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Missouri American Water investing $100 million in 2024 to identify and remove lead service lines

10 months 2 weeks ago
Missouri American Water is working to identify and remove all lead customer service lines in the communities it serves by 2030, which is a voluntary goal above and beyond current federal requirements. Staying ahead of these federal requirements, this year the company will invest $100 million to identify and replace lead and galvanized steel service lines across the state. “Identifying and replacing lead service lines is an important part of our capital program for the next several years,”…
Missouri American Water

Bridgeton-based Bask & Bloom Essentials offers hair-care products for postpartum hair health

10 months 2 weeks ago
It matters that Candera Thompson’s ruby red hair is still visibly pigmented. To make sure Bask & Bloom Essentials’ products wouldn’t fade color-treated hair, Thompson dyed her own hair and tested them out. Lightly fluffing her textured strands, Thompson smiles and says the consistent curl pattern of her two-day-old twist out is owed, in part, to Bask & Bloom’s More Moisture Creme. The creme is one of more than a dozen products from Bask & Bloom Essentials, a hair-care line for women with…
Jacqui Germain

'KKK-affiliated' Missouri governor candidate not a Republican, state's GOP says

10 months 2 weeks ago
A man running for Missouri governor as a Republican is facing pushback from the state's GOP after photos recently resurfaced allegedly showing his ties to the Ku Klux Klan. The candidate, Darrell Leon McClanahan III, filed Tuesday to run for Missouri governor and almost immediately faced controversy. Former Missouri state Rep. Shamed Dogan tweeted a photo from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) website reportedly showing McClanahan with KKK party members and standing in front of a burning cross with…
Hunter Bassler

MOHELA faces accusations it mismanaged federal student loan forgiveness program

10 months 2 weeks ago
A quasi-governmental organization based in Missouri that services student loans is facing lawsuits and a scathing report from a pair of education organizations accusing it of gross mismanagement that needlessly resulted in borrowers losing thousands of dollars. The accusations against the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, better known as MOHELA, were laid out in a 47-page report released Wednesday by the American Federation of Teachers and the Student Borrower Protection Center, which…
Annelise Hanshaw

Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters avert strike with new contract deal

10 months 2 weeks ago
Anheuser-Busch union workers have reached a contract deal with the company, averting a looming strike, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' said Wednesday. The five-year tentative agreement was unanimously recommended by the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee. “Teamsters make the beer, Teamsters make Anheuser-Busch successful, and our members deserve the best contract. That is what we fought for and won today,” said Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien. The agreement will…
Hunter Bassler