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On this week's episode, we speak with Toi Hutchinson, a former state senator who also oversaw the start of recreational marijuana legalization in Illinois. She has now taken a job as CEO of the national Marijuana Policy Project. She talks about what she sees ahead for cannabis laws at the federal level. January is a time when many struggled with seasonal depression and anxiety. A psychologist tells us it's worse during the pandemic. Those stories and more on Statewide.

On this week's episode, we speak with Toi Hutchinson, a former state senator who also oversaw the start of recreational marijuana legalization in Illinois. She has now taken a job as CEO of the national Marijuana Policy Project. She talks about what she sees ahead for cannabis laws at the federal level. January is a time when many struggled with seasonal depression and anxiety. A psychologist tells us it's worse during the pandemic. Those stories and more on Statewide.

The Asian community grew 37% in the past decade, and the region’s universities play a key role as an attraction. But there are many other things that make the area desirable.

St. Louis Public Radio's Eric Schmid talks about his reporting on the patchwork of local building codes that experts and elected officials say need to be updated after this month's deadly tornadoes. And, we hear about how Republicans are thinking about engaging their base in the primary election for Georgia's next governor with Chuck Clay, a former Republican state senator and former Chair of the Republican Party of Georgia.

St. Louis Public Radio's Eric Schmid reports on the patchwork of local building codes that experts and elected officials say need to be updated after this month's deadly tornadoes.