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ST. LOUIS - Today, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones signed Board Bill 114, sponsored by Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier (7), which amends the city’s zoning code to make the process for opening shelters and transitional homes clearer, a crucial component in the city’s continued effort to reduce our unhoused population. “As we work to implement a regional housing strategy, this legislation helps support the interim needs of residents getting ready for the rehousing process,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “We have been working on this legislation for a long time, and I want to thank our departments, the Board of Aldermen, and particularly Ald. Sonnier and President Green for their significant efforts to help us make this positive change for St. Louis.” The bill creates a clear and transparent process for shelters to apply for operation within the city, including opportunities for neighborhood input through a community notification requirement and public hearings fo

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Nov. 19 marks the 40th anniversary of Don Henley’s sophomore solo album, Building the Perfect Beast, the follow-up to his 1982 solo debut, I Can't Stand Still.The album, which had the Eagles…

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned Mr. Bill Sheedy, Senior Advisor to the CEO of Visa, Inc., during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Breaking the Visa-Mastercard Duopoly: Bringing Competition and Lower Fees to the Credit Card System.” The hearing examined the lack of competition in the credit card market and its impact on interchange fees, as well as legislative solutions like Chair Durbin’s Credit Card Competition Act to help protect consumers. Durbin first highlighted the skyrocketing cost of interchange fees in the U.S. verse the European Union (EU). In the EU, credit card interchange fees are capped at 0.3 percent of the payment value for most transactions, and in Australia they are capped at 0.8 percent. Despite these lower interchange fees, Visa and Mastercard both continue to operate secure and efficient credit card networks in both Australia and

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Board Bill 114 amends the city’s zoning code to make the process for opening shelters and transitional homes clearer.

Construction is underway on the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School ministry expansion Phase 2 project in Des Peres. The project consists of a new 42,000 SF school addition that includes a modern worship facility, gymnasium, performance stage, multi-use space, kitchen, and classrooms. The addition will complete the vision of the original master plan developed […]

WASHINGTON — Consequences for President-elect Donald Trump’s guilty conviction in a New York state case will be years away, as prosecutors signaled they will not oppose suspending the lawsuit while the incoming 47th president carries out his four years in the Oval Office. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wrote Tuesday that he will fight Trump’s […]

This is crazy: Roughly speaking, families in the "upper income" third earn $150,000 or more. And yet 59% of Republicans who make this much say they're working class. A third of Democrats do too. Where does this come from? I could sort of understand it if these were people who were raised working class and ...continue reading "We are all working class now"

But the nonprofit group of St. Louis CITY SC supporters says it can’t afford a legal battle.

SPRINGFIELD - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is one of the top employers in central and southern Illinois and has become an essential economic engine in the Mid-Illinois Medical District and its clinic sites across the region. An SIU research team led by Dr. Jeb Asirvatham and Dr. Scott Gilbert found SIU Medicine has an annual economic impact in Illinois of more than $1 billion, generating 5,542 jobs in health care and supporting industries in the state. SIU School of Medicine is part of the SIU System, which is one of the most powerful economic engines in the southern half of the state. The SIU System employs more than 7,000 faculty, staff and administrators who serve approximately 23,500 students through campuses in Carbondale, Edwardsville and Springfield. The SIU System Office and SIU School of Medicine are in Springfield, as well as SIU Medicine clinics that serve thousands of patients. “SIU Medicine’s mission has always been to improve the health

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The dogs will be treated at the Humane Society facility in St. Louis.

Jeremy Macklin, 23, faces two charges of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful possession of a gun.

The Transportation Security Administration is predicting the busiest Thanksgiving travel week on record. TSA said Tuesday it projects it'll screen 18.3 million people in U.S. airports between Tuesday, Nov. 26 to Monday, Dec. 2, which would be a 6% jump from this time last year. When will be the busiest travel days for Thanksgiving? The federal agency expects the three busiest Thanksgiving air travel days will be Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after. TSA also projects…

"These additions reflect our ongoing commitment to meet customer demand," Allegiant Chief Commercial Officer Drew Wells said in a statement.

The sports bar closed Sunday, owners Jeff and Karen Kelley said in a social media post.

IHA Beverage of Commerce, CA is recalling Super Cinnamon Powder 4oz, because it has the potential to be contaminated with elevated levels of lead. Short term exposures to very low levels of lead may not elicit any symptoms. It is possible that increased blood lead levels may be the only apparent sign of lead exposure. Additional signs and symptoms of lead exposure are more likely with acute exposure to higher levels of lead or chronic exposure to lead. While lead can affect nearly every bodily system, its effects depend upon the amount and duration of lead exposure and age/ body weight. If a child is exposed to enough lead for a protracted period of time (e.g., weeks to months) permanent damage to the central nervous system may occur. This can result in learning disorders, developmental defects, and other long-term health problems. For adults, chronic lead exposure is associated with kidney dysfunction, hypertension, and neurocognitive effects. Product was distributed mostly through

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New data from the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps released Tuesday shows that volunteering rates have rebounded since the COVID-19 pandemic, and that Missouri volunteerism is higher than the National average. Around 28% or 75.8 million people in the U.S. volunteered with a nonprofit between Sept. 2022 and Sept. 2023, according to The Associated Press.…

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Want your house to smell like a mansion in the English countryside this Christmas? Elton John's got you covered.He's partnered with Slatkin + Co. to create a line of holiday…

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