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Report: Consumer Hardware Still Often Impossible To Repair Despite New State ‘Right To Repair’ Laws

11 months 1 week ago
There’s been significant progress, but many popular consumer electronics brands are still building hardware that’s often impossible to repair despite a flood in new state “right to repair” laws around the country. That’s at least the conclusion of this new report by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). PIRG examined 21 different mainstream tech […]
Karl Bode

Missouri has dramatically reduced its backlog of nursing home inspections

11 months 1 week ago
Missouri in the last year has significantly reduced its backlog of overdue nursing home inspections, recent federal data shows, though it still stands out for how low nursing staff is at many facilities. Around this time last year, a quarter of nursing homes hadn’t been inspected in at least two years.  Now the number is […]
Clara Bates

Disturbance at St. Louis jail halts inmate processing

11 months 1 week ago
A disturbance at the St. Louis Justice Center on Sunday morning caused the stoppage of all inmate processing, with several detainees gathering in the commons area and correctional officers using pepper spray to get them back in their cells.
Laura Simon

Big heat to start the work week, Cool down to come without any rain

11 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - It will be a hot and muggy start to the week. Highs Monday and Tuesday will be in the mid- to upper 90s, with peak afternoon heat index values above 100. Out the door temps again Tuesday will have only cooled down into the upper 70s.A cold front will come through the [...]
Angela Hutti