Aggregator

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe acknowledged the ongoing issue of rising property tax rates but said he doesn’t think he’ll call a special session over it—at least not right now.

GREENBELT, Maryland — A top U.S. immigration official testifying in federal court Thursday did not give details of the Trump administration’s plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he is released from pre-trial detention next week in Tennessee. Thomas Giles, the assistant director for enforcement and removal operations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was noncommittal […]

EDWARDSVILLE – Seven total Riverbend residents were charged with stolen vehicle offenses from July 1 to 3, 2025. Three individuals were charged on July 3, 2025 with offenses related to motor vehicles, each Class 2 felonies: Mariah C. Moore, 27, of Alton Rosemarie A. Baker, 29, of Alton Gary J. Mauer, 46, listed as homeless out of Alton Moore and Baker allegedly possessed the same 2021 Jiangsu Baodiao moped on June 2, 2025 which they knew had been stolen. Mauser is accused of knowingly possessing a stolen carry-on trailer with a fold-down gate on April 15, 2025. All three of these cases were presented by the Metro East Auto Theft Task Force. Another two individuals were charged with similar offenses the day prior on July 2, 2025. Tess R. Young, 36, of Vandalia, Mo., was charged with offenses related to motor vehicles, a Class 2 felony. On June 18, 2025, Young reportedly knowingly possessed a stolen 16-foot 2023 General Motors box truck with an Indiana registration

Continue Reading

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

Now that the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) has been signed into law, Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, who has pushed for such funding for several years, is looking ahead to the next steps.

From HUD Office of Policy Development and Research: East St. Louis, Illinois, has struggled with a shrinking tax base and economic contraction since the second half of the 20th century. Many of the former industrial city’s 18,278 residents are seniors; 31.3 percent of East St. Louis residents are over the age of 62 compared with […]

The post Historic Hotel Becomes Affordable Senior Housing in East St. Louis appeared first on Construction Forum.

A federal judge in St. Louis ruled that the sale of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe and its assets may proceed, despite concerns from the state of California over customer privacy.

From Call Newspapers: Six months after the site’s groundbreaking, construction for the Joseph Sappington Log House, one of the oldest surviving log structures in St. Louis County, is officially underway at 1015 Sappington Road. According to Crestwood’s mayor, Scott Shipley, work officially began at the site in June. The first stage in the process included […]

The post Construction Started on Relocating Historic Joseph Sappington Log Home appeared first on Construction Forum.

Erick Fedde will stay in the St. Louis Cardinals' starting rotation for at least one more start, despite prolonged struggles and speculation that the Cardinals could shake up their rotation before the All-Star break.

From Parsons (via Morningstar): Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) is proud to announce that its role as lead designer for the I-270 North Design-Build Project has been honored with the prestigious Engineering Excellence Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Missouri. In addition to this top state honor, the project also received national […]

The post Parsons Wins ACEC MO Award for I-270 North appeared first on Construction Forum.

Missouri investors will get a tax break when they take profits and motorists will pay more to renew vehicle registrations under separate bills signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Kehoe’s signature on the bill granting an income tax exemption for capital gains — profits on investments — marks the third major tax cut in the […]

Missouri workers who started accruing paid sick leave on May 1 will lose it Aug. 28 under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. The new benefit, linked to an increase in the minimum wage passed with 58% of the vote in November, became a target for business lobbying interests. Republican allies in the General […]

St. Louis is now an entertainment district.

This new coach training equips the City of St. Louis coaches and Recreation staff with techniques to support thousands of local youth through sport.

ST. LOUIS — A city judge sentenced a man Thursday to 10 years in prison for fatally punching another man in the head during a 2023 fight outside of a north city market.

In Keisha Scarlett’s year as superintendent the operating budget fell from a surplus of $17 million to a projected deficit of $35 million.