Julie Bierach

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Reporter/ Newscaster

Julie Bierach is the morning newscaster/news producer at St. Louis Public Radio. She was born and raised in St. Louis and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. She started her career in Cape Girardeau, Mo. as a student announcer.

Bierach returned to St. Louis Public Radio in November 2010 after working in public relations at the Missouri Botanical Garden. She was previously the station’s science and technology reporter.

Bierach worked in Tucson, Arizona at Arizona Public Media where she was the host of the station’s weekly news magazine, Arizona Spotlight. While in Tucson, she reported on a variety of topics facing the desert southwest, including illegal immigration. Her reports have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and Day to Day.

jbierach@stlpublicradio.org

Morning headlines: Blizzard warning extended, storm makes morning travel difficult, drug tests for welfare recipients heads to Mo. Senate

The St. Louis metro region is under a blizzard warning until noon Wednesday. (Slprnews)

By Julie Bierach

8:37 am

Fri January 28, 2011

Morning headlines: Jim Talent will not challenge McCaskill in 2012, Bristol Palin will not speak at WUSTL, Coleman will try to keep video statements from jury

Former U. S. Senator Jim Talent announced that he will not challenge Claire McCaskill in 2012. (Jim Talent for U.S. Senate Web site)

By Julie Bierach

9:53 am

Thu January 27, 2011

Morning headlines: STL Public Schools $150 million renovations begin in May, number of state workers on Medicaid declines, Enterprise Rent-A-Car announces sustainability effort

The St. Louis-based company Enterprise Rent-a-Car announced its Enterprise Sustainable Construction Protocol yesterday. This is a photo of one of their many nationwide offices. (via Flickr/The Consumerist)

By Julie Bierach

St. Louis Public Schools officials say a $150 million renovation project for the district's schools will start in May. The project was made possible after voters approved Proposition S. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the money will pay for such things as fixing roofs, building science labs, improving playgrounds and removing lead paint.

12:13 pm

Wed January 26, 2011

McCaskill, Blunt weigh in on State of the Union, freeze in spending

President Barack Obama in 2008. Last night during his State of the Union Address, Obama proposed a freeze in spending that Missouri's senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt say doesn't go far enough. (St. Louis Public Radio)

By Julie Bierach

Missouri's Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt agree that the president's proposal to cut the deficit does not go far enough.

President Barack Obama proposed a freeze in spending in his State of the Union speech last night.

McCaskill, a Democrat, says the president's spending cuts don't go far enough:

9:19 am

Tue January 25, 2011

Morning headlines: Injunction prevents St. Charles county from enforcing restrictions on funeral protests, Mo. House committee takes up Prop B repeal, Peabody Energy doubles profits

St. Louis-based Peabody Energy announced that it doubled it profits in the last three months as higher global prices and demand for coal offset production disruptions blamed on devastating rains in Australia. (slprnews)

By Julie Bierach

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