The Arch City Report

This week, we get into what we know about why Boeing machinists overwhelmingly voted down a new contract offer. We’re also three weeks away from a big interview with Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, so we’re asking state lawmakers: What should we be asking him?

As St. Louis’ struggling downtown pushes toward reformation as a residential hub, we look back 20 years ago, when the neighborhood was in the middle of an earlier renaissance, and ask: Can this one stand the test of time?  

We also discuss public broadcasting, and what President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has cut from the budgets of Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Radio.  

This week we dissect Southwest Airlines’ move to cut some service at Lambert airport, where it’s by far the biggest carrier. Some West Coast routes are taking big hits, while other leisure destinations see additions. We’ll detail why the airport’s leader says she isn’t worried. And we’ll discuss a large planned investment at an innovation community in Creve Coeur, and why it’s happening now. 

This week we sit down with Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, who give us the latest on her push to preserve the Granite City Works plant after Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel, and discusses role she hopes to play in ending Metro East’s 15 years of population decline.

A new study released this week attempts to tabulate the impact the $390 million project launched in 2009 to bring new life the Gateway Arch grounds, the Old Courthouse, Kiener Plaza, and the Mississippi Riverfront. This week, we talk to the leader of that project to learn: Where do they go from here?   

This week, we’re joined by Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III who answers some big questions: How did the Cardinals find their way into the Kansas City Stadium Bill? What are they planning for Busch Stadium renovations? And how has the investment in talent development taken shape this season? Hear the answers to all that and more on this week’s episode of the Arch City Report.    

This week, I'm joined by Bi-State Development's Mary Lamie to talk about the significant investments being made along the Mississippi riverfront in St. Louis, and what is says about this city's relationship with the waterway that created it.

This week, St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green joins us to discuss the board’s swift action in approving some tornado recovery bills and just how much of the city’s money from the Rams settlement could be in play for recovery efforts.

Rawlings, the St. Louis company that was founded off its patent for a baseball glove more than 140 years ago believes it’s on the verge of a huge milestone. This week, we explain how the company that supplies the balls to Major League Baseball got to this point.  

The tornado that tore through St. Louis left five dead and a trail of property damage expected to exceed $1 billion. But what’s to come, especially in poor communities hit hardest, could be just as damaging. Join us we talk with the Urban League’s Michael McMillan about the twister’s lingering damage. 

Real Estate investor Charles Goldman joins us this week to explain his plan to bring new life to Missouri's largest skyscraper, the long-vacant AT&T tower in downtown St. Louis, and why a tax credit bill in Jefferson City is critical to the project.

A former top executive at a Metro East bank is accused of stealing nearly $2 million from his employer in a check kiting scheme. This week, we discuss what we learned about Andy Blassie’s life outside the bank. Join us for that and more on the Arch City Report podcast.

Downtown businesses leaders want a better chance at attracting more and bigger events to the city. So they’ve asked state lawmakers to approve a unique district that could arm them with the tools they need to make downtown into an even bigger concert and event destination. We have that and more on this week’s episode of the Arch City Report.  

Would you live downtown? Odds are good that if you already live in the St. Louis region, you’ve already made up your mind that doing so isn’t safe. But one downtown developer has data showing outsiders who haven’t been exposed to downtown’s safety stigma are having no trouble making that choice. We have that and more on this week’s episode of the Arch City Report.

Most St. Louisans have come to know David Hoffmann as the man trying to turn Augusta into the next Napa Valley. But over the last several months, he’s emerged as America’s most aspiring newspaper magnate. He joins the Arch City Report with the story of why he wants to save news and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  

Some high-profile St. Louis nonprofits are in turmoil, including a well-known radio station that finds itself needing to sell its license and office tower. Meanwhile, other charitable groups are coming up with innovative ways to give back to the community, even as local giving has changed substantially in recent years. 

Baseball season is upon us, but after two years of declining attendance, the prospects this year don’t look good for the businesses that rely on visitors to Busch Stadium. This week, we take a look at exactly how much sales have declined in and around the ballpark.