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St. Louis City provides update on snow removal

3 hours 35 minutes ago
With it being nearly a week since a winter storm came into the St. Louis area, Mayor Cara Spencer held a press conference Thursday, sharing updates on the city's progress in removing the snow.
Daesha Gear

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Think Globally, Stack Locally

3 hours 44 minutes ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online […]
Mike Masnick

Construction Tech Startup Claims It Can Cut Building Costs By 30% With Flat-Pack Panels

3 hours 48 minutes ago

From St. Louis Business Journal: Module Building Systems Founder: Mark Turnbull What it does: Module Building Systems (MBS) manufactures a panelized construction system that significantly reduces the cost, time, and waste involved in building housing. Our “flat-pack” panelized approach allows buildings to be manufactured off-site and assembled quickly on-site. The system cuts construction costs by up to […]

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Tom Finan

Mold levels in check despite slow snow melt in St. Louis

3 hours 51 minutes ago
The large piles of snow around the region have been slow to melt thanks to continued cold temperatures. While snow blankets the ground, mold levels should stay in check. But when temperatures warm up is when we may see those increase as well.
Jaime Travers

McCarthy-HITT Completes $1.7B NGA Campus in St. Louis

3 hours 54 minutes ago

From Construction Owners: St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos., in a joint venture with HITT Construction, has completed Next NGA West, a $1.7 billion federal campus that now serves as the new headquarters for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in St. Louis, the company announced Jan. 21. Spanning 97 acres, the sprawling design-build project represents the […]

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Dede Hance

Senate strikes deal to avert partial shutdown

3 hours 57 minutes ago
The Senate struck a deal to fund a large portion of the government on Thursday evening, just a day before a shutdown deadline. The agreement will split the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off from a "minibus" package of five other major funding bills. The Senate will instead move a stopgap bill [...]
Al Weaver

New Youth Recreation Center With Indoor Pool Planned in O’Fallon

4 hours 6 minutes ago

From Belleville News-Democrat: A youth-focused recreational center is planned for an undeveloped property along Old Collinsville Road in O’Fallon. The facility will be the new home of Gateway Elite Gymnastics Center and will include an indoor swimming pool. SAB Enterprises of Collinsville, the project’s owners, said the center aims to provide new athletic and educational […]

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Dede Hance