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FCC adopts new rules as states transition to Next Generation 911

2 months ago
The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules designed to improve the reliability of Next Generation 911 systems as states continue replacing decades-old emergency call infrastructure with internet-based networks. The rules require companies that operate critical parts of Next Generation 911 systems, known as NG911, to adopt reliability and redundancy measures intended to reduce service […]
Amanda Watford

CBS Ratings Continue Nosedive Under Bari Weiss

2 months ago
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison hired trolling blogger Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would completely modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” she claimed were being “ignored by mainstream media.” In […]
Karl Bode

Six juveniles detained during Pride weekend in St. Louis

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Six juveniles were taken into custody for curfew violations during Pride weekend in the Grove. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), two juveniles were initially detained in the Grove, including a 16-year-old who had a gun. Four other juveniles were later taken into custody and found with tools intended [...]
Nick Gladney

Wak’a Garden

2 months ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Sen. Schmitt to discuss F-47s, military aviation future at Boeing

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is set to discuss the future of military aviation during a news conference Monday at Boeing. Schmitt is scheduled to speak after Boeing was selected earlier this year to build the F-47. The plane is part of the Next Generation Air Dominance program and is expected to replace [...]
Nick Gladney

Man struck, killed in hit-and-run crash on I-270 Sunday night

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Police are investigating after a man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash Sunday night on Interstate 270. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the crash occurred at 11 p.m. on northbound I-270 at Highway 370. It involved an unknown silver Volvo vehicle. [...]
Nick Gladney

Missouri budget earmarks face scrutiny as Gov. Mike Kehoe’s deadline nears

2 months ago
Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decisions on the $50.7 billion Missouri budget for the coming year are due by Tuesday. The budget for the fiscal year that begins Wednesday arrived on Kehoe’s desk in May with a deficit of more than $2 billion between general revenue and appropriations, covered by the last big draw on the general […]
Rudi Keller

What Amendment 5 ad gets wrong about Missouri data centers

2 months ago
There’s a television ad making the rounds for Amendment 5, and it would like you to be angry at a hum. “That hum is the sound of big tech making money from online gambling, from porn,” a narrator says over footage of server racks. Data centers, the ad goes on, are “money machines making millions […]
Jason Hancock