The Gateway

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.

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Friday, March 27 - Healing through song

March 27, 2026 • 12 mins
The Angel Band Project brings music therapy to women who’ve experienced sexual violence. Participants help heal by writing and recording original songs.
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Thursday, March 26 - Lessons from Nashville

March 26, 2026 • 15 mins
Six years ago this month, an EF-3 tornado cut a 60-mile path across Nashville, Tennessee and surrounding counties. Among the hardest-hit areas was North Nashville. Like north St. Louis, it is the historic heart of the city’s Black community. St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann recently traveled to Tennessee to find out the lessons St. Louis leaders can learn from Nashville’s recovery.
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Wednesday, March 25 - App making recovery attainable

March 25, 2026 • 11 mins
A new Washington University School of Medicine study examines how the app, uMAT-R, improves recovery outcomes for people with a substance use disorder lacking stable housing. STLPR's Marissanne Lewis-Thompson digs in to why it's working.
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Tuesday, March 24 - Snapshots of romance and resistance

March 24, 2026 • 10 mins
An exhibition of rarely seen photos now on view at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis highlights the story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, two women whose lifelong romance fueled their artistic collaboration.
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Monday, March 23 - Back to work

March 23, 2026 • 13 mins
There are eight weeks remaining in the 2026 Missouri Legislative Session. After a week off, lawmakers are returning to Jefferson City today to a hefty to-do list, including passing this year’s state budget. STLPR Statehouse and Politics reporter Sarah Kellogg breaks down what could happen during the second half of the session.
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Friday, March 20 - CEMA's struggles

March 20, 2026 • 12 mins
This week marks 10 months since a deadly tornado tore through parts of St. Louis. As the region enters what has recently been the busiest months for tornadoes, St. Louis’s Emergency Management Agency, which leads disaster response and helps prepare the city in case of emergencies, remains underfunded and understaffed. St. Louis Public Radio's Hiba Ahmad breaks down how long the funding issues have been in place and what the future...
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Thursday, March 19 - Incoming buzzkill

March 19, 2026 • 11 mins
Local breweries are now getting into the THC business by creating hemp sodas and seltzers that can result in a marijuana-like high. But, due to a congressional ban, these products — and potentially the entire industry — now have an expiration date.
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Wednesday, March 18 - Looking inward

March 18, 2026 • 15 mins
The County Council's passage of a resolution opposing any “merger, re-entry, consolidation, or structural reunification of the City of St. Louis with St. Louis County now or in the foreseeable future” came the same day County Executive Sam Page announced a push for public input on the widely discussed plan. Plus, St. Louis singer, songwriter and dancer Jordan Ward has become a rising R&B star in recent years. He took time away from...
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Tuesday, March 17 - "It was getting really dangerous."

March 17, 2026 • 9 mins
As the St. Louis County Justice Center awaits a follow-up visit after failing an inspection last year, a former guard is speaking up about the apathetic culture among some nurses and staff. St. Louis Public Radio’s Lacretia Wimbley reports.
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Monday, March 16 - Previewing the IL primary

March 16, 2026 • 10 mins
Tomorrow is primary election day in Illinois. Illinoisans have contested races for U-S Senate, Governor and some local U-S House seats. St. Louis Public Radio Metro East reporter Will Bauer breaks it all down.
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Friday, March 13 - Bills to pay and Bills to play

March 13, 2026 • 21 mins
Diving in to the (latest) pitch to merge St. Louis to dig out of a financial pit, to eliminate the income tax in Missouri, and the big game for St. Louis University Basketball. Plus, a conversation with comedian Samantha Bee ahead of her local show.
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Thursday, March 12 - Empty homes, growing problems

March 12, 2026 • 10 mins
The city recently learned the Federal Emergency Management Agency won't reimburse for the cost of demolishing most vacant buildings destroyed during the May 16 tornado, leaving the future of the buildings and the north city neighborhoods in limbo. But STLPR's Kavahn Mansouri reports, the vacant buildings in the path of the tornado are just the most recent chapter in the city's long history of vacancy issues.
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Wednesday, March 11 - ICE on the ground

March 11, 2026 • 11 mins
A Syracuse University researcher says new ICE agreements spreading across Missouri will shift immigration enforcement onto local police — with possible consequences for towns and taxpayers.
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Tuesday, March 10 - Finding a common vision

March 10, 2026 • 12 mins
East-West Gateway, the bi-state area’s council of governments, kicked off an initiative to create a common vision for the St. Louis region. They’ll do that by creating a regional alignment plan they hope will create a framework that helps leaders from different sectors, like government, the arts and non-profits, work together. St. Louis Public Radio’s Kavahn Mansouri spoke with Jim Wild, executive director of East West Gateway, abo...
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Monday, March 9 - FFA: Not just for farms anymore

March 9, 2026 • 11 mins
Cities and suburbs may not be connected to the region's farms, but they are seeing a growth in FFA chapters.
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Friday, March 6 - Pouring one out to, and from, a local legend

March 6, 2026 • 13 mins
St. Louis drinkers love Stag – the historic lager with roots in Belleville. But some distributors have recently told bar owners they will soon be out of kegs of the beloved beer. St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Fentem reports on the future of Stag, and whether the pints being enjoyed this year could be the last.
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Thursday, March 5 - An uncertain bet

March 5, 2026 • 13 mins
In the past few years, video gaming machines have become a controversial public policy and political issue in Missouri. The devices, also known as video lottery terminals or VLTs, resemble slot machines in casinos and can be found in gas stations, convenience stores and fraternal organizations all over Missouri. And while state lawmakers are divided about whether they should be legal or not, a federal judge’s ruling is prompting st...
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Wednesday, March 4 - Now with added protein!

March 4, 2026 • 12 mins
Protein is having its moment in the spotlight. Companies are adding more protein-enhanced products to their lineups as demand grows. The new federal dietary guidelines unveiled earlier this year also put the nutrient front and center. Harvest Public Media’s Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval reports on whether Americans actually need more protein.
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Tuesday, March 3 - Utility bills are the new eggs

March 3, 2026 • 10 mins
The increasing cost of electricity and gas has replaced eggs as inflation's poster child. Doing something about it will likely fall on state governments.
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Monday, March 2 - Tiny plants, enormous impact

March 2, 2026 • 13 mins
More than 1,600 plants and animals are protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. And out of all of those, only one is a moss. St. Louis Public Radio’s Kate Grumke reports on a new effort to protect these tiny plants that are often overlooked, but are very important.
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