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PCE inflation spiked in January

10 months 3 weeks ago
I think I still remember how to do this. Here is PCE inflation in January: Not good. In more conventional year-over-year terms, headline PCE came in at 2.5%. Core PCE was 2.6%.
Kevin Drum

Planned Parenthood to restart regular abortion appointments in Columbia, Kansas City next week

10 months 3 weeks ago
Two of Missouri’s nine Planned Parenthood clinics are poised to start performing regularly-scheduled surgical abortions next week, though clinic leadership says access to medication abortions is in the hands of the state.  The first elective abortion in Missouri since the procedure was banned in 2022 was performed earlier this month in a Kansas City Planned Parenthood clinic. It will now be offering regular appointments for surgical abortions along with the clinic in Columbia, which has not offered…
Anna Spoerre

Musk Leverages His Unelected Non-Existent Authority And Expertise To Steal $2 Billion FAA Contract From Verizon

10 months 3 weeks ago
The first Trump FCC tried to give Musk nearly a billion dollars to deliver expensive Starlink access to some traffic medians and airport parking lots. The Biden FCC clawed back most of those subsidies, (correctly) arguing that the service couldn’t deliver consistent speeds, and if we’re going to spend taxpayer money on broadband, more future-proof and less […]
Karl Bode

Let’s fix Missouri’s divorcing while pregnant problem — not make it worse

10 months 3 weeks ago
I’ve written twice about the dangerous misunderstanding that you can’t get a divorce in Missouri while pregnant.   Though I’ve yelled about the fact that Missouri’s law is not unique and there is no current law barring a judge from granting a dissolution during pregnancy, I’m in favor of the legislature making that more explicit in […]
Bridgette Dunlap

Planned Parenthood to restart regular abortion appointments in Columbia, Kansas City next week

10 months 3 weeks ago
Two of Missouri’s nine Planned Parenthood clinics are poised to start performing regularly-scheduled surgical abortions next week, though clinic leadership says access to medication abortions is in the hands of the state.  The first elective abortion in Missouri since the procedure was banned in 2022 was performed earlier this month in a Kansas City Planned […]
Anna Spoerre

Windy, warm Friday gives way to colder feel for the weekend

10 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Get ready for the warmest day of our week, as temperatures are expected to pop into the 70s Friday afternoon. The atmosphere is very dry and we are expecting gusty winds. That combination means fire danger is high. A Fire Weather (Red Flag) Warning has been issued because of this. If a [...]
Angela Hutti