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CBP released border numbers today and they're way down from December: Total encounters came to 176,000, of which 45,000 were migrants who made appointments for asylum through CBP's mobile app. The number apprehended crossing illegally was 131,000. In other immigration news, Republicans chose the day of this good news to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. ...continue reading "Illegal immigration plummets in January"

This week the Construction Forum drone pilot Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC captured progress on the campus transformation at St. Louis Community College’s Florissant Valley campus. First shown is the $61.97 million  Center for Nursing and Health Sciences.  KAI Enterprises is the architect for 100,000-square-foot, four-story center, which will be taller than any […]

Saint Louis Public Schools is replacing chain link fencing tainted with lead paint, a hazard that's lingered for over half a century.

Missouri Senate Democrats are blocking a vote on setting a higher threshold for passing constitutional amendments, filibustering a bill they see as a pure Republican power grab. For more than five hours Monday and again for almost six hours on Tuesday, Democrats held the floor to discuss their objections to a proposal to require constitutional amendments on the ballot to pass in five of the state’s eight congressional districts along with achieving a statewide majority. The filibuster ended when…

The lawsuit claims the district did nothing to stop the sexual abuse a former custodian at Eureka High School was accused of years ago.

A St. Louis Catholic teacher has been let go after her lesson on slavery raised concerns.

While neither side opposes age restrictions, critics of GOP-backed bills argue they would allow the ‘marijuana monopoly’ to take over the market

Some employees of its St. Louis marijuana cultivation facility are agriculture workers and aren’t protected under the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.

Prior restraint but it’s a law. Everyone saw this coming. “Marsy’s Laws” began popping up all over the nation, written to prevent the naming of crime victims, especially when the victims were minors. It was perceived as a way to protect victims’ privacy and, hopefully, head off harassment from the not-inconsequential portion of humanity that […]