Community impact: News-Leader stories that made a difference in 2022
Election year politics, neighborhood development, book bans, abortion and emails were among the topics that consumed coverage in 2022.
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Election year politics, neighborhood development, book bans, abortion and emails were among the topics that consumed coverage in 2022.
The neighborhood meeting ended abruptly when one angry homeowner called the developer's wife a gender-based slur and cursed at his father.
Bidenflation: Majority of Americans Say Economy is In Poor Shape 26 Jul 2021 President Joe Biden promised to make life more affordable for middle-class families — and that’s why the recent bout of inflation poses both a political and an economic risk. Fewer than half of Americans, 45 percent, judge the economy to be in good shape, while 54 percent say it’s in poor shape, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Views are similar to what they were in AP-NORC polls in June and in March, despite increases in vaccinations and the flow of ...
Answer Man: Is Springfield Contemporary Theatre still active? Its charming black-box space off Pershing Street in downtown looks like it has been cleaned out. — newsroom colleague Gregory Holman, of Springfield Yes, the space is now empty, Greg, but Springfield Contemporary Theatre is alive and embarking on a new season. It has moved. The new location is 2025 E. Chestnut Expressway, which is at the intersection of East Chestnut Expressway and East Pythian Street. It's in a large building — suites C and D, facing Pythian — called Chestnut Corners. When I went there Monday to take a...
It feels presumptuous to type the words, but by the time you read this, 2020 will be in the rearview. It would be an understatement to say the year just past was extraordinary. Between the pandemic and politics, 2020 presented challenges that the Ozarks and the rest of the nation have not experienced in recent memory. Much of that adversity remains, even as we hang new calendars (and burn the old ones ...). Before turning that page, however, I want to say one thing: thank you. Thank you to our readers, both regular and occasional, but especially those who subscribe to the News-Leader in print...