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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified economic hardship and unemployment, Missouri saw one of the nation’s sharpest drops in participation in WIC, a federal benefits program for low-income women and children, according to a report released last week. The steep decline, the report found, was associated with Missouri’s burdensome system of dispersing benefits. Missouri began transitioning […]

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A Mizzou student asked me last month how I was able to succeed as a Latina journalist in a white-dominated industry. The question followed a similar theme of those asked by other members of the Latin American Student Association, which had invited me to the university’s Columbia campus to speak as part of Hispanic Heritage […]

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For years officials have ignored their own completed plans for how to prevent these kinds of disasters from happening in the first place.

In 2008, then-state Representative Sam Page ran unsuccessfully for the post of Missouri lieutenant governor. But the man who managed Page's campaign would go on to a certain measure of success as a familiar face in the St. Louis region.

The 2004 compilation The Animals Retrospective, featuring classic songs that famed British Invasion band The Animals and its lead singer, Eric Burdon, recorded from 1964 to 1970, will be released…

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"It was so hot that it actually buckled and melted the asphalt," Central County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jason Meinershagen said.

A commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission considers rural America and open markets.

In a little-noticed case on pork production, the justices could pare back the tools that California and other progressive states use to regulate a wide array of industries.

The political economy behind recent OPEC oil production cuts

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• Halloween 🎃 - stLouIST - a Better Bubble™

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• Huge barge backup eases on Mississippi River, freeing tons of cargo - stltoday.com
• Manufacturers report too much inventory, retailers too little - stltoday.com
• Lighthouse St. Louis TDD - stLouIST - a Better Bubble™
• Developer walks away from rehab of St. Louis' second-largest office building - r/StLouis
• United Airlines cuts nonstop route from St. Louis to San Francisco - r/StLouis

Restaurants 🍲

• Unsung Restos ✅ | stLouIST - Pinboard (electroponix)
• Sugaree Bakery in Dogtown closing at end of year - St. Louis Magazine
• Slim Chickens owners sue former St. Louis-area employee for poaching staff at Wingstop - stltoday.com

STLfood ⚜️

• St. Louis Standards: The Wine & Cheese Place Has Been Spreading Joy for 40 Years - RFT
• Is it just me or have Red Hot Riplets gotten way worse? - r/StLouis

Neighborhoods 🏡

• 17th Ward Meeting 10-12-2022 - West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association
• WPLNA MEETING ON TUES. 10/11/22 AT 7:00 - West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association

STL100 💯

• Busch Stadium packs largest crowd in its postseason history - FOX 2
• Budweiser Clydesdales welcome new members to the herd - KSDK

STL99 😱

• Grover the river otter dies at the Saint Louis Zoo - FOX 2
• STL County woman sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison after reaping fraud pandemic funds - FOX 2
• Gas leak prompts evacuations in Dutchtown neighborhood - stltoday.com
• Residents in south St. Louis rush out of their homes after a construction crew hit gas line - FOX 2
• Homes evacuated after south St. Louis natural gas leak - FOX 2
• Residents in south St. Louis evacuated after gas main hit - KSDK

99MO 😱

• Potential $30 Million International Arms Deal Plays Out in Eureka, Missouri - RFT

WW99 😱

• Frontline Ukraine troops are reportedly enduring Starlink outages - Engadget

Pox Populi™ 🦠

• As Omicron mutates wildly the virus shows first signs of convergent evolution - New Atlas

Police 🚓

• Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department looking to hire officers - KSDK

DotGov 🏛

• California to discontinue plastic grocery bags - Hacker News

CityGov 🏛

• Messenger: More problems with open records in St. Louis, this time from Kim Gardner - stltoday.com
• St. Louis mayor hires new personnel director - stltoday.com
• St. Louis hires new personnel director - FOX 2
• Mayor Tishaura O. Jones Proposes at Least $40 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding to Make Streets Safer Following Extensive Community Input - RiverBender
• BB 101 - Community Development Agency (CDA) HUD 2023 Action Plan - Board Bills
• BB 100 - Speed Humps Various Location 27th Ward - Board Bills

LocalGov 🏛

• St. Louis County now expects $3.86M tax gain due to higher used-vehicle values - stltoday.com
• Auditor grilled at 3-hour meeting, but St. Louis County Council won't reveal details - stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

