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Trump Infrastructure Bill Revamp To Net Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Billions In New Subsidies For Broadband They Can’t Really Deliver

4 months 2 weeks ago
There’s $42.5 billion in broadband grants are headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yet routinely try to take credit for among their constituents). But Republicans, despite a supposed feud between Trump and Elon Musk, have been rewriting the grant program’s guidance to eliminate provisions ensuring the resulting […]
Karl Bode

All Missouri metro areas saw unemployment increases in June

4 months 2 weeks ago
All eight of Missouri’s metropolitan areas experienced higher unemployment rates in June than a month before, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that is not seasonally adjusted. n comparison to a year earlier, the jobless rate also increased in all of those metro areas. St. Joseph had the highest unemployment rate […]
Saurav Rahman

Friday, August 1 - Fighting for Sumner High

4 months 2 weeks ago
Sumner is the first high school west of the Mississippi River to graduate Black students. This year is its 150th anniversary. At a recent celebration, alumni say Sumner is here to stay and will fight to keep it open.

Friday, August 1 - Fighting for Sumner High

4 months 2 weeks ago
Sumner is the first high school west of the Mississippi River to graduate Black students. This year is its 150th anniversary. At a recent celebration, alumni say Sumner is here to stay and will fight to keep it open.

Josh Hawley’s newest populist economic proposal is downright irresponsible

4 months 2 weeks ago
Recently, Missouri’s senior senator introduced the American Worker Rebate Act which promises “at least” $600 per adult and dependent child funded by revenue from President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. The proposed legislation represents a dangerous fiscal misstep that threatens to worsen inflation while squandering a rare opportunity to address America’s mounting debt crisis. Hawley’s proposal […]
Lynn Schmidt

Hazy sky: Wildfire smoke returns to St. Louis

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - The same north winds that have brought cooler and drier air to the region are also bringing an unwelcome visitor: smoke from Canadian wildfires. Some of the wildfire smoke made it down to the surface early Friday morning and is leading to lower visibility. As the sun comes up, the low-level smoke [...]
Angela Hutti