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Ameren aims to build natural gas power plant by 2031 amid push away from coal

ST. LOUIS — Ameren announced plans Thursday to build a large power plant within the next decade that runs on natural gas — even as the utility aims to accelerate its shift toward carbon neutrality.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 24, 2022

Brewers slug for lead, bullpen holds fast to split series vs. Cardinals

MILWAUKEE — A June series that pitted the two remaining teams vying for the NL Central title and started with both teams sporting the same record became a showcase of their bullpens.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 23, 2022

Illinois abortion providers launch effort to pressure Pritzker to direct more funds to clinics

ST. LOUIS — Illinois abortion providers on Wednesday asked supporters to urge Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his administration to immediately direct more funding toward efforts to improve abortion access, as well as allow providers like nurse practitioners to perform abortions.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 23, 2022

Editorial: Child vaccination is the responsible choice, for the children and society

As of this week, parents in all but one state in the U.S. will be able to obtain vaccination against the coronavirus for children under 5 to as young as 6 months. Florida, as usual, remains an outlier, with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis putting his political ambitions above the health…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 22, 2022

Gorman has a blast, launches Cardinals, Flaherty past Brewers

MILWAUKEE — It took two monster swings by rookie Nolan Gorman to put just enough distance between the Cardinals and Milwaukee for the visitors to get a chance to flaunt the best they can bring out of their bullpen.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 22, 2022

Greitens says violent video about hunting people was meant to be humorous

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hit the conservative talk radio circuit Tuesday, arguing that a campaign video showing him storming a house with soldiers in search of “Republicans in name only” was intended to be a humorous metaphor.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 21, 2022

Editorial: Executive orders aren't ideal, but post-Roe, they may be women's only defense

The Biden administration reportedly is considering using executive orders to protect women whose right to abortion may soon be eliminated in Republican states like Missouri, if and when the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Presidential over-use of these unilateral orders has long been a legitimate concern, but if…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 21, 2022

Brewers Burnes outduels Mikolas, 2-0, in clash of Central contenders

MILWAUKEE — A June showdown between two rivals tied atop the National League Central standings began with two of the division’s finest starters setting a tone for a week in Wisconsin.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 21, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: How I learned to stop worrying and love the DH in the NL

Harrison Bader, often the Cardinals’ eighth hitter in previous seasons, led off the second inning in the first game. After he singled, I remember thinking: Ugh, the pitcher is coming up.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 21, 2022

Daniel Neman: I thought I was a hero, but I was wrong

Is it just me? Before going to sleep every night, am I the only one who goes through a seemingly endless list of the unintentional slights I have committed against other people, the mistakes I have made, the inadvertent offenses I have perpetrated?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 20, 2022