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St. Louis' CITYPARK ranked among world's most stunning sports venues

1 year 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - CITYPARK, the home field for Major League Soccer's St. Louis SC, has been named as one of the "World's Most Beautiful Sports Venues List 2024," according The honor was given by Prix Versailles, which releases a series of lists honoring the finest architectural projects across different venues worldwide. The list for the [...]
Nick Gladney

Disaster relief in Republican-land

1 year 2 months ago
Three weeks ago: Republicans in disaster-prone states, eager to present a united front during government funding talks, are shrugging off a disaster aid cliff — even as a storm barrels toward the Gulf Coast. ....“Disasters happen,” said Florida Republican Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, chair of the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, when asked about Johnson's continuing resolution.... ...continue reading "Disaster relief in Republican-land"
Kevin Drum

Governing after Hurricane Helene

1 year 2 months ago
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. We’re Jake Bittle and Ayurella Horn-Muller, two reporters here at Grist, and we’ve been traveling up and down the Gulf Coast of Florida over the past week reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has devastated much of the Southeast and killed more than 100 people […]
Jake Bittle

U.S. Department of Education begins testing of new FAFSA form

1 year 2 months ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education is launching the first testing period for its phased rollout of the 2025-26 form to apply for federal financial student aid on Tuesday, with more students set to partake in this beginning testing stage than initially expected. The department announced in August it would be using a staggered approach to […]
Shauneen Miranda

Capacity Crunch Causes Musk’s Starlink To Sock Users With $100 ‘Congestion Charge’

1 year 2 months ago
Analysts (and Musk himself) had been quietly noting for a while that Starlink satellite broadband service would consistently lack the capacity to be disruptive at any real scale. As it usually pertains to Musk products, that analysis was generally buried under product hype. A few years later, and Starlink users are facing obvious slowdowns and a steady parade of […]
Karl Bode

How many people get fired each year? How come we don’t know?

1 year 2 months ago
Intelligent.com is a college prep company that, among other things, promises to "equip students with the tools they need to smoothly transition from academic life to professional success." Guess what? In a recent report, they say that recent college grads are unprepared for work and and getting fired in vast numbers. They need help from ...continue reading "How many people get fired each year? How come we don’t know?"
Kevin Drum