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Union hosts layoff informational meetings for hundreds of Granite City U.S. Steel workers

1 year 3 months ago
Hundreds of steel and iron workers in the Metro East are trying to figure out what's next. Workers were temporarily let go from U.S. Steel Granite City Works and will likely be off the job for several months. Two weeks ago, U.S. Steel announced it was temporarily idling furnace B at the Granite City steel plant. According to a statement on Sept. 18 from a U.S. Steel spokeswoman, the move is "risk mitigation" in response to the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike. Here is the full statement: "Following…
Justina Coronel

Mayor delays dispersal of homeless encampment on City Hall lawn until Tuesday

1 year 3 months ago
Dozens of people living in a makeshift encampment on the lawn of St. Louis' City Hall will be forced to move. A spokesperson for St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said the city made the decision to "decommission" the encampment at 10:01 p.m. Monday by enforcing a curfew law that effectively closes parks in the city between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless a person has a permit issued by the Board of Public Service or the director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. Later, St. Louis Alderman…
Jacob Kuerth and Mercedes Mackay

Judge tosses Torch lawsuit seeking to block Missouri Highway Patrol gambling investigations

1 year 3 months ago
A civil case that could have settled whether video games that offer cash prizes to players are illegal gambling devices won’t settle anything. At least not any time soon. On Monday, with a trial set to begin Tuesday morning, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green dismissed the lawsuit seeking to stop the Missouri State Highway Patrol from investigating “pre-reveal” games offered in thousands of locations across the state.  “I don’t think the court system is the right place to have…
Rudi Keller

Trademarks and service marks: How to protect your business’ goods and services

1 year 3 months ago
If you’re in business, you’ve either got trademarks, service marks, or both. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), “a trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these things that identifies your goods or services.” In short, it is your brand. It provides your customers with a way to distinguish your goods or services from those of your competitors. In common language, the word trademark can refer to both trademarks and service marks.…
Tracey Truitt

Out-of-state donors fuel pair of GOP candidates running for Missouri governor, AG

1 year 3 months ago
Becoming a registered Republican was the worst decision B.J. Adams says he ever made. Adams, a resident of Burlington, North Carolina, isn’t upset with GOP policies. And he loves former President Donald Trump. But when the 87-year-old conservative who grew up a Democrat finally switched his party registration, he said it unleashed a torrent of fundraising pleas that on one day this year included 66 emails asking for money. “Definitely my advice would be don’t do it,” Adams said in an interview…
Rudi Keller