Construction Management Partners, LLC (CMP) has been engaged by Believe Schools to provide executive management program services for the first phase of design and construction of the rehab and reprogramming of an existing school facility at 100 South Garrison Avenue. HWK Architects will be the architect of record and BSI Constructors will be the CM […]
Letter To The Editor: At the Wood River City Council meeting of March 3rd, the City had to admit that it had violated the terms of City agreements and ordinances that caused unauthorized payments totaling tens of thousands of TIF funds to developers. Instead of taking action to assure compliance with its agreements, ordinances, policies, and procedures, the City chose to make changes to the agreements so that these failures simply disappeared, as if nothing happened. The more important issue that an unauthorized $40,000 TIF payment to a developer after the City Manager had a TIF agreement altered without City Council approval was dismissed as irrelevant. The explanation given was that someone forgot to inform the City Council that there were additional changes to the agreement, and the City Manager was simply fixing the mistake to save the City Council the trouble of voting on the changes again. There was no explanation why the City Manager signed the agreement when only the mayor
Like many big companies, Verizon eagerly signed up for Trump 2.0 excited to get tax cuts, rubber stamped merger approvals, attacks on organized labor, and oodles of unaccountable subsidies. But as is often the deal with authoritarian zealots (and force-wielding intergalactic warlords with deep-rooted mommy issues), the deal you think you struck can and will […]
A Missouri House budget subcommittee slashed more than $300 million from agency budgets Monday, which the chairman said is intended to align spending authority with actual spending.
Another budget subcommittee, also meeting Monday, cut $59.5 million more in general revenue from several agencies, earmarking the money instead for local projects that include several that were vetoed last year.
The Subcommittee on Appropriations – Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources and Economic Development…
Voters in St. Louis will decide on Tuesday which candidates will advance in the race for the next mayor, with incumbent Tishaura Jones, current Board of Aldermen member Cara Spencer, current Recorder of Deeds Democrat Mike Butler, and the lone Republican in the race, Andrew Jones, all vying for the top two spots.
The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency heard a bill Monday that would ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Sponsored by state Rep. Ben Baker, a Republican from Neosho, the bill would also bar state departments from mandating a DEI program in contracts with private organizations. “The bottom line is we as a […]
Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Hillsboro, MO, where a man was killed after a three-hour standoff and a shootout with officers, who recovered multiple firearms from the scene.
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