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Crime is down, FBI says, but politicians still choose statistics to fit their narratives

1 year 1 month ago
Violent crime and property crime in the United States dropped in 2023, continuing a downward trend following higher rates of crime during the pandemic, according to the FBI’s latest national crime report. Murders and intentional manslaughter, known as non-negligent manslaughter, fell by 11.6% from 2022. Property crime dropped by 2.4%. Overall, FBI data shows that violent […]
Amanda Hernandez

If Harris Wins, Whether She Keeps Lina Khan Will Be Extremely Telling

1 year 1 month ago
Lina Khan has most certainly faced some growing pains as the head of the FTC, occasionally filing some undercooked cases and raising the hackles of some staff (some grumbling about real missteps, some simply grumbling about reform). At the same time, she’s the closest the U.S. has gotten to a competent antitrust enforcer any time […]
Karl Bode

HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital pursuing $50M expansion

1 year 1 month ago
Just seven years after opening its doors in O'Fallon, Illinois, administrators at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital are looking to expand. “We’ve outgrown our hospital,” HSHS St. Elizabeth’s CEO Chris Clay told an O'Fallon City Council committee last week. For an example of how busy the hospital has gotten, Clay said people should look no further than the ER. “Prior to moving to O’Fallon, we averaged 70 encounters a day in the emergency department,” Clay said. “Today, we average…
Holden Kurwicki

Monday, October 7 - A dip in the ag economy

1 year 1 month ago
Over the last two years, agriculture in the United States has been riding the highs of elevated crop prices and record incomes. But farm income is projected to dip this year. St. Louis Public Radio’s Will Bauer reports on what that means for farmers and the larger ag economy.