Is there some minimum length of time an artist must be featured on his or her own album, or can the artist just mumble a bit while letting a huge cast of guest features carry the project? That's the question that virtual rock band Gorillaz apparently decided to come out of a ten-year hiatus to answer.
Todd Mayfield was proud of his son Elijah, that much was clear. With Elijah smiling behind him, Mayfield told the crowd about his son’s work experience. "Elijah, he’s actually been very blessed to get work in Gov. Nixon’s office the last two years. His job there ended in December, and there had had been some talk about him possibly going to work for this administration, but we didn’t really know Gov.
All art forms require evolution, and evolution is hard to come by. Changing the way your art is birthed, refined and released is exhausting. Kendrick Lamar’s second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, a concept album overflowing with features, introspection and sometimes braggadocio, was unique enough to solidify Lamar as working within his own realm.
A previous version of this article misstated Rod Chapel's title. Additionally, this version has been amended to reflect that the proposed legislation would require that discrimination is the motivating factor in a disciplinary matter. A controversial bill that would raise the burden of proof for workplace discrimination in Missouri is one step closer to passing.
2016 was the most politically divisive year…well, ever. Everyone from Jason Isbell to Arcade Fire has released songs attacking the current political establishment. On his second studio album, All-Amerikkkan Bada$$, New York stalwart Joey Bada$$ picks up the anti-establishment themes floating around the musical sphere.
A proposal that makes it quite a bit more challenging to make a case for racial discrimination in the workplace faces a key vote in a state House committee Monday. Senate Bill 43, sponsored by Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington, is an attempt to stifle so-called "nuisance lawsuits," or discrimination lawsuits filed fraudulently.
The effort to curb the opioid epidemic by monitoring prescriptions has continued to make waves in the Missouri General Assembly. Whether an agreement can be made to please all parties involved, however, remains open to debate. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, and Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, have taken the lead in the state Senate on the issue of prescription drug monitoring programs, filing dueling bills earlier this year.
How many hyphens can you put in a genre name before it just becomes ridiculous? Is disco-funk-alt-rock too many? What if the band previously released a ska-folk-punk-alt-rock album? Spoon sits at the center of this argument (which I just made up for illustrative purposes). The band has always forged a signature sound through a myriad of influences, and its new album is no different.
As the fight over health care dominates discussion in Washington, a quieter debate is taking shape in the Missouri General Assembly that could fundamentally alter the way health care is delivered to the state's most disadvantaged residents. Missouri state legislators, who have long had to balance state budgets with continuous increases in health care expenditures, have placed Medicaid funding in the crosshairs.
Gov. Eric Greitens discussed a wide range of issues, from higher education budget cuts to lack of funding for Missouri road repairs, during a meeting with journalists Thursday. In his proposed 2017-18 budget, Greitens recommended $40 million in cuts to the University of Missouri System and almost $160 million in cuts for higher education statewide.
It was two days after he starting taking Marinol, a synthetic form of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. It was the first time his son had a serious appetite since his cancer diagnosis at age 9, and his subsequent addiction to opioids to deal with the pain. Taber testified in favor of a proposal that would allow medical marijuana to be used to treat "irreversible debilitating diseases or conditions."
Health care is a lucrative business for hospitals, doctors and insurance providers. Why not patients? That would be one result of a set of bills proposed by Rep. Keith Frederick, R-Rolla, that would make Missouri one of a handful of "right to shop" states in the country. "Right to shop" laws aim to incentivize patients to find cheaper health care.
A ring of white-coated medical students surrounded the hearing room Wednesday as Rep. Keith Frederick, R-Rolla, cried reading a letter aloud from a mother whose son died by suicide. Frederick, R-Rolla, was presenting a bill that addressed mental health issues in medical schools, a continuation of his effort to pass similar legislation that he said failed last year only because time ran out in the legislative session.
The amount of unemployment benefits Missourians can collect would be cut in many cases if a bill currently making its way through the legislature passes. Currently the maximum number of available weeks of unemployment benefits is 20 weeks. The bill, referred as HB 288, would restrict the number of weeks that unemployment could be drawn, depending on what the overall unemployment rate is for the state.
His inauguration speech on the steps of the Missouri Capitol touched on the key issues that brought him into power. As he addressed the crowd of more than 6,000 in the 30-degree weather, he thanked the families of "those who have fallen fighting our wars, enforcing our laws, fighting our fires." Greitens’s desire for ethics reform mirrors that of the General Assembly.
A controversial development project near Ridgefield Road was approved at Thursday's meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission, leaving the final decision on the development to the discretion of the City Council. The commission approved the request, which will connect Ridgefield Road to Ridgemont Road, 6-3.
