This article was published by Illinois Business Journal on November 22, 2024. Ameren Illinois, in partnership with the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Intersect Illinois, Greater St. Louis, Inc., and the St. Louis Regional Freightway, recently held the inaugural Southwest Illinois Economic Development Leadership Summit, bringing together bi-state economic development leaders, the CEOs […]
The attorneys are some of the highest-paid staffers in county Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell's office, and earn up to $49,500 at side jobs in municipal courts.
It’s been more than twelve hours since Amendment 3 went into effect in Missouri. No abortions have begun again at the state’s Planned Parenthood clinics. That’s because officials with Planned Parenthood, which operates health centers across the state, said they are still waiting on a judge’s decision on whether to grant an injunction that would […]
Colibri Group, a St. Louis-based provider of online education services for licensed professionals in several industries, has hired a new chief executive officer.
This is Hilbert looking at the camera from a spot on our (entirely unused) patio table. He looks menacing, but actually he spent most of his time up there twirling around and begging me to pet him. He was probably purring loudly when I took this picture.
Today on TAP: The next DNC chair will have a higher profile than usual. The two leading candidates, Ken Martin of Minnesota and Ben Wikler of Wisconsin, are both terrific.
This change comes after Brian Thompson, CEO of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies UnitedHealthcare, was shot in Manhattan on his way to the company’s own annual investor event.
Approaching the New Year, you may be considering things like Dry January or giving up alcohol entirely. If you’re looking for more reasons to switch from cocktails to mocktails, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)’s newest study may encourage you to embrace sobriety. The AACR published its 2024 Cancer Progress Report , showcasing that excessive alcohol use increases an individual’s risk of developing six types of cancer. - Certain types of head and neck cancer - Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - Breast cancer - Colorectal cancer - Liver cancer - Stomach cancers The study goes on to say that in 2019, 5.4% of cancers were attributed to alcohol consumption. The AACR’s research suggests that by drinking less, or not at all, it can decrease your risk of getting the above-mentioned cancers by 8% and lessen the risk of all cancers by 4%. Jeanna Rich is an oncology registered dietitian with OSF Cancer Support Services. She says that part
As I've mentioned, I'm a little skeptical of any theory about why there was a big turn against Democrats in 2024 because, in fact, there wasn't a big turn. There was a normal, moderate turn. But in one place there was a huge turn: Hispanic voters. Here's the Democratic winning margin among Hispanics going back ...continue reading "Kamala Harris bombed with Hispanic voters. That’s the whole story."
WASHINGTON — Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. touted multiple changes and improvements on Thursday to his agency in the wake of two assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year. Rowe testified before the bipartisan congressional task force investigating the two separate attempts on the now president-elect’s life. The hearing wrapped up the […]
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- An ambulance was rear-ended while traveling on Highway 21 south of Hillsboro and seriously injured one victim. Around 11 a.m., a high-speed collision struck the St. Charles County Ambulance District vehicle traveling northbound. The collision did not injure the two paramedics wearing seatbelts inside the ambulance. Additional vehicles were involved in the [...]
Major institutional investors have artificially lowered coal production and raised energy costs for consumers in an effort to lower global carbon emissions, a federal lawsuit claims. Republican attorneys general in 11 states filed a joint lawsuit last month against BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, claiming the organizations’ efforts to pressure coal companies to lower carbon […]
Civil asset forfeiture has never been about dismantling criminal operations. It has always been about immediately enriching those who directly benefit from every dollar seized under the pretense that taking cash away from random people somehow cripples multi-national drug operations that have both the personnel and the cash on hand to survive these small-ish seizures. […]