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Trump Earlobe Nibbler Brendan Carr Faces Inquiry Into His Broad Abuse Of FCC Power

1 year 6 months ago
If you think back to Brendan Carr’s first tenure as a regular Commissioner at the FCC, he was constantly warning about “FCC overreach.” We couldn’t have privacy rules or net neutrality rules protecting consumers from Comcast, he said, because that would be an extremist abuse of government authority. In fact, any oversight of shitty telecom […]
Karl Bode

Op-Ed: Without a Plan – The $10 Million Waste at the Workhouse

1 year 6 months ago

On March 18, 2025, just three weeks before the mayoral election, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones stood in front of a bulldozer and announced the long-awaited demolition of the Workhouse, the city’s notorious former jail. Once a symbol of mass incarceration and racial injustice, the Workhouse had become something else in the years since its […]

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Jackie Dana

China imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products starting April 10

1 year 6 months ago
BANGKOK (AP) — China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs. The new tariff matches the rate of the U.S. "reciprocal" tariff of 34% on Chinese [...]
HUIZHONG WU and ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press

St. Louis corporate giving down 15% in 2024

1 year 6 months ago
While local corporate philanthropy was down in 2024, many companies still increased their giving — 37 of 60 firms that ranked in our Largest Corporate Philanthropists Lists increased local giving from 2023 to 2024.
Maddy Simpson

Economists blast calculations for ‘bombshell’ Trump tariffs as faulty while stocks plunge

1 year 6 months ago
WASHINGTON — Markets and business owners in the United States and around the world reeled Thursday following President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping and steep tariffs that are not “reciprocal” but rather punish many countries that U.S. importers heavily rely on, experts say. U.S. stocks plummeted, posting the worst one-day drop since June 2020, financial media […]
Ashley Murray

Friday, April 4 - St. Louis' race for comptroller

1 year 6 months ago
The most competitive race for St. Louis comptroller in decades is nearing the end. Voters are choosing between a 30-year incumbent and a former alderwoman and state representative who says the city needs a new set of eyes on its finances.