• Eric Schmitt says children are exposed to ‘radical ideology’ in schools - stltoday.com
• Missouri state government has more than 7,500 vacancies. Parson pledges to keep raising pay. - stltoday.com
• Some Missouri lawmakers concerned foreign farms could benefit from agriculture tax credits - FOX 2

FedGov 🏛

• Declassified US nuclear targets – interactive map - Hacker News

Jobs 📄

• Meet the 'Flexforce': Schnucks, in push to keep and attract workers, debuts new staffing strategy - St. Louis Business Journal
• Job openings fall sharply in Midwest - St. Louis Business Journal

History 🦕

• A St. Louis-bred mobster had his flashy last ride home in 1933 - stltoday.com
• The day they fired Harry Caray: a shock to Cardinal fans - stltoday.com
• Southtown - c.1970 - r/StLouis

Sustainability ♻️

• Pluralistic: 09 Oct 2022 $100 billion later, autonomous vehicles are still a car-wreck - Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Infrastructure 🚽

• Spire gas bills in St. Louis to go up slightly. Bigger proposed rate hikes loom. - stltoday.com
• Satellite power grid would beam energy around the globe just like data - New Atlas
• Made in America is back, leaving US factories scrambling to find workers - Hacker News
• Interactive Submarine Cable Map - Hacker News

Ecology 🦤

• The Rainbow Eucalyptus is the world's most colorful tree - Boing Boing

WWW99 🕸

• That thing to help protect internet traffic from hijacking? It's broken - The Register
• Amazon Scraps Scout Home Delivery Robot Tests - Gizmodo

Twitter 🐦

• Kanye West Locked Out of Twitter for Antisemitic Tweet One Day After Being Restricted From Instagram - Gizmodo
• Musk's trial hasn't stopped, no matter what he told Twitter, says judge - Hacker News
• Twitter's edit button finally debuts in the United States, but you'll have to pay for it - Engadget

Space 🚀

• How NASA plans to stop killer asteroids - Freethink
• SpaceX gives another four astronauts a lift to International Space Station - The Register
• SpaceX to Attempt Rare Launch of Falcon Heavy Later This Month - Gizmodo

DIY 🪓

• Building an FM radio from $3 radio chip and an 84MHz ARM Arduino - Hacker News
• PDF processing and analysis with open-source tools - Hacker News
• Microblog.pub – A self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog - Hacker News
• Microjs: Fantastic Micro-Frameworks and Micro-Libraries for Fun and Profit - Hacker News
• TypeScript is now officially 10 years old - Hacker News
• Running GUI Linux in a virtual machine on a Mac - Hacker News
• Adding Fluid Typography Support to WordPress Block Themes - CSS-Tricks

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Sad - Scripting News
• Virgina Air Hyperloop's pod on display at Kirkwood museum - FOX 2
• A look back at children's TV show pioneer, Captain Kangaroo - Boing Boing
• These McDonaldLand brand guidelines are like the handbook for a horror RPG - Boing Boing
• Ask HN: Why do people come to HN for Stripe resolutions? - Hacker News
• Stripe is PayPal circa 2010 - Hacker News

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Emily Adams of Highland, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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Hard tacos, soft tacos, dessert tacos, doggie treat tacos, and more! St. Louis Taco Week is back with more locations! Enjoy $5 taco specials for

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LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit will begin to uncover the rarely-shared or

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MARYVILLE - The Anderson Hospital Foundation recently welcomed Joann Barton to its Board of Directors. Joann holds a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from University of Illinois, Urbana IL, Bachelor of Science in Biology, Minors in Chemistry/Psychology, Quincy University, Quincy, IL, Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, IFEBP and The Wharton School of Business, Trust Certification, National Trust School, American Bankers Association. Joann works at Busey Bank (formerly TheBANK of Edwardsville), Edwardsville, IL from 2002-Present. She is the Senior Vice President-Director of Fiduciary Services Busey Wealth Management 2018-Present. In addition to being a Director on The Anderson Hospital Foundation Board, Joann served as a lead on multiple organizational committees and nonprofit/community /charitable boards. She has served on the board of United Way of Greater St. Louis and UWGSL Southwestern Illinois Division holding positions of Board Chair, Campaign

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Lindbergh High School helps with the 13th annual football game for children fighting serious diseases.

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