A breakup song can make someone cry and hit repeat at the same time. That strange mix of pain and pleasure sits at the heart of one word: bittersweet . We use “bittersweet” for moments that are hard to name. A child leaving for college. The last day at a job you loved. Looking through old photos and smiling even as your chest tightens. The word matters because life is full of experiences that are not purely happy or purely sad. “Bittersweet” gives us a way to talk about
New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals. Now, cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money […]
Back in 2014 you might remember there was a giant, two-year, manufactured news cycle where Republicans pretended to be outraged that the then Obama White House had openly supported the FCC’s efforts to impose some modest net neutrality rules (designed to protect consumers and competition from telecom monopoly abuse of power). At the time, major […]
Missouri received nearly 900 applications for its final round of marijuana microbusiness licenses, with the Missouri Lottery scheduled to draw applicants on Sept. 9 for 77 available licenses. But unlike the entrepreneurs selected in the program’s first two rounds, this year’s applicants will enter a system reshaped by two years of growing pains and dozens […]
Des Peres-based Double Eagle Development is hoping to turn the 5.9-acre site — currently Kirkwood's public works building — into an apartment complex with more than 200 units.
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - All lanes are closed on Illinois Route 255 after a person was killed and others were injured in separate crashes Thursday morning in Edwardsville. According to Illinois State Police, the crash occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. on northbound and southbound IL-255 at Wagon Wheel Road near Interstate 270. Police said the [...]
ST. LOUIS - As funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) run out, some of the final projects are now being completed, including the demolition of old, abandoned buildings in the St. Louis area. The ARPA funds have helped St. Louis' Land Reutilization Authority (LRA), which aims to tackle vacant properties across the city. [...]
More than 300,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage. Ninety-two percent of them weren’t found ineligible. They lost coverage because of paperwork. That number should shape how Missouri prepares for federal Medicaid work requirements, which take effect Jan. 1, 2027. A proposal to write work requirements into the state constitution passed the Republican-led House this year but […]
ST. LOUIS - Overnight, heavy rain making storms in our southernmost communities led to warnings and some flooding concerns. Those storms are moving out. There have also been some heavy rain making storms east and northeast of metro St. Louis. Those are also exiting as storm energy shifts east. Let’s watch for some spots of [...]
The Trump Administration's rules on student visas is hurting international student enrollment and the billions of dollars they add to the Midwest's economy
Here Nevermind is now, three-and-a-half decades later.Nirvana's massive 1991 album will celebrate its 35th anniversary in September. The RIAA Diamond-certified Nevermind made worldwide stars out of the trio -- made up of…
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