The Gateway
Essential news for the St. Louis region. Every weekday, in about 8 to 10 minutes, you can learn about the top stories of the day, while also hearing longer stories that bring context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the region. Music by Ryan McNeely of Adult Fur.
Episodes
June 24, 2025 • 9 mins
As tornado recovery efforts continue across St. Louis, one person is trying to provide alternative housing for victims while teaching trades to a new generation.
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June 23, 2025 • 9 mins
Housing insecurity and May's tornado are straining St. Louis city and county animal shelters.
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June 20, 2025 • 9 mins
A bill currently on Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk would enable the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer its members a health plan. But the policies are not technically insurance and therefore aren’t subject to federal Affordable Care Act regulations.
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June 18, 2025 • 10 mins
Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois’ nearly 50-year-old sexual abuse survivors law in an effort to make sure patients get critical care after sexual assault. The changes come after an investigation last year revealed that dozens of hospitals violated that law.
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June 17, 2025 • 10 mins
The Bullet Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, known as The BRIC, is helping the community heal through acupuncture in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through St. Louis last month. The nonprofit is one of dozens of organizations that lost half of their federal funding just before the storm, but organizers say that isn’t stopping them from getting resources to residents who need them.
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June 16, 2025 • 9 mins
Today marks one month since a deadly tornado blew through parts of St. Louis. Since the storm, relief efforts led by the community and organizations have filled a much-needed gap.
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June 13, 2025 • 9 mins
The price of earthquake insurance in Missouri’s bootheel has skyrocketed over the last 25 years. There are some possible government solutions to the problem, but the will to implement them is lacking.
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June 12, 2025 • 11 mins
This month the Opera Theatre of St. Louis is producing a new opera by one of the world’s most-celebrated living playwrights. Lynn Nottage — the only woman so far to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice — wrote the libretto for “This House” with her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber. The opera looks at African American history through the intersecting powers of memory and place.
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June 11, 2025 • 10 mins
A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of community radio station KDHX for $8.75 million to Christian broadcast network Gateway Creative Broadcasting. We sort through the judge’s decision, and what happens next.
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June 10, 2025 • 10 mins
The decade-long criminal pursuit of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan finally comes down to this. On Friday, a man once regarded as the state’s most powerful politician will be sentenced for multiple corruption convictions. If Madigan gets a long prison term, could his next step be to seek relief from President Trump?
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June 9, 2025 • 12 mins
Centennial Christian Church sits in the heart of Fountain Park. It’s the lifeline of the north St. Louis neighborhood. But last month, an EF-3 tornado destroyed the 121-year-old church. Three people were trapped inside buried beneath the rubble for nearly two hours. One of them did not make it out alive. Repeated calls from a victim inside Centennial to the city’s 911 emergency line went unanswered.
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June 6, 2025 • 12 mins
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called for swift federal help for victims of the May 16th tornado in St. Louis. But President Donald Trump hasn’t signed Gov. Mike Kehoe’s major disaster declaration request, which would unlock direct aid to St. Louis and St. Louis County residents.
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June 5, 2025 • 11 mins
You might remember the alt-rock band The All-American Rejects and lead singer Tyson Ritter from their handful of turn of the century hits such as “Dirty Little Secret.” As University of Missouri seniors graduated this spring, the band played the latest in a series of pop-up shows it’s been doing at people’s houses. We hear what the band, concertgoers and even the police think about this diversion from the current era of arena conce...
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June 4, 2025 • 11 mins
One of the many bills that didn’t cross the finish line this past Missouri legislative session was one backed by agricultural giant Bayer. The bill would have shielded Bayer from liability in some lawsuits where its herbicide Roundup has been accused of causing cancer. With the end of the regular legislative session, the bill is dead for now. But as St. Louis Public Radio’s Evy Lewis reports, it’s likely not the last Missouri will ...
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June 3, 2025 • 11 mins
William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is the story of a Danish prince who can’t decide how to respond to his father’s murder. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s production of the play in Forest Park this month is inspired by the fashion and jazz of mid-20th-Century Manhattan. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin reports, the production shows that one of the most famous plays ever written can inspire new sounds and surprises.
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June 2, 2025 • 10 mins
Missouri lawmakers are back in Jefferson City for a special legislative session. Gov. Mike Kehoe called for the session last week and specified three things he wanted done. That includes legislation that allows the state to help fund new stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.
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May 30, 2025 • 15 mins
Missouri’s political leaders are united behind getting federal aid to victims of the May 16 tornado. But actually delivering critical assistance to people is often a slow and cumbersome process. Plus: In April, a mother from Kennett (KEN-it), Missouri, attended a routine immigration meeting to renew her documents, which allowed her to work in the U.S. Instead, she was arrested and placed in an ICE jail. Now, her hometown is rallyin...
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May 29, 2025 • 10 mins
While agricultural incomes are expected to rebound this year, farmers have been taking on more debt lately. Coupled with high costs to run a business, some are worried. It makes it really tough. A look at why loan demand is up — and why some ag economists believe it could be a sign of better things to come.
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May 28, 2025 • 10 mins
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is already in classrooms in states across the country, including Illinois. And teachers are trying to navigate the challenges that AI presents. Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would create an advisory board to give schools guidance on how to use Artificial Intelligence or AI.
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May 27, 2025 • 10 mins
St. Louis officials estimate that around five thousand homes and other structures were damaged during the deadly May 16th tornado. As people start to rebuild, many are trying to do so without homeowners’ insurance.
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