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Fossil Fuel Companies Use Fake Consumer Groups And Fake Local News Orgs To Derail Solar Efforts In Ohio
A favorite tactic of U.S. corporations looking to dismantle consumer protection reforms (or anything they don’t like, really) is to create entirely fake consumer groups custom-built to confuse voters and journalists. Such groups are usually used in combination with think tanks and other pseudo-objective organizations to muddy the waters, confuse constituents, and mislead the press […]
Vacant warehouse fire forces closure of Stan Musial Bridge for up to 2 days
Both directions of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge will be closed for up to two days due to a vacant warehouse fire burning nearby and affecting visibility.
According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the bridge that carries Interstate 70 over the Mississippi River will be closed for up to two days due to the fire, which started Monday. The fire is at a six-story vacant warehouse near the intersection of North Broadway and Mullanphy Street in St. Louis' North Riverfront.
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Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf on CRE: ‘Things aren’t getting better’
“What you see is just more of the significant revaluation because of supply and demand," Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said.
Illegal school buses still carrying students after St. Louis Public Schools cancels some routes
Two unmarked school buses dropped students off Monday at Shaw Visual and Performing Arts Elementary in the Hill neighborhood.
After years of illegal air pollution, Ameren to shut down a St. Louis-area power plant
Southwest Airlines activist investor officially calls for special meeting of shareholders
An activist investor that for months has been calling for change at Southwest Airlines Co. is following through on its pledge to ask other shareholders whether they agree. The airline is the busiest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
FleishmanHillard to leave downtown St. Louis after 70 years
The agency has spent nearly 40 years at Pine Street and North Broadway, occupying the top four floors as one of the foremost PR and marketing firms in the country.
Used wheelchairs, old shower seats. St. Louis nonprofit collects it all, to give away
St. Louis HELP has expanded to eight locations, where it gathers and redistributes used medical equipment.
Rising number of kids poisoned by cannabis edibles alarms doctors, government officials
Children are particularly at risk because they are ingesting adult-size doses, and often several at a time.
Neman: Will French tacos be the next big thing? They should be
French tacos are the fast food America needs. They are the fast food America deserves.
Pedestrian struck, killed early Tuesday in south St. Louis County
Adult fatally struck by a vehicle in South County
St. Louis County Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident in South County, marking the third deadly incident of someone being hit and killed by a vehicle in the St. Louis area since Saturday.
How a new St. Louis program is paying mentors to help kids in trouble
“Is everything cool with you?” the officer asks, shining a light in his face, then into the face of the man standing next to him.
No country still uses an electoral college − except the US
The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five times in the country’s history. The most recent examples are from 2000, when Al Gore won the popular vote but George […]
Tuesday, October 15 - The path forward for Great Rivers Greenway
Great Rivers Greenway is the public agency responsible for building the hundreds of miles of bike and pedestrian paths across parts of the St. Louis region. Susan Trautman has led the organization since 2010 and will leave that position next May after 15 years. St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric Schmid sat down with her to discuss her time as CEO.
Frost, light freeze expected as temperatures dip early Wednesday
ST. LOUIS - Clouds to start our Tuesday with a breezy kicking up as we start to clear in the afternoon. There is a very slight chance of a sprinkle squeezing out of our morning clouds. Temperatures won’t move a lot Tuesday, highs will be in the upper 50s. Winds will ease in the evening [...]
Warehouse fire in St. Louis closes Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge
The fire at the building is the second this year.
A last look inside Chesterfield Mall ahead of its demolition
Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro says Mick Fleetwood “elevates everyone around him”
Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro has teamed with Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood for the new album Blues Experience, and he tells ABC Audio he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to embrace the blues with…
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