the protections afforded by mortgages or landlord-tenant laws. By @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/joeychianese

A read well worth your time by @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

Minecraft: the Development?

"Do you pay the one?" www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Red absolutely the right decision. Arsenal now need to manage their yellow cards REALLY well.

Six months after the May tornado, some north St. Louis residents say their insurance companies are fighting them “every step of the way,” leaving them with little payout and no home to return to.

It’s not that the insurance companies are dishonest. This is America, this is big business, this is capitalism — everyone is trying to make money." My latest with @drebjournalist.bsky.social. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

A city program that aimed to provide tenants displaced from their homes with financial aid began accepting applications on Friday after failing to do so for its first year.

A new St. Louis’ Tornado Recovery Advisory Committee is composed of 15 community members representing north St. Louis neighborhoods that were impacted by the May tornado. Their goal is to help guide city officials in immediate tornado recovery priorities.

Unfortunately this well-intentioned "Right to Counsel" program has fallen short of its goals and needs to be fully funded. HUDZ is having a hearing this everning at 6. I believe the public can also testify via zoom. www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

Some of the pitch emails I get from PR people read like gibberish.

NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with @propublica.org @texastribune.org? We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas

Still waiting

The decision marks the latest retreat for a $250 million expansion that has steadily shed much of its initial ambition.

My #development newsletter, Brick City, is going to be jammed pack tomorrow (feast or famine heh). I’m excited for y’all to read it!

A report shows the program only defended 343 people facing eviction in its first year, far short of city's goal of 1,352. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

JUST IN: St. Louis looks likely to spend $14M in Ram's interest on winter sheltering in the wake of a housing crisis kicked off by the May tornado. @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/government-p...

FESTUS FOR THE REST OF US: CRG eyes Festus for new data center projects, claims $30-40 million economic impact. “It's unlike anything that any of these, certainly the city, or any of those institutions, those organizations, have ever seen before." www.stlpr.org/government-p...

"Some files mother..."

I know the city is slow walking my records requests. I just can’t prove it

When St. Charles sold Mueller Park for $3 million without a public vote, some residents decided they’d had enough. Now, they’re pushing to change the city charter and give voters a say before any city-owned park can be sold.

Remember how The Last Hotel abruptly closed and we learned it was b/c the owners hated each other? Yeah, still closed. But the owner offered to house tornado victims for just $700,000... www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

I could not be more proud to be a part of my team. Read this one, out today, from @meredithnewman.bsky.social

As residents in St. Charles push for more say in public park sales, advocates and officials in St. Louis say the city is skirting the rules put in place by the STL city charter.

Scoop from me: Peabody Energy is leaving downtown St. Louis after 70 years. Co. had sought to leave several years ago when gunfire busted several of its windows. But now it's a done deal www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

VENICE, Ill. — A food desert eliminating grocery store planned to open in the small Metro East town next summer will soon start construction. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

Long live the jury trial in America.

“It’s been a year and a half since we passed the impacted tenants’ funds; it's been six months since the tornado." www.stlpr.org/government-p...

After a monthslong standoff, China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year — less than half of what the country has historically purchased. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

A blighting determination on the Cortex district will continue after all, extending the nearly 20-year determination on the district in the Central West End.

The board took this bill back up and approved the blighting for another five years.

Board of Aldermen President Megan Green said the city legislature will fast-track the legislation, suspending board rules on Friday to introduce the bills. The bills will be heard in committees next week and then voted on again next Friday. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

"Every minute the city delays is another minute a family continues to suffer without the support that they desperately need," said a Ward 10 resident. Angry residents at the meeting called for the city to allocate the full $280 million of Rams settlement funding. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

The funds come from the city’s economic development sales tax, which dedicates 10% of sales tax revenue to neighborhood plan implementation awards. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Me when I post economic development stories on Bluesky: "I know it's a banger."

As officials in Missouri try to attract data center proposals from companies, pushback grows in communities where the projects are planned. One expert says the economic benefit isn't clear — especially if they get tax breaks. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

“For years we've been approving the security measures... whether it's a guard at the site, or this DAWG system … and it can't last. It can't go on forever. “ www.stlpr.org/government-p...

“It's incumbent on us at the local level to be strategic in terms of how we can deploy our limited resources to help fill some of those gaps in order to protect our residents and ensure that basic needs are met." www.stlpr.org/government-p...

YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!

The board may reconsider the extension in coming weeks, but it will need a two thirds majority for it to pass. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

Gotta remember this when I'm talking about golf carts in St. Louis.

New data obtained by @stltoday.com indicates hundreds of the buildings mangled by the May 16 tornado in St. Louis were likely vacant before the storm even hit. That could hobble the city's efforts to rebuild the neighborhoods hit hardest by the storm. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

One of the leaders of Green Street Real Estate Ventures has agreed to pay a disgruntled investor more than $3M to settle claims the troubled development firm did not pay out returns. The investor could get another windfall, court records show www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

A scoop and a great explainer from my colleague and data center reporting partner @kgrumke.bsky.social. Must read! www.stlpr.org/health-scien...

Background on the perpetual blight in the #Cortex353 redevelopment area from @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social Final vote on BB 68 expected on Oct. 28 Related: #CortexTIF plays a silent role in #BOAbb83, which channels $1M in sales tax revenue to Corporate Interiors Inc. bsky.app/profile/kava...