Adam Allington
Adam grew up on a cherry farm in northern Michigan. He holds a BA in economics from Kalamazoo College. Adam's radio career began in 2003 at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. He went on to cut his teeth filing stories for Maine Public Radio. Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio in 2006, Adam was was an international journalism fellow at Deutsche Welle in Bonn, Germany. He has regularly filed features for various shows and networks including NPR, PRI, Marketplace and the BBC. He received a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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Republican Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on rape and abortion in a weekend interview have prompted a storm of reactions nationwide. Speaking during an… -
Missouri’s GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin is facing a wave of criticism for comments he made during an interview about pregnancies caused by rape.Akin is…
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In the high-profile race for U.S. Senate in Missouri, incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill is seizing on this year’s drought to win support among rural voters. Speaking at the historic Soulard Farmers Market, Senator McCaskill laid in to her opponent in the November election—Republican Congressman Todd Akin—for his opposition the Senate version of the federal farm bill, which includes disaster assistance for farmers reeling from this year’s record drought. Were it not for Republicans like Todd Akin, McCaskill says that relief would be on its way to farmers and ranchers. “I don’t think that Mr. Akin comprehends how big this problem is,” McCaskill said. “He actually said not too long ago that he thought the farm programs were kind of like bailouts.” McCaskill is touring the state this week playing up her work as an advocate for Missouri agriculture. She says Akin’s opposition to the farm bill is typical of Tea Party Republicans who don’t think the government has a role to play in disaster assistance. She says the Senate passed the farm bill with the kind of bipartisan support that Congress just can’t muster. “Because the Tea Party is refusing to allow it to come to the floor for a vote,” McCaskill said. “And one of those people that is blocking this critical relief for our farmers and ranchers right now is Todd Akin.” Akin has said in the past that he opposes the bill’s inclusion of food assistance for low income families and other entitlement programs. In a statement today to St. Louis Public Radio, Akin says that McCaskill's agricultural tour is an election-year ploy, and points out that he has garnered the endorsement of the Missouri Farm Bureau. McCaskill’s seat is one that the GOP feels they have the best chances of recapturing in November. Follow Adam Allington on Twitter: @aallington
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Corn prices surged to a new record high on Monday, as the worst drought in more than 50 years continues to plague more than half the country.Despite the… -
Presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney didn’t mince words at a campaign stop in St. Louis on Thursday. Romney addressed several hundred supporters at Production Products, a military equipment supplier in north St. Louis County. The former governor railed against the Obama Administration for “undermining the free-enterprise system and over-regulating businesses." He said the President wasn’t up to the task of solving the economic crisis, all the while recklessly expanding the reach of government.
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General Motors broke ground Monday on 500-thousand square feet of new factory space at its Wentzville, Mo. Assembly plant.According to the company the… -
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is urging the State Supreme Court to set execution dates for 19 death sentences. Koster says no legal barrier is barring the high court from moving forward with the executions. Koster says 10 cases of capital punishment have already been awaiting execution dates for over 3 years. He gave the court an additional 9 names today and says there is no legal ground for delaying punishment.
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Missouri forecasters said Monday the flooded Mississippi River is about to stop rising. But that news may come too late for some towns. In rural Lincoln County, virtually all of the region's primary levees failed, causing the river to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of floodplain. Adam Allington reports from member station KWMU in St. Louis.
