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Weidenbaum Center hosts current and past Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Presidents for historic panel

9.29.25 | St. Louis Post Dispatch

St. Louis Fed leaders reiterate the importance of the bank's independence in St. Louis Post Dispatch piece. Current and Former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Presidents (pictured l to r): Thomas Melzer (Former President), Alberto Musalem (Current President), and James Bullard (Former President).

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow and Health economist Timothy McBride calls Trump’s drug pricing claims “just not logical.”

9.23.25 | CNN Facts First

Read about Trump’s mathematically impossible promise to cut drug prices by ‘1,000%’

Weidenbaum Center Speaker John Inazu says Universities hold ‘acute’ responsibility to model healthy disagreement

9.19.25 | DesertNews

During BYU Constitution Week lecture, Professor John Inazu offers five civic practices to help build peace and understanding.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Gregory Magarian comments on University of Missouri warning about employee online speech

9.19.25 | The Kansas City Star

University of Missouri warns employees about speech after Charlie Kirk’s death

Matthew Ribar, post-doctoral student supported by a Weidenbaum Center grant, receives Best Graduate Student Paper Award from the African Politics Conference Group

9.18.25 | WashU Political Science website

The award was given for Ribar's article, "Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in West Africa."

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Daniel Butler Receives NSF Grant for State Politics Project

9.15.25 | WashU article

This project will open up new ways to study how state politics are becoming nationalized and create resources for researchers, educators, and the public. Initial funding for this research was provided through a Weidenbaum Center small grant award.

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Dan Butler weighs in on how Missouri Democrats could block the GOP’s new map

9.15.25 | The Hill

It may not be in Democrats’ best political interest to push forward with a referendum.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Peter Kastor interviewed on podcast about French government

9.9.25 | The Chris and Amy Show on KMOX

Professor Kastor explains the collapse of the French government and why the US hasn't experienced a similar issue

Chancellor Andrew Martin announces Ordered Liberty Project at Weidenbaum Center AEI event

9.4.25 | WashU Source

The Ordered Liberty Project will recruit endowed faculty across disciplines and support existing programs to build an intellectual culture where rigorous debate strengthens both scholarship and student learning.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Michael Strawbridge highlights the possible racial implications of Missouri redistricting

9.3.25 | KMOV

Missouri Special Session begins as GOP eyes another US House seat.

The Weidenbaum Center fall events kick off Sept. 4

8.28.25 | WashU Source

Our September events include a conversation with American Enterprise Institute (AEI) President Robert Doar and AEI Senior Fellow Benjamin Storey, and a discussion with the current and former Presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld pens article on Trump's relationship with organized labor

8.21.25 | The Conversation

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board.