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There is apparently some chatter among the chattering classes about the need for a debt commission to examine the federal debt and recommend ways forward. This is unbelievably tedious and dumb. The federal budget is not complicated, and everyone serious already knows what we have to do if we want to balance the budget.¹ Along ...continue reading "I have a question about our looming debt storm"

Foo Fighters finally have a song on Spotify's Billions Club playlist. Dave Grohl and company's track "Everlong" has officially hit 1 billion streams, making it the first Foos tune to…

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Dec. 7 marks a somber day in American history. On this date in 1941, Japanese forces attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, pulling the U.S. into WWII.

Money from a national opioid settlement could be coming soon to St. Louis.

Three men arrested last week in a St. Charles County torture and kidnapping case had hoped to get a chance to bond out of jail. Instead, they learned in court that they’ll have to wait another week.

A Kentucky child is dead and a Missouri infant has brain damage from the same kind of bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year.

A preliminary investigation indicated that these two shootings could be related, police said.

The decision represents a victory for residents who have complained for years about lax security and deferred maintenance in the 174-unit building.

ALTON – One year ago today, Dec. 7, 2022, AltonWorks began construction on the Wedge Innovation Center, AltonWorks’ signature catalytic project. The project brings together two historic buildings and revitalizing them into one modern collaborative space designed to serve as a social impact incubator, accelerator, and coworking space. The Wedge will also serve as a workforce training center, digital hub for the $20 million fiber network and will help move Alton into the digital economy. The Wedge is scheduled to open in the fall of 2024 and will support early-stage, growth-driven companies through education, mentorship, and financing. It will house startups, space for individuals or teams, and more established companies that want to accelerate their businesses or develop new technologies, products, or systems. Approximately 170,000 hours of labor will be spent on the renovation of the Wedge over about 18 months of construction. Labor will account for about 65% of the

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In December 2017, following years of complaints about high costs and political influence in Missouri’s low-income housing tax credit program, then-Gov. Eric Greitens engineered a vote that shut it down. It took Greitens’ resignation due to an unrelated scandal and nearly three years for the state tax credit program to be restarted. It now has […]

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Elton John is really leaning into the holiday spirit this year. Not only has he released his 1973 Christmas song “Step into Christmas” digitally for the first time, he’s now teamed up with…

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Def Leppard and Journey will perform July 6 at Busch Stadium. Cheap Trick will open.

A St. Louis County man who is also accused of leaving the scene of a fatal crash admitted Thursday to trying to pressure a witness to keep her from testifying.

No one’s more willing to abuse a law than a cop. They pretend they don’t understand the complexities of laws when it suits them. But they’re always right on top of any law that might protect them from the consequences of their own actions. Enter the somewhat infamous “Marsy’s Laws” that have been passed in […]

Treasurer Vivek Malek wants to stop the state’s pension system from investing in China.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey alleged in a counterclaim filed Thursday that the federal government may be involved in Washington University’s refusal to give his office access to patient records.  Bailey’s request for records is part of an investigation into the university’s Transgender Center. The counterclaim points to a perceived change in the university’s requests […]

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