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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Governor Jay Nixon Gets Subtly Mocked on This American Life

    Image viaMissouri Governor Jay Nixon, kinda laughed at by Ira Glass​Politicians love love love talking about job creation, reported Ira Glass over the weekend on NPR's This American Life. In fact, some pols are so crazy about new jobs, they'll hold a press conference when a government program crea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    What Does Gay Marriage and the Economy Have In Common?

    Ministers, justices of the peace, cake bakers, license clerks: A few folks who could see job growth.​In a move heralded by same-sex couples across the nation, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder informed Congress yesterday that the Obama administration would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Missouri Legislators Out to Screw Restaurant Workers

    Jennifer SilverbergThe Bleeding Deacon Public House: Owner Michael McLaughlin stands up for servers' right to a decent wage.​Over at Daily RFT, blogmeister Chad Garrison has a post about the various ways in which some Missouri legislators are attempting to undermine the already tenuous livelih ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Teenagers: They're Just Like Us! (Unemployed, That Is)

    As if it doesn't suck enough that you have to be seventeen for an entire year, employment statistics show that there's even more salt to rub in the wound of adolescence. The Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis teens are desperately seeking work, to no avail, facing the toughest summer job mark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    A Good Day for Science in St. Louis -- Science Center, Danforth Center to Expand

    danforthcenter.org​You may have already seen the news splashed across this morning's Post-Dispatch. The St. Louis Science Center will announce today that its moving ahead with a $9.5 million expansion to create a new exhibition hall. But that wasn't the only science-related news leaked yesterday. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    St. Louis Has Third-Worst Ranking for Black Employment

    ​The Economic Policy Institute yesterday released a study looking at unemployment rates by race in America. The institute ranked St. Louis as having the third-highest unemployment rate for African-Americans with 17.3 percent of local black residents without work in 2009 compared to 8.4 percent of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Local Talx Corp. Stirs Controversy in Contesting Jobless Claims, Says NY Times

    talx.com​At least one St. Louis enterprise is exploding in these dire economic days - though not without naysayers.Sunday's New York Times had a front-page story on Talx, a company headquartered near Westport Plaza that helps other companies -- including many in the Fortune 500 -- challenge unempl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    St. Louis Economy Rebounding Faster Than National Average, Though Still Slowly

    ​A new study has some good news for the St. Louis region. The Brookings Institution reports that the economic output here for the last three months of 2009 grew at a rate of 2.1 percent, ahead of the national average of 1.6 percent. Meanwhile, as recounted today in the Post-Dispatch, St. Louis was ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    Whitey Morgan and the 78's

    9 p.m. Friday, November 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Missouri: Not as Dismally Horrible, Economically Speaking

    Some new economic indicators might just make this gorgeous Spring day even gorgeous-er: classroomclipart.comThe Missouri Department of Economic Development is out with its new jobs report. After a nine-month uptick in Missouri's unemployment rate, it actually went down in April. Plus, it's still bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining of Mildly Hopeful Economic Indicators

    www.flickr.com/photos/origomiIs it a bull, or a bear?The Missouri Department of Economic Development is out with its latest jobs report. The Bad News?Missouri lost 6,400 non-farm payroll jobs in February. About a quarter million Missourians were jobless last month. Our unemployment rate inched up fr ... More >>

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Nonmusic Radio Show

    Lavender Limelight, KDHX (88.1 FM)

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    The Great Communicators

    Lavender Limelight, KDHX (88.1 FM)

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