No one likes a high inflation report, but the panic over yesterday's number is a little out of hand. Here is CPI inflation since the late '70s: There's a huge amount of noise in the monthly CPI numbers. What's more, we got used to ultra-low inflation in the decade following the financial crisis. Average CPI ...continue reading "There’s no need to panic over inflation"
Two men from Belleville and Cahokia Heights in Illinois are accused of stealing more than $80,000 in merchandise from more than 20 Walmart stores in Missouri and Illinois.
A Colorado businessman says he invested in St. Louis developer Green Street's Union at the Grove apartment project, but hasn't been paid what he's owed.
While Billy Idol is getting ready to release a 40th anniversary deluxe expanded edition of Rebel Yell on April 26, it seems when it comes to music he isn't stuck in…
Two of the largest foundations in St. Louis have new priorities, but their leaders stressed Thursday that it requires patience to make a major impact on the region’s challenges.
A Lift for Life Academy official said he hopes the city gets behind an alderman's distance requirement bill to prevent similar situations in other city neighborhoods.
Two men from the St. Louis area are charged with stealing more than $80,000 of merchandise from more than two dozen Walmarts across Missouri and Illinois.
The infamous "Murder Shell" gas station in downtown St. Louis is set to close this summer, in part thanks to a little-used state law that attorneys say could be a road map to remedying other nuisances in an expedited manner — and citizens taking action rather than waiting for city leaders. For decades, the gas station on Tucker Boulevard near Washington Avenue in Downtown West has been a haven for violent crime and open-air drug dealing. According to court filings made in one of the lawsuits against it, the police have received more than 6,000 calls to the Shell since 1990, and the service station has been the site of at least 21 shootings.
The 99 Cents Only chain is closing up shop. LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano headed out to talk to a few customers about it: “I blame [Gavin] Newsom,” said Rick Juarez, 53, referencing the California governor as he entered the store to stock up on batteries. He had shopped at this location for “at least” ...continue reading "Blame Gavin Newsom!"
I’ve been watching this story since late last week. A lot of what I saw then showed this was going to end in embarrassment and exoneration for Albuquerque (NM) police chief Harold Medina. But I still held out hope the city might find something to criticize about the chain of events that left city resident […]
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