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St. Louis City Officials Oppose 'Poorly Written' Proposition R
St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed doesn’t keep his disapproval of Proposition R quiet. In a press conference Monday, Reed slammed the proposition that would change the city’s process for redrawing wards if approved by voters tomorrow.
Where to buy local art? Something that says "St Louis."
Best seafood and Chinese
New speed humps in Benton park
Public safety officials talk downtown safety plans ahead of Cardinals opening day
St. Louis paid $5.8 million in legal settlements last year, records show
The city provided the Post-Dispatch copies of nine legal settlements with plaintiffs totaling $795,500 in response to a public records request.
Bill that would decriminalize needle exchange programs passes Missouri Senate committee
What's it like to live in Arnold?
From ‘Shark Tank’ to Target — St. Louis invention goes nationwide
St. Louis entrepreneur Akeem Shannon went on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in 2020 and scored an investment for his product, Flipstik. Pandemic-related supply chain issues dealt Shannon a blow, but he’s overcome those. In this episode, Akeem Shannon explains how and what led to scoring a nationwide deal with Target.
Albert Pujols filing for divorce after 22 years of marriage
The boxes dried out!
Notorious Human Rights Abuser Is One Of NSO Group’s Main Investors
It’s more difficult to choose your investors than your customers. Maybe this isn’t entirely NSO’s fault, but it certainly helped make it easier to sell powerful zero-click exploits to the governments most likely to abuse them. Here’s Kaye Wiggins and Mehul Srivastava for the Financial Times. An Abu Dhabi state-owned investment company has been an […]
The Great Resignation was neither great nor a resignation
Remember the Great Resignation? Fed economist Bart Hobijn says there's nothing to it: The labor market recovery since the depth of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 has been the fastest in postwar history....At the same time, the share of workers quitting their jobs—either to take new jobs or to exit the labor ...continue reading "The Great Resignation was neither great nor a resignation"
Little Known Facts About Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett
Chris Rock is in the news because he just announced a second date at the Stifel Theatre in St. Louis, on June 12. Oh!
One caveat to St. Louis’ lower murder rates
An investigation by ProPublica and APM Reports and St. Louis Public Radio revealed that officials were lowering St. Louis' murder count by classifying some killings as justifiable homicides instead. The report's co-author, investigative reporter Jeremy Kohler, shares the details.
Push to save St. Louis’ Culver House unites developer and preservationists
A $100 million expansion of Powell Hall requires the demolition of the historic Culver House — unless preservationists can find an alternative. Recently, backers trying to save the building gained an unexpected ally: Longtime developer Steve Smith.
Former Washington, Mo., gymnastics coach convicted of molesting 5 girls during practices
David Schneider was a volunteer gymnastics coach at Kids in Motion in Franklin County.
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