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Bills in Illinois Senate would further regulate battery storage and disposal

1 year ago
Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, would require facilities that store electric vehicle batteries to register with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency by February 2026. The state’s Pollution Control Board would set the regulations for the proper storage of EV batteries. IEPA Deputy Director James Jennings said the…
Cole Longcor

The best way to keep your bank deposits safe, liquid and local

1 year ago
Uninsured deposits are risky for both banks and their customers. That was never more apparent than last spring when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed after depositors pulled $42 billion over a few hours. That day – March 10, 2023 – prompted many companies nationwide to question whether their bank deposits were safe. “Up to that point, we didn’t pay much attention” to deposit insurance, recalled John Clark, the president and CEO of Masterclock, a global manufacturer of accurate time and…

Republican senator leaves congressional race to run for Missouri secretary of state

1 year ago
State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman has abandoned her run for the U.S. House of Representatives and instead filed to join the crowded GOP primary for Missouri secretary of state. Coleman, an attorney and first-term Republican from Arnold, said in announcing her candidacy that there is “no more important job than protecting the integrity of our elections and our founding documents.” Her announcement comes hours after House Speaker Dean Plocher announced that he, too, was pivoting to the secretary…
Jason Hancock

Embattled Missouri House speaker running for new office

1 year ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, fending off an ethics investigation into allegations of misconduct, announced Tuesday he will drop out of the lieutenant governor’s race and instead seek the GOP nomination for secretary of state.  The announcement comes on the final day candidates can file to run for the August primary. And it also comes the same day as the House Ethics Committee will hold its fifth hearing of the legislative session in its ongoing investigation of Plocher, a Des Peres…
Jason Hancock

Historic north St. Louis church to be demolished after most recent fire

1 year 1 month ago
A historic church in north St. Louis is set to be demolished after it was engulfed by a three-alarm fire last week, the third fire to happen at the vacant building since 2022. The St. Louis Fire Department responded last Monday to a fire at the former St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, located at 3114 Lismore St. in the St. Louis Place neighborhood. Flames reached as high as the tip of the 250-foot steeple. The building was designated as a St. Louis City Landmark and was listed on the National…
Kelsi Anderson and Diamond Palmer

Leader of defunct abortion-rights campaign launches bid for Missouri secretary of state

1 year 1 month ago
A longtime GOP Congressional staffer and leader of an abandoned campaign to legalize abortion is now running for Missouri secretary of state. Jamie Corley, a Republican from University City, officially filed to run in the GOP primary on Monday. This is her first time running for public office. “There is more to me than abortion, actually,” Corley said after making headlines for the past year for her campaign to legalize the procedure up to 12 weeks and add exceptions for victims of rape and…
Anna Spoerre