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States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts

7 months 1 week ago
The giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend includes the biggest health care spending cuts in U.S. history. In response, states are scrambling to shield their hospitals from the looming loss of hundreds of millions in federal funding. In Georgia, a key state panel late last month took […]
Anna Claire Vollers

Mia Rose to Complete Latest Dardene Project in Fall

7 months 1 week ago

From St. Louis Business Journal: The latest phase in $150 million in apartment-focused development is scheduled to open this fall. Prairie Encore, the $90 million mixed-use development in the western St. Charles County city of Dardenne Prairie, will be anchored by a 218,800-square-foot apartment building with 190 units, which is currently under construction. It is […]

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Tom Finan

Aerosolized Sealant Raised Energy Efficiency in Historic Multi-Family

7 months 1 week ago

One of the dirty little secrets of St. Louis’s beautiful historical multi-family structures is that they are usually hugely energy-inefficient. A product and process recently pioneered in this market by T. J. Wies Sealing Solutions helped the owner of an historic four-family building achieve 2021 IECC air ceiling standards of 3.0 ACH50. The goals were […]

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Tom Finan

U.S. Consumer Protection Is Dead: Lobbyists And Lawyers Kill New FTC Rule That Would Have Made It Easier To Cancel Subscriptions

7 months 1 week ago
Have I mentioned lately that the U.S. no longer has functional federal consumer protection and corporate oversight thanks to Donald Trump? And how that should probably be more of a story across journalism? Last fall you might recall that the FTC created a popular new rule that barred corporations from making it annoying or difficult […]
Karl Bode

Missouri Education Commissioner unwraps vision for state education department

7 months 1 week ago
Missouri should revisit the way it supports “chronically low-performing schools” over the coming year, state Commissioner of Education Karla Eslinger said as she unveiled her priorities in a State Board of Education meeting Wednesday. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s current approach is “cookie cutter,” she said, lacking individual supports customized to struggling […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Overnight fire destroys home in Freeburg

7 months 1 week ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - A fire destroyed a house overnight Thursday in Freeburg. The fire broke out around 1 a.m. on Jefferson Road, leaving the house in ruins. It is unknown if the house was occupied at the time of the fire.
Nick Gladney

Thursday, July 10 - Backstage at The Muny

7 months 1 week ago
For more than 100 year, St. Louis audiences have attended musical theater productions each summer at The Muny in Forest Park. We go behind the scenes to see what is involved in putting on these intricate productions.

Hot end to the work week, storms late Friday

7 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Warm and muggy Thursday with mostly sunny skies to start. There will be more clouds in the afternoon on Thursday and just a slight chance for pop showers. Temperature highs will be close to the low 90s. Friday looks like it is the hottest day of the week, with highs in the [...]
Angela Hutti