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Volunteer-run rescue Missouri Emergency Response Service responded to multiple ice-related horse falls this week

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  Missouri Republicans are again showing their contempt for the will of Missouri voters, seeking to partially repeal or eliminate the new minimum wage and sick leave law voters approved in November. Proposition A, which 58 percent of Missouri voters supported in the Nov. 5 election, raised the state minimum […]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen grade A large eggs was $4.15 during the month of December—an increase from $2.51 in December 2023.

Marcus Theatres is celebrating the 2025 Best Picture nominees by bringing the best films of the year back to the big screen.

Missouri American Water crews were called to repair a 6-inch water main break Thursday morning off Sappington Road in Glendale, shutting down a portion of the road.

The Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program is offering full tuition reimbursement to persons who successfully complete Building Operator Certification® (BOC). The normal cost of the training is $1,400. Only Ameren Illinois Business customers are eligible for tuition reimbursement. BOC is a nationally recognized training and certification program focusing on energy-efficient building operations and preventative maintenance […]

To borrow a phrase famously used by the world class philosophers called Green Day, Elon Musk is something of a walking contradiction. He touts the so-called “Twitter Files” as some kind of damning report on government weaponization against critical content and is then accused of doing exactly the same thing himself. He’s a “free speech […]

A contract award  is scheduled for Feb. 7th on the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center St. Louis (AMICSTL)/Ranken Technical College non-profit advanced manufacturing facility. A bid meeting was held last week and final proposals are due Jan. 31st on the 89,600-square-foot advanced manufacturing up. Designed by FoxArchitects, the hub, to be built on Ranken’s North St. […]

The vandals painted graffiti on two historic artifacts, causing about $20,000 in damage.

An O’Fallon, Missouri, woman is believed to have embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from her employer over a 17-month period.

The Major Case Squad now believes the MSD worker who was shot and killed in her own driveway Tuesday morning was targeted by a gunman.

From Building Design + Construction:  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the free 179D Portal for estimating tax deductions for energy-efficient technologies in commercial buildings. The portal hosts the Traditional (Modeling) Pathway tool and Alternative (Measurement) Pathway tool that both help estimate potential federal tax deductions for qualifying upgrades beginning in tax year […]

Missouri's House Speaker said lawmakers are working on a plan to challenge Amendment 3.

From ENR:  The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled in favor of contractors that challenged former President Joe Biden’s policy requiring project labor agreements on all federal construction projects of $35 million or more, with few exceptions. Judge Ryan T. Holte’s Jan. 19 ruling responds to 12 bid protests filed by contractors against three […]