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There was a major police presence at Interstate 70 and Hanley Road in north St. Louis County Tuesday late afternoon.

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This week Construction Forum Drone Pilot Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC sent his drone sailing out over the Mississippi River to catch progress on the I-270 Chain of Rocks replacement bridge. Construction on the $532 million, twin-bridge  project,  a partnership between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Missouri Department of Transportation started […]

Neither Biden-Trump nor abortion will be explicitly in play in August when the primary elections occur in August. But this issue will.

At the latest committee hearing about its repeal bill, Congress finally deigned to bring in one witness who spoke in defense of Section 230. Engine Executive Director Kate Tummarello got a little bit of time to explain how Section 230 isn’t about protecting big tech, it’s about protecting the hosts and users of all kinds […]

Marcellus Williams filed suit last year after the Republican governor did away with the inquiry board convened by Parson’s predecessor six years earlier.

The announcement came amid a report that the tourism agency's board vice chair said a change is needed at the top.

The state’s highest court released an amended ruling that officially puts the ballot measure on the Aug. 6 ballot.

She served as interim president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis when James Bullard departed last year.

Officials in the city of Maryland Heights could decide Thursday whether to remove a St. Louis Blues-related nonprofit organization from managing the ice arena where the Blues practice.

The New York Times reports that RFK Jr. is unlikely to qualify for the presidential debate later this month. However: In at least one respect, Mr. Kennedy has reason for optimism. Recent polling has positioned Mr. Kennedy closer to qualifying for the debate stage than any third-party candidate in more than three decades. Mr. Kennedy ...continue reading "RFK Jr. has less support than he thinks"

Toyota will recall about 100,000 vehicles over concerns that loose debris inside the engine could cause it to stall or otherwise fail, federal regulators announced last week.

The St. Louis-based health system said that as it continues to recover from last month's ransomware attack, it has restored access to electronic health records in three markets and aims to restore access across the organization next week.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday to temporarily shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border, depending on the volume of migrants seeking asylum.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an effort by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to push an election on Kansas City police funding to November. The court on April 30 overturned the results of a 2022 election on the issue, agreeing with Lucas that the fiscal note summary printed on the ballot was […]

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Sometimes astronomy night just doesn't work out. I went out to the desert on Sunday with the intention of photographing the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex—which is basically a nebula but for some reason isn't called one. It's very colorful, and also huge, far too big to capture with my telescope. So I planned to use ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The Chesterfield City Council approved an agreement with Dillard's allowing it to reopen its store as part of a redevelopment of the city's mall.

A Calverton Park man was jailed last week after a drunken confrontation with his girlfriend's family and police officers, culminating in him nearly striking his own father while fleeing law enforcement.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]