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St. Charles County Council tables bill opposing Latino immigrants coming to St. Louis region

1 year 2 months ago
A St. Charles County resolution opposed to Latino immigrants coming to the region was tabled by the St. Charles County Council on Monday. The St. Charles County Council was originally going to vote on this measure Monday, but one of the sponsors, County Councilman Joe Brazil, pulled it off the table at the last second because two of the bill’s sponsors weren’t there and some of the others on the council don’t support it, at least in its current form. Brazil said he plans to propose the resolution…
Laura Barczewski

St. Louis coffee shop, restaurant temporarily closes due to lead contamination, owner says

1 year 2 months ago
A St. Louis coffee shop and restaurant temporarily closed due to lead contamination, the owner said. According to a Facebook post Monday, Brew Tulum Speciality Coffee + Mexican Kitchen Experience, located at 5090 Delmar Blvd. in the Delmar Maker District, found an "environmental hazard" at the business location. An inspection found lead dust on the walls, the floor, inside the HVAC system and remnants of exposed lead paint on the walls, the post said. The restaurant has been closed since mid-September,…
Alli Hebel

Illinois lawmakers approve plan to allow small-scale nuclear development

1 year 2 months ago
Illinois lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear power generation in Illinois for the first time since 1987. House Bill 2473 does not entirely lift the 36-year-old moratorium on nuclear construction. Instead, it creates a regulatory structure for the construction of small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs. The bill limits the nameplate capacity of such reactors to 300 megawatts, about one-third the size of the smallest of the six existing nuclear…
Andrew Adams

Missouri House GOP caucus sticks with Plocher as speaker – for now

1 year 2 months ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher scurried away from waiting reporters Thursday rather than answer questions about the events that have launched an ethics inquiry and caused some members of his party to ask for him to step down from his powerful post. Plocher spent most of the afternoon in a closed-door Republican caucus meeting at the Missouri Farm Bureau headquarters in Jefferson City. During the meeting, members said, he gave his defense of seeking personal reimbursement for expenses originally…
Rudi Keller

'Such a monumental day' | New veterans outreach center and tiny homes open in north St. Louis

1 year 2 months ago
It takes a village to create one. The Veterans Community Project are veterans helping their own. On Wednesday, the organization held a ribbon cutting for its first phase of its St. Louis campus, which will hold an outreach center open to all veterans and a planned tiny home community for homeless veterans. It's found a home in north St. Louis on a nearly 4-acre property in the heart of the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The first phase unveiled 20 tiny homes with 10 being family units. The day…
Justina Coronel

Rod Jetton’s political career ended in scandal. Now he’s Dean Plocher’s chief of staff.

1 year 2 months ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher’s new chief of staff is a former legislative leader whose political career was upended more than a decade ago by a federal bribery investigation and allegations of violent sexual assault. On Thursday, Plocher announced to a closed-door Republican caucus that Rod Jetton will take over as his top legislative aide. Jetton was elected to the Missouri House in 2000 and served four terms, playing a key role in the GOP capturing a majority in 2002 and rising to become…
Jason Hancock

MSD board votes to put proposed sewer rate hike on April ballot

1 year 2 months ago
Despite hearing from multiple consumers who opposed it, the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District voted Thursday to accept a recommended rate hike proposal. After an hour-long meeting, the board voted 5-1 to send the proposed rate increase of 32% that had been recommended by the independent Rate Commission to voters. Voters next April will be asked whether to approve the use of $750 million in debt funding under the 32% increase, which would see bills rise from an average…
Robert Townsend

Arch Grants awards $1.8M to 22 startups

1 year 2 months ago
Arch Grants, the St. Louis nonprofit that annually awards $75,000 equity-free grants to startups, said Thursday it is providing nearly $1.9 million in funding to 22 startups in its 2023 cohort.
Nathan Rubbelke