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To Build Just and Sustainable Cities, We Need To Reclaim Community Banking

1 year 4 months ago
From Next City:  Hardly anyone these days talks about how banks have the power to create new money. Most bankers would say something along the lines of “We’re in the business of taking deposits and making loans.” That’s technically correct, but the precise relationship isn’t obvious. In 2023, a working paper from the Federal Reserve […]
Dede Hance

Geerling, Shirley A.

1 year 4 months ago
95, passed February 8th, 2025. Services: Visitation Thursday, Feb. 13th from 4-8p Hutchens Mortuary in Florissant. Mass Friday, Feb. 14th at 10a St. Ferdinand Catholic Church.

Statzer M.D., Shawn T.

1 year 4 months ago
Shawn T. Statzer M.D., Passed away on Friday, February 7, 2025. Visitation Saturday, February 15, from 11am until the service at 1pm at Bopp Chapel, 10610 Manchester Rd., Kirkwood, MO. Full obituary at www.boppchapel.com

71-year-old killed in Iron County single-vehicle crash

1 year 4 months ago
IRON COUNTY, Mo. - One man is dead after a single-car crash Monday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 71-year-old House Springs man was traveling northbound along Route N, around eight miles north of Johnson Shut Ins State Park. Just before 4 p.m., the vehicle traveled off the left side of the [...]
Megan Mueller

Appeals Court Says Town Can’t Forbid Cops From Flying The ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag

1 year 4 months ago
While we all know the “Thin Blue Line” flag is just a bastardization meant to signify cops are above the law, there’s no constitutional way we can forbid cops from displaying their deliberate antagonism against their obligations to the people they serve: things like transparency, accountability, and the service and protection so many law enforcement […]
Tim Cushing

St. Louis finds budding business partnership in Rwanda

1 year 4 months ago
Mentioning Rwanda rewinds the mind to 1994 and one of the worst genocides in history. Many of the more than 800,000 people killed during the 100-day massacre are remembered inside the Genocide Memorial in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali. 30 years later, reconciling the atrocities that occurred—with a focus on unity and progress—has turned Kigali into one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.
Mike Colombo