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How much are illegal immigrants paid on average compared to native-born Americans? As you can imagine, this is not an easy question to answer. It's not as if the BLS has a handy hourly wage time series for undocumented workers. They're undocumented! The best answer I could find comes from a paper written in 2018. ...continue reading "Raw data: Wages and employment of native-born Americans"

It's a busy day in St. Louis sports, and perhaps the cherry on top is the St. Louis Battlehawks home opener.

P&A Drywall Supply, a longstanding family-owned drywall supply company, is celebrating 50 years of business this summer. Since 1974 P&A Drywall has been a consistent provider of quality drywall products that cater to contractors, builders, and the public. P&A Drywall was founded by John Bender, and the company’s namesake, Patricia Ann Bender. Over the past […]

As we all know, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. However, he could produce only tiny amounts. It wasn't until World War II that we figured out how to mass produce it: After a worldwide search in 1943, a mouldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market was found to contain the best strain of mould ...continue reading "Facts about penicillin"

One of the company's most requested dishes, it represents the beautiful marriage of what Erica McKinley can do on the stovetop and Greg Mueller can do with the smoker.

The St. Louis University Billikens Women's Basketball officially takes home a title this season.

The winless Miami Marlins, who are off to the worst start in the 33-year history of the franchise, dropped their ninth consecutive game on Saturday, losing 3-1 to Steve Matz and the St. Louis Cardinals.