Category: State and Local Issues

All Dreams End

That classic American dream – a family with a nice home, a decent car, kids and all – always eluded many people.  Still, generations lived the dream, especially about St. Louis.

Missouri Gives, Missouri Takes

Missouri’s Senate Appropriations Committee aims to restore budget cuts by Governor Mike Kehoe, focusing on equitable funding for colleges and services for the disabled. However, they acknowledge unavoidable reductions next year. A proposed income tax amendment could shift financial burdens to sales taxes, disproportionately affecting seniors and working-class families, leading to program cuts.

Broken Chairs

Most Wednesday evenings we meet friends to eat and play bar trivia.  The contest starts at 7:00 p.m. but we try to get there before 6:00 p.m. – happy hour food and beer prices (we’re old), and, that gives us Read More …