From The St. Louis American: One of the city’s oldest and most historic public housing developments will soon be reborn and redeveloped into a model community which will include 350 new mixed-income apartments and affordable homes. Construction is set to begin on the new Clinton-Peabody public housing community after The Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) […]
City development nonprofit St. Louis Development Corp. will have to consider different funding sources to acquire the Railway Exchange Building after the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday reached a stalemate on how to spend the Rams settlement money, likely causing any plan for the settlement funds to be put off for months.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Weeks of frantic work to appropriate hundreds of millions of dollars in Rams relocation settlement money hit a wall again Tuesday at the Board of Aldermen. After a couple of hours of debate, aldermen had not advanced any of the plans on the table, and some suggested they would delay action […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The owner of a parcel being sought by the city of St. Louis in its effort to gain control of the Railway Exchange Building and its parking garage has appealed the sale price set for its property in eminent domain proceedings. Neil Tober, trustee under the Neil S. Tober Revocable […]
From Construction Dive: Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed a cascade of executive orders with big implications for labor, permitting, project funding and other critical issues for contractors. This means the legal landscape is highly uncertain, and contractors and their clients must remain nimble and up to speed on policy changes, according to a […]
From First Alert 4: Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme weather events due to climate change. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) is passed by Congress every two […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday sent the first flight of detained migrants on military aircraft from the United States to the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as President Donald Trump continues high-profile displays of his immigration crackdown. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted photos on social media of men in handcuffs […]
by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
The North County Police Cooperative is investigating a series of events that has a Pine Lawn neighborhood family saying they're being vandalized, including through the use of a voodoo doll.
Development in the city of St. Louis has fallen off in the past couple years. Increased interest rates and costs are overwhelmingly cited. But the mayor's altered tax incentive policy may also be a factor. Meanwhile, city development agency St. Louis Development Corp. has upped its travel as part of a push to build a roster of developers.
“In St. Louis, for St. Louis” isn't just a slogan, writes WashU Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, who provides data on the university's economic impact to the region.
EDWARDSVILLE - Although Edwardsville's girls' basketball team lost a close decision to Belleville East 49-47 at: Lucco-Jackson Gym on Jan. 30, 2025, sophomore point guard Sophie Shapiro had perhaps the best quote of the night, from the Tigers' perspective. "We'll learn a lot more from this game, and it might be what we needed to fill in some missing pieces, and really prepare us for the postseason," she said. Shapiro has had a very positive impact on the 13-9 Tigers, averaging 4.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. She also has 42 assists, 38 steals, and four blocked shots to add to her resume, as Edwardsville gets ready for the IHSA Class 4A playoffs, beginning later in February. She is a Spencer Homes Female Athlete of the Month for the Tigers. Shapiro has an upbeat, positive look on things for Edwardsville, and felt that the Tigers bounced back well in the second half, after a difficult first half against the Lancers. "Good comeback, tough first half," Shapiro said, summing
Tarlton, St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, promoted Ashley Claxton to human resources generalist II. Claxton, who joined the Tarlton human resources team in July 2021, participates in employee training and development and employee relations, as well as the recruitment and onboarding of new hires. “Ashley has an unwavering commitment to […]
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