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Kate Grumke

@kgrumke.bsky.social
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environmental reporter St. Louis Public Radio + Harvest Public Media | used to produce TV in DC | Peabody + natl Murrow winner, natl Emmy nominee

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Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
NEW: As public pushback against data center proposals in the St. Louis region raged, a nonprofit seeking to grow development in the region took public officials and Ameren on multiple trips to visit hyperscale data centers. From @kgrumke.bsky.social and me. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...
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Greater St. Louis Inc. took public officials on trips to tour huge data centers with Ameren in tow
Greater St. Louis Inc. took public officials from Illinois and Missouri to Nebraska to tour a hyperscale Google data center in December. The organization confirmed it has organized multiple similar tr...
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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Murphy, the bald eagle famous for parenting a rock, has died at 33 following a head injury. Fly high, Murphy. 🦅
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Murphy the bald eagle, famous for parenting a rock, dies at 33
Murphy leaves behind two eagles and a rock he raised as his own.
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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The two finalists for St. Louis mayor will appear on the Politically Speaking Hour on @stlonair.bsky.social tomorrow, and we want to hear from you: What are some of the questions you’d like to ask Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer? Either comment here or email social@stlpr.org.
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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question amid cuts to research and education funding:
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Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question a...
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Kate Grumke @kgrumke.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The Ritenour School District in St. Louis says it is now able to pay for its electric school bus order. Its federal funding from the EPA is unsuspended after weeks in limbo because of a Trump executive order. www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/...
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Ritenour School District pays for electric school buses after Trump freeze lifts
After weeks in limbo, the St. Louis school district says it was able to access more than $8 million in federal funding to pay for its full electric school bus order.
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Kate Grumke @kgrumke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Big news about Missouri's two largest NPR stations today - St. Louis Public Radio and KCUR are each becoming independent nonprofits, separate of the University of Missouri system: www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/...
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St. Louis Public Radio to become nonprofit after parting ways with UMSL
University of Missouri-St Louis, UMSL, announced today it’s handling over ownership of St Louis Public Radio. St Louis Public Radio and UMSL have kept the station editorially and financially independe...
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NPR @npr.org · 05/02/2025
A Missouri school district says the pause in federal funding for climate and clean energy programs means it can't pay for the electric school buses it ordered. via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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Trump clean energy pause puts St. Louis school district's electric buses in limbo
The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.
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Abby Llorico @abbyllorico.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
And, here’s why I referred to the SLPS report as a bombshell… Check out the important findings from my colleagues Kavahn Mansouri, Hiba Ahmad, and @kgrumke.bsky.social:
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Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
NEW: During her 14-month tenure, former St. Louis Public Schools superintendent Keisha Scarlett racked up more than $140,000 of credit card charges on travel, florists, Bath & Body Works, DoorDash, UberEats and other expenses, records obtained by STLPR show. www.stlpr.org/education/20...
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Food delivery, flowers, Amazon: How Keisha Scarlett spent $141k of St. Louis Public Schools money
St. Louis Public Radio obtained credit card statements from former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett that are at the center of a new district investigation.
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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
STLPR has entered the chat. 🎙️ 📻
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