Archive for January 2022

Lights, Audio, Action! Podcast in partnership with the Missouri Film Office.

Created and developed for STLPR by Michael D. Francis and Michael D. Francis Presents. Executive Producer, Jade Harrell.

Featuring MoStories Winning Script, “Don’t Go There” written by Jeffrey Field.

Executive Producer: Jade Harrell, Director of On-Demand Content & Community Partnerships
Producer: Michael D. Francis
Director: Corey Piper
Actors: Kalonda Cloyd, Jennifer Piper,Glenn P Mirabella, Keith Nussbaum, Skully Sheinwell
Sound Design: Sean Kilker

Music:
Swinging Jingle Bells – T. Bless & The Professionals
We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Tennessee Pistols
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Tennessee Pistols
Tempted – Hazlenuts
Give It Up – Roy Young

State Sen. Karla May of St. Louis joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg on Politically Speaking to talk about the 2022 session, which is expected to be particularly contentious in the Senate.

The Democrat represents the 4th District, which takes in portions of St. Louis and St. Louis County. She is planning on running for reelection in 2022.

Here’s what May discussed on the show:

• Senate Democrats’ plan to take advantage of splits within the GOP caucus.
• How she wants to spend billions of dollars in federal coronavirus funds, including bringing better broadband and sewer infrastructure to the city of St. Louis.
• Congressional redistricting, including possible changes to Cori Bush’s district.
• The fate of elections, education policy and marijuana legalization.

May was elected to the Senate in 2018. Before that, she served for four terms in the House representing a St. Louis-based district.

May is also the chairwoman of the St. Louis Democratic Party Central Committee. She has served as a committeewoman for the 26th Ward since 2016.

Follow Jason Rosenbaum on Twitter: @jrosenbaum

Follow Sarah Kellogg on Twitter: @sarahkkellogg

Follow Karla May on Twitter: @KarlaMayMO4

Politically Speaking kicks off what’s sure to be an eventful 2022 with state Rep. Dirk Deaton as a guest.

The McDonald County Republican joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum to give a preview of what lawmakers will be focusing on during the 2022 legislative session.

Here are some of the topics Deaton discussed:

• Whether the House would operate similarly to last year, when Republicans and Democrats engaged in fierce debates over contested issues in the middle of the session but eventually worked together on major legislation near the end.
• A recently released congressional map that would keep six Republican districts and two Democratic ones. While that map sparked dissension from Republicans who want to go after Kansas City Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, that isn’t likely to happen because of a number of factors.
• Deaton is the vice chairman of the House Budget Committee, and he provided his take on the trajectory of a supplemental budget that allows Gov. Mike Parson’s administration to spend money for Medicaid expansion.
• How the House will handle appropriating billions of dollars’ worth of federal coronavirus relief money from what’s known as the American Rescue Plan.

In addition to McDonald County, Deaton represents parts of Newton County. He first ran for the 159th District House seat in 2018 and easily won a GOP primary — which was tantamount to election in the heavily Republican district. At 24, Deaton was one of the youngest members ever elected to the House.

Deaton also serves as chairman of an appropriations committee that handles health, mental health and social services.

Follow Sarah Kellogg on Twitter: @sarahkkellogg

Follow Jason Rosenbaum on Twitter: @jrosenbaum

Follow Dirk Deaton on Twitter: @DirkDeaton