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Missouri lawmakers consider bills to regulate AI misuse, including the 'Taylor Swift Act' to criminalize non-consensual deepfakes.

Bingo at the Anheuser-Busch Biergarten will begin February 10, alternating Tuesdays until May 26. Drinks and food specials available! Here’s to hoping you get B-I-N-G-O.

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Arthur Terrell Woods, 41, is accused of killing Timothy Rice, 59, on Feb. 2.

From Construction Dive: Clayco could soon be digging on the site of the first fully integrated nuclear-powered data center in the U.S., according to a Feb. 12 news release from the Chicago-based general contractor. A multidisciplinary consortium, led by Swiss-American energy company Deep Atomic, submitted proposals to the Department of Energy to pair advanced nuclear […]

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Nearly 400 letters have now gone out to liquor license holders across St. Louis County and county officials estimate this could impact close to 2,000 locations. The warning centers around what are known as Video Lottery Terminals or VLTs, machines that until now have been operating in bars, restaurants and gas stations across Missouri. 

Tributes are pouring out locally for law enforcement agencies in the St. Louis area after two Christian County deputies were fatally shot in the line of duty.

From ULI: A recent Grove Impact study found that Black and Hispanic real estate developers make up less than 1 percent of all private developers nationwide. The organization’s research specifically determined that Black developers represent 0.40 percent of the commercial real estate industry, and Hispanic developers represent 0.16 percent. ULI’s Real Estate Diversity Initiative, or […]

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From KSDK: The St. Charles County Council voted Monday night to approve the final plan for a sprawling new subdivision and community improvement district for the area. It’s a move that authorizes a controversial development residents say will overwhelm local infrastructure, but officials argue it was legally unavoidable. The council’s decision clears the way for […]

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There’s not a single conservative left in the GOP. The ideals that were formerly considered “conservative” — small government, fiscal responsibility, etc. — have been replaced by white Christian nationalism, water-carrying for would-be autocrats, and immense amounts of deficit spending for the sole purpose of making America whiter. That’s not the same as making it […]

A second Missouri Lottery scratchers player in St. Charles County has won a million-dollar prize.

From Boston Business Journal: While headlines are dominated by megaprojects and marquee developments, a quieter and potentially more consequential transformation is reshaping America’s built environment. Across the country, decades of deferred maintenance to essential building systems are coming due all at once, triggering what many in the industry now describe as an invisible construction boom. […]

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University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis will wind down operations in spring 2027, with Washington University set to acquire its campus and absorb one of its four colleges.

From First Alert 4: First Alert Forward is exploring how other US cities are addressing increased construction and labor costs and higher interest rates. Recently, Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, developed an online catalogue of free home plans in an effort to expedite the process of designing and approving building permits. According to […]

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The city's economic development agency has finalized its deal to buy two long-vacant St. Louis school buildings.

From RiverBender: Triad Community Unit School District #2 recently broke ground on a construction project at Triad High School to add a performing arts center, additional classrooms, and renovated career and technical education spaces. The project includes construction of the Triad Center for the Performing Arts, which Triad Community Unit School District Superintendent Jason Henderson […]

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From Leader Publications: The Missouri Public Service Commission on Feb. 11 approved Ameren Missouri’s plan to build a new natural gas plant and battery storage facility on the site of its former coal-fired plant south of Festus. On June 27, the company filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission for the project, called […]

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Hurts Donut in Branson is helping honor two Missouri deputies killed in the line of duty and two others that were injured.