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From CBS: At just 23, Jacob Palmer is already running his own electrical company. He launched the business in 2024 after starting in the field as an apprentice electrician, a career path he embarked on when college turned out not to be for him. Palmer has no regrets about his decision to forego college and […]
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From Webster-Kirkwood Times: For more than a decade, Kirkwood steadily replaced, modernized and upgraded its entire municipal electric system. Those improvements, however, came with a cost — a $13.3 million deficit — forcing the city to raise utility rates, effective immediately. Beginning Nov. 1, Kirkwood Electric customers will see an average increase of 14.8% on […]
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From KMOV: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield cut the ribbon Monday on its new location inside the Deloitte Building at 4th and Market, moving 500 employees to the heart of downtown St. Louis. The new office sits steps from the Gateway Arch and a block from Busch Stadium. Company officials said they chose the location […]
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From St. Louis Business Journal: The H-J Family of Cos., a Jefferson County-based manufacturer of electrical equipment components, has begun a $25 million expansion project. The company on Friday held a groundbreaking for the project, which will add 80,000 square feet to its production facility in High Ridge, where the company is based. The project […]
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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A local developer has a plan to build houses in a flood-prone parcel along the Meramec River, near Arnold, atop a growing plateau of dirt and fill that’s been expanding further into the flood plain by the truckload. The plan alarms nearby residents who have narrowly dodged their own close calls […]
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