"Ambetter’s parent company, [St. Louis-based] Centene, has been accused numerous times of presiding over ghost networks. One of the 25 largest corporations in America, Centene brings in more revenue than Disney, FedEx or PepsiCo."

The mayors of KC, STL and Columbia filed a brief today asking the Missouri Supreme Court to keep amendment 3 on the ballot. “These local executives are deeply concerned about the trend of partisans’ undermining Missouri voter’s right to free and fair elections.” #moleg

Jay Ashcroft seeks to pull abortion amendment off Missouri ballot weeks after approving it As of Monday afternoon, Amendment 3 was no longer listed on the secretary of state’s website as appearing on the November ballot #moleg #mogov via Anna Spoerre missouriindependent.com/2024/09/09/ash…

. Missouri SOS Office declined comment. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom campaign manager Rachel Sweet sent the following statement:

"It was a seed, and we've grown it and sustained it, and it will always be our home.” Such a pleasure to talk with Okunsula Amadou of @jamaabirthvillage for St. Louis on the Air and We Live Here. Catch the interview here: stlpr.org/show/st-louis-…

The St. Louis Police officer who handcuffed one of the owners of Bar:PM within 30 seconds of arriving, after cops crashed an SUV into the bar, has left the department. Ryan Krull has the scoop: stlmag.com/news/officer-a…

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey (Attorney General Andrew Bailey) heads back to his office in the Mo. Supreme Court building after talking to abortion opponents in Jefferson City. The court heard arguments to keep the measure off of the Nov. ballot and is due to rule today. #Amendment3

A St. Louis County judge has refused to free Marcellus Williams, a Black man who prosecutors now believe is innocent of the 1998 murder of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. The latest by St. Louis Public Radio's Rachel Lippmann. stlpr.org/law-order/2024…

More sad news from the world of local media. This time it's layoffs at Sauce Magazine. Sauce is owned by Big Lou Holdings, which sold the RFT in May stlmag.com/news/sauce-mag…

Tomorrow on St. Louis on the Air: Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT), will join us to talk about his St. Louis upbringing and the emergence and uses of artificial intelligence. What questions would you like to ask him? ⬇️

Francis Howell parents claim years of racism, say noose just re-exposed the divide stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Who’s the team? 🤔

Hawley continues to drive fear and anger toward trans people by lying about their healthcare while accusing them -- and their very existence -- of being a danger to children. Additionally, he is also lying about the abortion amendment. stlpr.org/government-pol…

Interesting story from Jack Suntrup: David Gregory, a GOP candidate for an St. Louis County state Senate seat, wants to tear down a historic home in Jefferson City to build a "castle" he can live in part time w/his family if he wins in November. #moleg stltoday.com/news/local/gov…

"Give me a sledgehammer. And let me just walk around and break glass, pull the bars out of the wall." - Inez , speaking to STLPR earlier this summer about her vision for a "community demolition" of the Workhouse. stlpr.org/podcast/we-liv…

And I meant every word Mayor Tishaura O. Jones ! Can I push the wrecking ball button??

It’s been great working with Danny Wicentowski on this podcast, especially with this episode. Here, we take an inside look into a 1972 uprising that exposed the Veiled Prophet and how that shaped Ferguson activists. stlpr.org/podcast/we-liv…

VP STL's Michael Ruwitch, who has been a member of the group for more than two decades, said the decision to remove the Veiled Prophet was made “for reasons." When asked what “VP” stands for, Ruwitch said, “VP is just letters. It stands for nothing.” stlpr.org/show/st-louis-…

For more on the Veiled Prophet, including clips from a members-only video from its 2012 gala, and a never-before-told account of a Ferguson protester who went undercover at the VP ball for years -- check out today's episode of "We Live Here" stlpr.org/podcast/we-liv…

The district won’t send a language arts teacher to the Natl. Council of Teachers of English convention. The board voted against it 4-3. “I certainly don’t support any of our educators picking up these radical theories that are presented there,” said VP Randy Cook.