From Warren County Record: The Village of Innsbrook will contract with Hankins Construction to build its new village hall. The bid was awarded at a special board of trustees meeting on the afternoon of Aug. 27. Hankins Construction was the lowest of seven bidders, submitting a contract for $870,600 to construct the new, 2,000-square-foot building. […]
From Leader Publications: Jason Reinbold, who owns Industrious Group LLC, a metal fabricating company, intends to build warehouse and office space at the site of an old quarry in Imperial. Reinbold petitioned the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission at the Aug. 22 meeting to rezone the site at the northwest corner of Hwy. 61-67 […]
In addition to new poverty figures, the Census Bureau also released new annual income numbers today. Real household income was up 4.0% in 2023: Household income was up for all races and all income groups. It increased the most for the poorest 10% of workers. Note that this is "money income" as defined by the ...continue reading "Income rose 4% in 2023"
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis startup Intramotev, which produces self-propelled, electric-powered railcars, has signed a switching agreement with Eagle Drayage, a freight carrier also based in St. Louis. Switching agreements enable rail-carried freight to go across different classes of railroads from manufacturing plants or distribution points to destinations. “You go from things like […]
CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) awarded more than $6 million in grant funding to four recipients through the Home Illinois Workforce Pilot Program. This program is a partnership between DCEO, the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH) and the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and is funded through the Illinois Job Training and Economic Development Program (JTED). “We’re fighting homelessness in Illinois with compassion, innovation, and ongoing coordination,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Thanks to this award, my administration is one step closer to reaching our goal of functional zero homelessness by providing vulnerable residents the resources they need to find financial and housing stability.” "Too often, systemic inequities compound and force hardworking people into homelessness. Our communities have been asking for ways to uplift and protect eac
From Illinois Business Journal: Kian Capital-backed Team Air Distributing (“Team Air”), a leading wholesale distributor providing OEM-branded HVAC equipment, parts and supplies to residential and commercial contractors and with locations in Southern Illinois, has completed the acquisition of Best Choice Supply (“BCS”), a family-owned HVAC wholesale distributor. BCS was founded in 1988 and has a […]
From Labor Tribune: A growing number of women are taking leadership roles in the union building trades. Former Missouri State Sen. Gina Walsh, deputy director of the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators Union Labor Management and Cooperative Trust (LMCT), has been an active member of Insulators Local 1 since completing its apprenticeship program […]
From St. Louis Magazine: It’s no secret that office life changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, three years removed from the worst of the public health crisis, businesses and entrepreneurs still have an appetite for shared workspaces. That’s why Office Evolution is expanding its services in the St. Louis region. Office Evolution, a flexible workplace […]
ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis is asking residents to provide input and feedback on the future of City streets, sidewalks, and surrounding infrastructure through a new survey and upcoming open houses. Since the spring of 2024, the City has been developing its first citywide Transportation & Mobility Plan in decades. Once completed in 2025, the plan will establish clear, citywide priorities and policy recommendations for a safer and better-maintained transportation network, utilizing national best practices in ways that fit St. Louis. “We’re lucky to have forward-thinking planners and engineers in the City of St. Louis who are committed to making our streets people-friendly,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “While we create the plan that will shape how people get around in St. Louis for decades, we need input from residents from every neighborhood and people who travel on our City streets, whether by car, bus, bike, foot, or with any type of assistance. We
From West Newsmagazine: St. Louis County officials held a ribbon cutting on Aug. 29 to celebrate the completion of a $5.2 million project improving a two-mile stretch of Baxter Road through Ballwin and Manchester. County Council member Mark Harder (R-District 7) said the project took close to three years to complete. Crews removed and replaced […]
From Illinois Business Journal: IDOT’s Economic Development Program provides state assistance for road improvements to accommodate access to new or expanding industrial, manufacturing or distribution companies. Funding will include preliminary engineering, construction, construction engineering and contingencies. The primary focus of the program is the creation and retention of permanent full-time jobs. The City of Peru, […]
We got new poverty figures today from the Census Bureau, and the news was mixed: Using the old, official measure, the poverty rate was down 0.4 percentage points, dropping from 11.5% to 11.1%. However, using the shiny new SPM, the poverty rate was up 0.5 percentage points, rising from 12.4% to 12.9%. The SPM is ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Poverty in America"
From The New York Times: Seven years after flames engulfed Grenfell Tower, a public housing block in West London, killing 72 people, a public inquiry on Wednesday blamed unscrupulous manufacturers, a cost-cutting local government and reckless deregulation for the disaster, Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II. The 1,671-page final report laid out a […]
A long-lost Tom Petty documentary from the '80s will be hitting theaters in time for what would have been the rocker’s 74th birthday. Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party followed Petty and…
The shooting Aug. 31 was the third time in less than two years that Michael Tolden had pulled his gun on suspected thieves but the first time he killed someone.
From St. Louis. Business Journal: ArchKey Solutions, the Fenton-based electrical and technology contracting company, is being acquired by an investment firm launched by billionaire sports team owner Josh Harris. New York-based private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners LLC, which invested in ArchKey alongside the company’s management team in 2021, has agreed to sell the […]
From Construction Dive: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has continued its focus on discrimination and harassment in the construction industry, settling three lawsuits against building firms in recent weeks for a combined total of more than $2.9 million. The agency settled a racial harassment and retaliation suit against Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor J.A. […]
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