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PNC executives on what St. Louis must get right to advance its economy and ensure business success

6 months 1 week ago
As Michael Scully retires from his PNC regional president role and Matt Corcoran takes the helm of PNC’s business in St. Louis, these distinguished executives share their insights on advancing St. Louis’ economic and business success. Q: How long have you called St. Louis home? Michael Scully: I moved here in 1983 to begin my banking career and have never thought about living elsewhere. The civic-minded business community, quality of life and many cultural amenities make St. Louis such an amazing…
PNC Bank

New coffee shop set to open in former Looking Meadow Cafe spot

6 months 1 week ago
The aroma of roasting coffee is set to come to 2500 Sutton Boulevard in July. Hunter Iffland plans to open his Kentzo Koffee at the former location of Looking Meadow Cafe and Stone Spiral before that. Iffland has been roasting and selling his coffee online for four years at kentzokoffee.com. Iffland said he’s planning on […]
Doug Miner

SIUE WE CARE Clinic and East St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Host Second Annual Health Fair   

6 months 1 week ago
EDWARDSVILLE/EAST ST. LOUIS - Metro East residents received valuable information, participated in health screenings, enjoyed free haircuts, beauty services, clothing, lunch, and major door prizes during the Spring Forward Health and Wellness Fair, co-hosted by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing’s (SON) WE CARE Clinic in East St. Louis. The WE CARE Clinic partnered with the East St. Louis (IL) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. to host their second annual health fair on Saturday, April 26, at the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus in East St. Louis. SIUE Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, attended the event and helped present the WE Care clinic with a $7,000 donation from the fraternity. A total of 40 vendors from the Greater St. Louis and Metro East areas participated in the event. Organizations included Writers, Planners, & Trainers (WPT), the University of Illinois, East Side Health District,

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St. Clair County Transit District's Summerlong "GO TRAILing" Program Starts May 10, 2025

6 months 1 week ago
BELLEVILLE - Area residents are encouraged to get out and explore the MetroBikeLink System this summer through St. Clair County Transit District’s “GO TRAILing” program, being held in partnership with Citizens for Modern Transit. Program participants can earn a selection of prizes by tracking miles spent biking, walking, wheeling, running, skating or skipping along the more than 39 miles of interconnecting trails and bike paths extending from the Fairview Heights Transit Center to the Shiloh-Scott Transit Center in St. Clair County, Ill. The summerlong initiative runs from May 10 through Aug. 9 and is free and open to the public. Registration can be completed at www.scctd.org . Prizes are awarded to those who track 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 miles and include a MetroBikeLink water bottle, “GO TRAILing” brand t-shirt or hat, monthly transit pass, bike helmet and bike light. Those who track 100 miles or more over the summer months will also be entered into

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FTC’s ‘Tech Censorship’ Investigation Is Censoring Comments About ‘Censorship’

6 months 1 week ago
The FTC’s politically motivated inquiry into “tech censorship” has managed to prove exactly the opposite of what it intended: the government agency is now actively censoring public comments from people complaining about being censored by tech platforms. It’s almost too perfect. The FTC, under Chair Andrew Ferguson, launched what it called an investigation into “tech […]
Mike Masnick

Missouri Supreme Court upholds voter-approved paid sick leave law

6 months 1 week ago
Missouri’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition A, the voter-approved law expanding paid sick leave set to go into effect Thursday. It was a unanimous opinion but one judge dissented on the reasoning.  “This court finds there was no election irregularity and the election results are valid,” Chief Justice Mary Russell wrote in the opinion. Business groups have been fighting on two fronts to gut the law since it passed in November. Tuesday’s decision marks the failure of one front,…
Clara Bates