Yesterday’s News 📰 - Today’s Events 📆 - Tomorrow’s Topics 🗣

Events 📆

• Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800 from the Saint Louis Art Museum
• Gateway Arch Extended Holiday Hours
• Mighty Mississippi
• Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit
• Holiday Toy Display
• Steinberg Skating Rink
• Board of Adjustment Wed, 12/23/2020 - 13:30
• Sprinkler Board Wed, 12/23/2020 - 14:00
• more 📆

Options for winter break in #STL include Christmas lights, holiday trains, tubing & more: https://t.co/ITUiFfxklA

— Stl Sprout & About (@stlsprout) December 23, 2020

BuySTL 👜

To commemorate my year, I picked up this Dumpster Fire from my friend at @AndysToysSTL. It sure has been one dumpster fire of a year! #ShopLocal #SupportLocal #SupportSmallBusiness pic.twitter.com/eedOCVcKxL

— Madam Charcuterie (@mcharcuterie) December 22, 2020

Restaurants 🍲

• #TakeoutTuesday – Curbside To Go - Visit The Loop
• Songbird, from the team behind Kounter Kulture, serves up breakfast sandwiches, Sump coffee and more in St. Louis - feastmagazine.com
• Dakota Kolb of Quincy Street Bistro shares his favorite pantry staples, tips on cooking whole chickens and more - feastmagazine.com
• Take no shortcuts in making White Bean Hummus from Louie - feastmagazine.com

Have I mentioned how excited I am for this place to open? @GoldenHoosier pic.twitter.com/AVprzlbmma

— Johnny (@JohnnyGarciaSTL) December 22, 2020

Covid19 Info 🦠

• When can you get the COVID-19 vaccine? A new tool helps assess allocation in each state - FOX 2
• St. Louis hospitals packed as virus cases climb - FOX 2
• St. Louis hospitals packed as virus cases climb - KSDK
• Missouri gives update on first phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution - FOX 2
• Missouri announces 211 new COVID deaths - FOX 2
• Missouri surpasses 5,000 COVID-19 deaths - stltoday.com

This is my #Missouri #COVID19 evening update 🧵 for Thursday, 12/22. My website has been fully updated - https://t.co/hLtVxFPKNo.

The general declines in our statewide and regional 7-day averages continued yesterday, though #KansasCity and “outstate” saw small upticks. 1/19 pic.twitter.com/TrlNbrNNy3

— Chris Prener (@chrisprener) December 23, 2020

STLhelp ☎️

• 5 Takeaways from Pandemic for Small Business Owners - noupe
• Phoenix Used Food Aid Program to Save Small Businesses as Well - Bloomberg

Phoenix didn’t just feed the hungry this year. Its Covid aid program also saved dozens of farms and restaurants https://t.co/lI6veRNcrB

— Bloomberg CityLab (@CityLab) December 22, 2020

STL99 😱

• Small businesses fear COVID-19 lawsuits - Startup Missouri
• 2020 is deadliest year in US history - FOX 2
• Wendy’s employee shot due to dipping sauce debacle - FOX 2
• Woman killed, man injured in north St. Louis shooting - stltoday.com
• Messenger: Lawsuits reveal the ugly truth of jail conditions in St. Louis region - stltoday.com
• St. Louis fast-food worker shot by customer after drive-thru dispute - stltoday.com
• 13-year-old boy suspected in St. Louis stabbing - KSDK
• Chesterfield mayor apologizes for council member’s refusal to wear mask inside business - KSDK

But instead, if I were a betting person, I'd guess we double down on our current system and that nothing changes. Why? Two hundred years of tradition unimpeded by progress where the real goal is holding on to power.

— Chris Prener (@chrisprener) December 22, 2020

Police 🚓

• St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Administrative Review - stlouist.com
• ‘A slap in the face.’ ‘Not true.’ ‘Symbolic gesture.’ Consultants’ reports on local police get some pushback - stltoday.com
• Consultants urge immediate changes for St. Louis-area police - The Big 550 KTRS

This bar chart should be seared into the minds of... everyone https://t.co/zOjYaML8yI

— Tara Pham (@tarapham) December 23, 2020

SunshineSTL 🔅

• ACLU files lawsuit against St. Louis Civilian Oversight Board claiming Sunshine Law violations - stltoday.com

These 68 videos show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. Most departments refused to share details about investigations and discipline or even officers’ names. Here’s what we learned about each case. https://t.co/qYgJbKN58i

— ProPublica (@propublica) December 23, 2020

LocalGov 🏛

• Blues, city work on phased approach to return of hockey at Enterprise - stltoday.com
• Take the Great Rivers Greenway Survey - The Hill Saint Louis
• St. Louis City has three locations for Christmas tree recycling - FOX 2
• City of St. Louis to Offer Free Christmas Tree Recycling at Three Drop-Off Locations - City of St. Louis - News
• St. Louis County Council fights over who gets to vote for its next leaders - stltoday.com
• Howard Bend Levee District president to resign - stltoday.com
• 715-0028 Cold Aerosol ULV Generator (Mosquito Fogger) - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities

🎄♻️👉 We will once again offer FREE Christmas tree recycling for City residents at three drop-off locations beginning Saturday, December 26.

📍 @ForestPark4Ever lower @TheMuny lot
📍 O'Fallon Park @GRYMCA SW corner parking lot
📍 @CarondeletPark near Grand and Holly Hills

— City of St. Louis (@STLCityGov) December 22, 2020

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri lawmaker wants to increase the gas tax for first time in over 20 years - FOX 2
• Pandemic forcing changes on tech-averse Missouri Senate - stltoday.com

FedGov 🏛