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I happened to read my millionth tweet this evening about how wildly inept the federal government is, and that suddenly got me curious: how do we compare with our peer countries? I'm talking about non-tiny, non-poor countries. There's no concrete measure of this, but the World Bank has a measure of government efficiency that they ...continue reading "American bureaucracy is pretty good"

Lake effect snow is known for producing some of the most intense snowfall rates, with the potential to dump more than 6 inches of snow per hour.

A St. Louis City man is in custody in Jefferson County for several crimes, including robbery, car theft, home invasion, and evading arrest.

The deal had been announced Oct. 31.

Authorities in north St. Louis County are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who escaped from Jennings City Jail on Sunday.

Tyler Cowen is a fan of using AI to answer questions of all sorts: I was reading a book on Indian history, and the author referenced the Morley reforms of 1909. I did not know what those were, and so I posed a question and received a very good answer, read those here. I simply ...continue reading "AI is good, but not all the time"

(The Center Square) – Even though marijuana is legal in Illinois, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday that the smell of raw cannabis is enough for police to search a vehicle. The case stems from a 2020 traffic stop in Whiteside County when a trooper said he smelled fresh cannabis, conducted a search of the vehicle and found several joints of marijuana in a cardboard box. Victor Molina of Moline, Illinois, was a passenger in the car and was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana…

A foreign national currently living in Florida faces jail time for allegedly stealing tools worth tens of thousands of dollars from the Wentzville area.

William "Doc" Worley, who co-founded the Kansas City Business Journal and ended up building a national chain that includes the St. Louis Business Journal, died Saturday.

Here's a nerdy puzzle for you. See if you can figure out the answer before I tell you. "Checkable" deposits represent money you can get your hands on quickly—like a checking account—as opposed to things like CDs, which you can access only when they mature. Here are checkable deposits per household: During the pandemic, what ...continue reading "Why did checking accounts surge during the pandemic?"

Jay-Z said his only heartbreak is for his family, as having to explain the allegations will be hard on the Carter-Knowles' three children.