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Megan Lynch looks back on the stories making headlines on KMOX this week.

St Louis County Councilwoman Shalonda Webb is the chair of the budget committee for the county. She joins Megan Lynch following County Exec Sam Page's recent budget proposal which calls for drastic cuts and dips into reserve funds. 'We're going to be the adults in this conversation,' says Webb about making decisions on cuts in the budget and the possibility of another use tax presented to voters....

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Anita Brikman, President & CEO, of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association, joins Megan Lynch. She explains the various uses for plasma, and the call for donations. She is noting International Plasma Awareness week. plasmaweek.org

St. Louis police are back in court over Missouri's open records law. Earlier this year, a city judge ruled the department purposely broke that law by withholding records from the Post-Dispatch. Now the department is facing a new lawsuit, and Dave Roland, director of allied litigation for the Goldwater Institute, explains why to KMOX's Michael Calhoun.

KMOX's Michael Calhoun talks with Ray Roskos, an organizer at the Illinois Federation of Teachers, about teachers' overwhelming vote to approve a new contract.

Get the full story from KMOX reporter Jade Aubrey, Florissant Police Chief Timothy Fagan and Florissant Crisis Intervention Detective John Williams.

Pharmacy student Kylie Harris joins Megan Lynch. She's a student at UHSP St Louis College of Pharmacy, and will be participating in a walk-through clinic offering free Flu and Covid vaccines. She points out that pharmacists play, 'such a huge role,' in medicine. The event runs between noon and 4pm on Friday, October 9 on the College of Pharmacy campus in the Central West End.

Law enforcement officials in St. Louis are taking a new approach to behavioral health crisis intervention. We get more from KMOX Reporter Jade Aubrey. She visits with Detective John Williams.

Are home buyers more interested in Adjustable Rate Mortgages? Nik Bundalo, a finance lecturer at the SIUE School of Business joins Megan Lynch to explain. He says there are pros and cons versus fixed rate mortgages.

St Ann Mayor Amy Poelker was a vocal opponent of the Better Together proposal that would have merged St Louis City and County into one large regional government. That idea to 're-unite' the City and County was pulled from consideration in 2019 due to public outcry, including Poelker's. Now, she says after studying Louisville, Kentucky's merge, she says an outcome like that could work here. Michael...

Debbie Monterrey visits with Molly Rockamann Korte, EarthDance Organic Farm School Founder in Ferguson, MO. EarthDance's produce can be found at the Ferguson Farmers Market.

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Debbie visits with TV Guide's Matt Roush. 'Cupertino' on CBS is 'my favorite new show of the fall,' says Roush of the network show that deals with the legalities of AI. 'It deserves to be on network tv,' continues Roush. Plus Josh Hartnett & Ben Affleck news.

What is happening with Homer Phillips in North St Louis? KMOX's Sean Malone explains the backstory to Megan Lynch.

KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young joins Megan Lynch and takes a look at a deadly van crash in East St Louis which killed a Belleville West student and a student who's suing St Louis Public Schools after being suspended over a Snapchat message.

Fortuna Games is a trading card and board game store located along Kingshighway across from Tower Grove Parkin St Louis. Megan Lynch takes you inside the shop and visits with owner Ashley Stevens. More information at: FortunaGames.net (Pic by M. Lynch)

Debra Leiter, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at UMKC says she's watching the, 'late spending we're seeing on the ballot items,' in Missouri. She says that the, 'trend is for Democrats but we still have a month,' left before the election. She joins Megan Lynch.

KMOX's Debbie Monterrey visits with Carolyn Green, a William B. Ittner archivist about the history of the schools in St Louis designed by the renowned architect.

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KMOX's Maria Keena explores the situation facing residents of Northern Village Apartments in Jennings. St Louis County Executive Dr Sam Page is calling on the County Council to offer funds to aid in relocation to numerous families who are facing utility shut-offs, raw sewage and mold issues in the complex. It's 'a very ominous setting here,' says Page. 'This has been going on for 2 1/2 years,' say...

Registered dietician (with Branz Nutrition) Michelle Wilson says it is not difficult to create, 'full, well-rounded meals,' that aren't complicated. She says that numerous 'micro-decisions,' are some of the barriers people face when getting meal-planning together.

KMOX's Sean Malone explores the controversial sale of a senior living facility in St Louis with Alderperson Sharon Tyus. This was the center of the dispute between Tyus and Alderman Rasheen Aldridge that generated headlines.

'The budget reflects the values of our community,' says St Louis County Executive Dr Sam Page, saying that, 'revenues haven't kept up with the growing costs,' of running St Louis County. The proposal would cut $25 million compared to last year's budget. He explained where supplemental funds could come from, including Rams settlement money. He says that a recession 15 years ago had led to the 'decl...

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