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Herc Rentals Files WARN Notice for 30 Layoffs at St. Louis Location; No Other U.S. Layoffs Confirmed

5 months ago

Herc Rentals — a major provider of construction equipment and tool rentals — has filed a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice relating to staffing changes at its Midtown St. Louis location (3030 Market St.). According to the notice and local reporting, the company plans to lay off 30 employees beginning around March 11, […]

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Tom Finan

PERSPECTIVE: Data Centers are Inevitable. Bad Results Don’t Have to Be.

5 months ago

From West Newsmagazine: Few issues illustrate the growing tension between economic opportunity and community concern more clearly than the debate over data centers. Across our region, proposals for large-scale data infrastructure projects have been met with resistance rooted in legitimate questions about land use, energy demand, water consumption and long-term community impact. Those concerns deserve […]

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Dede Hance

Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Buys Building for $5M to Expand Training Operations

5 months ago

From St. Louis Business Journal: The real estate arm of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 is adding a new St. Louis-area training center to meet the demand from people who are entering the profession, officials said. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 562 Building Corp. in September bought the building, at 3630 Corporate Trail Drive in […]

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Dede Hance

Highland Woman Publishes Children's Book About Friendly Jeep

5 months ago
HIGHLAND - A local woman has written her first children’s book in a series about a friendly Jeep. Bella Spark is a lifelong Madison County resident who recently discovered her love for off-roading in her Jeep. As she has been empowered by the experience, she decided to write a story for kids to teach them about confidence and community. “A lot of people name their cars, which we always sort of have. But in the Jeep world, each Jeep has a name. And I just noticed that Sparky

Bill would ban Missouri politicians from using recurring donations to fund campaigns

5 months ago
Missouri politicians wouldn’t be able to lure donors into recurring contributions with emotional appeals that don’t disclose who would benefit from the money under a bill heard Tuesday. State Rep. Jim Murphy, a Republican from St. Louis County, said the scheme leaves contributors, who are often elderly people, confused when thousands of dollars are drawn […]
Rudi Keller