KANSAS CITY — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Thursday plans to boost American farmers by purchasing millions of bushels of crops. In an effort to increase American exports, the USDA will purchase 417,000 metric tons of commodities immediately to support the international food aid programs. That’s equivalent to more than 16 million […]
The Supreme Court pulled off another shadow docket masterpiece this week, granting Trump’s request to keep FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter fired while simultaneously pretending they haven’t already made up their minds about whether presidents can ignore 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent. What makes this particularly brazen is that the Court is allowing Trump to violate […]
ST. LOUIS - A Romanian national, who authorities say was in the country illegally, has pleaded guilty to federal charges tied to a national sleight-of-hand scheme that targeted the St. Louis area and at least 20 states. Adrian Stoica, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of wire fraud and one count of illegal entry [...]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: When Bricklayers Local 1 suffered a spate of three suicides, they knew they had to do something. Working with contractors, they developed the Riding Boss program, an innovative approach that today is saving lives. Brian Jennewein, director of the Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Administrative District Council (BAC ADC) of […]
A group of U.S. investors will take over the massive video-sharing platform TikTok, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Trump signed an executive order certifying a transaction for TikTok complies with a 2024 law requiring the platform’s Chinese parent company, Byte Dance Ltd., divest TikTok or face a ban in the U.S. The company is valued at […]
WASHINGTON — Attorneys on behalf of a dozen U.S. House Democrats Thursday pushed for a federal judge to force the Trump administration to comply with an appropriations law that allows for unannounced oversight visits at Department of Homeland Security facilities that detain immigrants. “We don’t know what detention will look like in the future,” said […]
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Herrin Police Department announced Officer Kevin R. Bailey as the first new hire in the state certified through the military police reciprocity program launched earlier this year by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB). The swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, September 17, at Herrin City Hall , marks a significant milestone between Illinois law enforcement and state officials in an effort to streamline hiring for qualified U.S. military police veterans. Illinois joined 18 other states in May of this year, allowing for Military Police veterans to qualify for law enforcement training requirements . "It’s exciting that we could lead the way in this new hiring pipeline,” said Herrin Police Chief David Dorris . “It was a simple process, and I thank both the U.S. military and the state of Illinois for their collaboration." Military Police were previously ineligible for certification reciprocity and were required
From St. Louis Magazine: Few videos of the May 16 tornado are scarier than the one taken from the top floor of The Hudson apartment complex on DeBaliviere at Pershing. You can watch it here. In two seconds flat, the roof lifts away and the walls collapse. It wasn’t an isolated event. Lots of roofs […]
ST. LOUIS - Greater St. Louis, Inc., a regional economic development organization, has named Ron Kitchens as its new CEO after nearly a year-long search. Kitchens, a native of Ozark, Missouri near Springfield, comes to St. Louis from Wichita Falls, Texas, where he served as the President & CEO of the Chamber of Commerce and [...]
From St. Louis Public Radio: New documents obtained by St. Louis Public Radio revealed the proposed data centers at the shuttered Armory building in Midtown would cost roughly $1.5 billion. That cost rivals that of a $1 billion, 440-acre data center proposed in St. Charles that recently prompted the city to enact a one-year moratorium […]
TOPEKA — House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard says there’s no way to sugarcoat results of the November 2024 election that deepened the Republican supermajority in the Kansas House. The idea, from the perspective of Democrats, was to recruit viable candidates to compete in winnable districts so the 85-40 GOP advantage would be reduced by at […]
Mayor Borgmeyer on Thursday expressed confidence that he could withstand the recall vote — if petitioners gather enough signatures to get on the ballot.
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Is it a granny flat? Is it a carriage house? No, it’s an ADU — Accessory Dwelling Unit. Roughly 50 residents turned out to a presentation earlier this week concerning the practicality of building Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in Kirkwood. The event centered on the city’s zoning and building codes that govern […]
ST. LOUIS - Mold counts in St. Louis have reached their highest level of the year on Thursday, likely to trigger some seasonal allergies. Thursday's mold spore count comes in at 139,869. It's the highest for St. Louis this year and the highest since the mold count peaked just above 140,000 last year in late-September, [...]
The courts will determine if the bill revising Missouri’s congressional districts is constitutional, Gov. Mike Kehoe said Thursday after announcing his plans to sign the measure this weekend. Speaking to reporters after an event in Columbia, Kehoe said he felt confident he was on firm legal ground when he called lawmakers into a special session. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A city judge on Thursday ordered the former boss of the area carpenter’s union to sit for a deposition after lawyers for the union spent half a year trying to get him to answer questions in a lawsuit against him. St. Louis Circuit Judge Joseph Whyte ordered Al Bond, who national union […]
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