In a rare spirit of bipartisanship, local Democrat and Republican election officials met on Jan. 30, 2024 to voice mutual concern regarding a need for more people to help run elections this year. The news conference coincided with Help America…
From Next City: Buzz is building around converting offices into apartment buildings — and for good reason. These conversions can play a part in addressing three pressing urban challenges: a lack of housing, an oversupply of office space and the imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It’s time for cities to rethink how they use […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The St. Louis Housing, Urban Development and Zoning (HUDZ) voted Jan. 17 to advance a tax subsidy supporting the remodeling of the struggling Oyo Hotel in downtown St. Louis, despite lingering concerns about the developer’s position on union Labor and workers organizing. Maryland Heights-based Midas Hospitality plans to spend […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Attorneys for controversial developer and landlord Lux Living threatened legal action against St. Louis over its refusal to release records detailing what the city’s development arm has shared with the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office about Lux and its owners. A Dec. 15 letter from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner attorney Renato […]
From First Alert 4: The bridge at Union and Lindell in St. Louis City is a major entrance point to Forest Park and connects multiple city eighborhoods. It’s also long been near the top of the list when it comes to structurally deficient bridges; now a plan to redo the bridge is underway with a […]
Several days of whirlwind news, including the sudden resignation of a new police chief and the the dissolution of the city police department, has left residents wondering what's happening in the small town of New Haven.
The suit claims Rockwood School District officials didn't intervene when a high school football player endured nearly two years of sexual harassment and hazing at the hands of his teammates.
From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer who plans $200 million in developments in Downtown West is looking to make progress toward one of his projects: a six-story apartment complex. St. Louis-based development firm AHM Group has filed with the St. Louis Preservation Board for permission to demolish a single-story commercial building in order to […]
CHICAGO - Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) are encouraging Illinoisans to take advantage of savings offered by the newly expanded Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a benefit that helps low to moderate income workers get a tax break. For tax year 2023, coverage has been expanded to include taxpayers with an IRS-issued Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), as well as workers ages 18 to 24 and over 65 (without qualifying child). In addition to expanded coverage, those claiming Illinois EITC this year will see their amount of tax relief increased to a 20 percent (previously 18 percent) match of the amount given federally. To claim Illinois EITC for tax year 2023 (tax returns due in 2024), taxpayers must file an Illinois income tax return and have: worked and earned income in 2023 under $17,640 ($24,210 if married filing jointly) with no qualifying children, or $56,838 ($63,398 if married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying
CHICAGO - Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) are encouraging Illinoisans to take advantage of savings offered by the newly expanded Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a benefit that helps low to moderate income workers get a tax break. For tax year 2023, coverage has been expanded to include taxpayers with an IRS-issued Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), as well as workers ages 18 to 24 and over 65 (without qualifying child). In addition to expanded coverage, those claiming Illinois EITC this year will see their amount of tax relief increased to a 20 percent (previously 18 percent) match of the amount given federally. To claim Illinois EITC for tax year 2023 (tax returns due in 2024), taxpayers must file an Illinois income tax return and have: worked and earned income in 2023 under $17,640 ($24,210 if married filing jointly) with no qualifying children, or $56,838 ($63,398 if married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying
Last week, as you likely heard, the Senate had a big hearing on “child safety” where they grandstanded in front of a semi-random collection of tech CEOs, with zero interest in actually learning about the actual challenges of child safety online, or what the companies had done that worked, or where they might need help. […]
ALTON – Riverbend Head Start & Family Services is proud to announce the agency has earned its status as a Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited Charity Seal Holder. After completing a thorough review process, Riverbend Head Start & Family Services has met BBB’s Standards for Charity Accountability. Standards ensure that an organization has: Proper governance and oversight; A method to measure organizational performance & effectiveness; Sound financial stewardship and practices; and Complete and accurate fundraising and informational materials. “By meeting the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability and displaying the BBB’s seal, it gives donors the confidence needed to support Riverbend Head Start & Family Service’s mission,” said Michelle Corey, BBB President & CEO. “Charities that meet these best practices go above and beyond legal requirements, putting them in an elite group.” “We are pleased to continue as a BBB
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Area leaders hope a proposed Missouri tax credit program will entice developers to tackle two of St. Louis’ most difficult, yet important, real estate projects: the empty AT&T Tower and the historic Railway Exchange building. A new tax credit program introduced in the Legislature would offer incentives to developers who convert […]
From Riverbender.com: The St. Louis metropolitan area still has the most efficient inland port district in the nation, according to the latest data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The St. Louis region’s barge industry handled over four times the national average tons moved per river mile in 2021 (the most recent year […]
If you still haven't caught Carlos Santana's Las Vegas residency, he's giving you more time to do so. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just extended the dates for An Intimate Evening…
Mere months after decamping from its longtime St. Louis home in favor of the hustle and bustle of *checks notes* Maryland Heights, KMOV (Channel 4) saw fit to return to the mean streets of downtown this week to film a promo in the part of the city where the big buildings can be found, which presumably makes for a better backdrop than the sea of strip malls for which its new HQ is better known. The trademarked champs of First Alerting had set up shop in the temporarily closed 1300 block of Washington Avenue on Monday afternoon when ace Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson, who was in the neighborhood at the time, decided to fire some shots of the non-photographic variety across their bow. "This is rich," Carson tweeted at 12:37 p.m. "@KMOV moves their offices out of downtown St. Louis and flees to St. Louis County for their new studio.
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