"Washington Avenue has long had a reputation for late-night thrills. But maybe not for much longer." Really good story from Austin Huguelet on the debate over downtown nightlife stltoday.com/news/local/gov…

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A former colleague of Haitao Xiang told me: “After this came out, I met up with people on the team who knew him, and everyone wonders how this could happen—it’s disbelief. There has to be a hidden part of this story.” My latest for St. Louis Magazine: stlmag.com/longform/monsa…

BREAKING: Cole County Missouri Judge Jon Beetem just ruled that Josh Hawley's Attorney General office purposefully violated the law by concealing government communications - off government servers - in order to prevent damage to his Senate campaign. Claire McCaskill 🧵 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Some interesting (and impressive) data reporting by steph kukuljan and Josh Renaud | @kirkman.bsky.social stltoday.com/business/local…

After criticism, St. Louis police publish detailed crime data for the first time in 3 years, via Dana Rieck. This is the result of dogged reporting by @kirkman. stltoday.com/news/local/cri… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I tell anyone who will listen: This ESPN doc by Ezra Edelman changed the way I do journalism. I've watched it—all 7.5 hours—probably 20 times, real talk. Just a masterpiece of nonfiction storytelling.

Owner of the Millennium Hotel blamed COVID for its inability to find a buyer. But the hotel has been closed since 2014. I've asked the company about what happened in the 6 years before the pandemic. Will update the story if I get a response! stltoday.com/news/local/bus…

RFT forever ❤️

Well, on this story the RFT got scooped, and St. Louis Public Radio has a good overview of what we know about its future. It breaks my heart that the good stories we were working on won't be published. It breaks my heart that good people lost their jobs today stlpr.org/2024-05-22/rft…

Some professional news: I'm excited to share that Ryan Krull and I are getting the band back together (at least the two-man version!). We launch a new daily newsletter and podcast via St. Louis Magazine next month. Sign up via now so you don't miss a thing stlmag.com/slm-updates/ma…

Really nice breakdown from Nicholas Phillips on what the city's Planning Dept has been up to and why it matters stlmag.com/news/solutions…

Today's must-read is Nicholas Phillips' deep dive on St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones -- an insightful look at who she is, what she wants to do and whether she's succeeding stlmag.com/news/politics/…

This block would REALLY benefit from some street trees.

There really are no words. But we tried to write some anyway. dmagazine.com/frontburner/20…

This is a great longread for anyone looking for a primer as mayoral election season approaches. By Nicholas Phillips for St. Louis Magazine stlmag.com/news/politics/…

Probably one of the more exciting ledes you'll read this week in St. Louis media via Austin Huguelet stltoday.com/news/local/gov…

Simply terrific Nicholas Phillips piece about Chaz Littlejohn, the government contractor who leaked Trump's tax returns to the NY Times and ProPublica -- and paid the price. Read it now at St. Louis Magazine stlmag.com/news/chaz-litt…