The American economy gained 528,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 438,000 jobs. Not bad! The headline unemployment rate went down to 3.5%. Average weekly wages increased 0.47% from last month, an annualized rate of 5.8%. Adjusted ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Net new jobs in July"
For years, we’ve noted how one of the greasier lobbying tactics in telecom is the co-opting of civil rights groups to provide cover for anti-competitive and anti-consumer policies. Such groups are given cash for a shiny new event center in exchange for parroting any policy position that comes across their desks, even if it dramatically […]
On a clear, summer night, a steady stream of folks flocked to St. Louis favorite: Ted Drewes.
When some scooped up their good treats, on their minds was also a bad incident that happened outside the popular custard stand,
"I can't imagine. There's no words," said Beth Johnson, who was visiting St. Louis with her family.
Police say 17-year-old Matthew Nikolai was struck by a hit-and-run driver and killed nearly a week ago.
"It's awful. It shouldn't happen," said Ted Drewes customer Mabel Dadman.
Investigators…
ST. LOUIS - A crash happened Friday morning on westbound I-70 over the Blanchette Bridge. The crash happened at about 7:15 a.m. It is blocking two lefthand lanes of the bridge in the westbound direction. It is unknown at this time how many vehicles were involved in the crash. It is also unknown if anyone [...]
The overturning of Roe versus Wade is forcing a Memphis-based abortion provider to expand into rural southern Illinois. CHOICES will soon build a clinic in Carbondale, which will make the town the closest place with abortion access for millions of residents in the Midwest and South.
On July 19th, I had the opportunity to testify to a Congressional committee about the challenges and opportunities facing family farmers like me. Below is a slightly condensed version of what I said. I’m Doug Doughty. We grow corn, soybeans and hay along with a cow/calf operation in north Missouri. I returned to our farm […]
Not long after taking over the iconic St. Louis-style pizza label Mama Lucia's, Scott Ashby learned the hard way that one simply does not mess with a classic. "We took off the picture of [Mama Lucia's founder] Miss Tumminello very briefly, and boy, did we get so much flack for it," Ashby says. "The previous owner had taken it off for a short time, too, and both times, she went right back on.
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