From Mass Transit: St. Louis Metro Transit provided an update regarding repairs made on its MetroLink system after it sustained damage following historic rainfall during a July 26 storm. The extreme weather event caused flooding after more than nine inches of rain fell in a 24-hour timeframe. Shortly after the storm, the agency estimated damage […]
From UtilityDive: High inflation in the U.S. could make things difficult for the clean energy sector, but the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act could more than make up for those impacts, experts say. In the U.S., consumer prices in July were up 8.5% compared to the previous year, albeit slightly lower than June’s 9.1% […]
While MetroLink red line service is restored after last month's flooding, the blue line has not able to operate due to damage. But Metro Transit has good news for riders.
From Forbes: America’s infrastructure needs an overhaul. But while everyone agrees fixes are needed, no one can agree on how to do it. While our government continues to debate on how to address our crumbling roads and bridges, there is one solution that I think has been largely overlooked: skilled trade workers. These are the […]
1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky’s legendary
As you may recall, back during the Trump administration, after a bunch of kids on TikTok trolled Trump into believing one of his campaign rallies would be massively attended (which it was not), Trump decided to take out his anger on TikTok by issuing an almost certainly unconstitutional executive order demanding that TikTok’s owner, the […]
From ConstructionDive: Whether a recession hits the economy in the near term remains under debate, but industry experts suggest now is the time for construction firms to prepare to weather a slowdown. That means contractors should know which sectors are expected to fare the best during a downturn and to make sure they have plenty […]
Centene’s 800,000-square-foot office building that’s been under construction in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the past two years is expected to be completed in the coming weeks — but it will not be occupied by the Clayton-based company, a top executive told Charlotte Business Journal this week.
The Sierra Club’s lease was up at the end of August, and has moved out of the old Harper’s Pharmacy spot at Sutton Boulevard and Maplewood Avenue. A staffer said many of the staff members were working from home, which contributed to the decision to leave. Much of the office equipment was given away, but […]
EAST ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Illinois Court in East St. Louis has announced that Mario A. Foster, of East St. Louis, was sentenced on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in federal court to 13 years in prison for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Cocaine. Following Foster’s release, he will spend three years on supervised release. Foster was also ordered to pay $200 in special assessments along with a $500 fine. According to court documents, Foster was stopped and arrested following a call to law enforcement regarding parental abduction. Law enforcement observed a 3-month-old infant sitting in a removable child safety seat. When the infant was removed from the seat, officers discovered the baby had been sitting on a baggy containing fentanyl and a baggie containing cocaine base. “Fentanyl’s deadliness is no secret,” said United States Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. “It is unfathomable that this defendant