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Forty states have been told to remove references to gender identity in sexual health education programs or risk losing millions of dollars.

Governor Mike Kehoe has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in Missouri on Aug. 30 in honor of the late State Representative Kenneth "Ken" Waller.

A new documentary about Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles years has been acquired by Amazon MGM Studios.Directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville, Man on the Run will premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, which runs from…

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From Associated General Contractors of America: Construction workforce shortages are the leading cause of project delays as new immigration enforcement efforts have impacted nearly one-third of construction firms, according to the results of a workforce survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and NCCER. Noting that 92 percent of contractors report they are having a hard time […]

The post Construction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms appeared first on Construction Forum.

ST. LOUIS - A new workforce initiative is set to boost aerospace and aviation career opportunities in the St. Louis region, where nearly 50 aerospace companies are contributing $5 billion to the local economy. The initiative aims to educate high school students and job seekers about career paths in aerospace and aviation. Entry-level salaries in [...]

St. Louis Community College (STLCC) recently celebrated the Grand Opening of its Emerging Technology Center and Financial Services Education Center on its Meramec Campus. These new buildings are part of the college’s STLCC Transformed initiative.  S. M. Wilson, serving as Construction Manager as Agent for the project, participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event was […]

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From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The rate of suicide for construction workers is 5.5 times the rate of all construction fatalities on the job site. How to support those affected by suicide was the topic of a seminar Aug. 21 hosted by Aetna, the Construction Forum and the AFL-CIO’s Missouri Works Initiative’s (MWI) Worker […]

The post With High Rate of Suicide Deaths in the Construction Industry, Study Focuses on Postvention for Loss Survivors appeared first on Construction Forum.

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Investments in pre-apprenticeship programs have helped women and people of color become the two fastest growing demographic segments within Illinois’ construction workforce, according to new research by the nonpartisan Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal (PMCR) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. […]

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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore is married to a WashU administrator involved in handling student issues after a pro-Palestine protest on campus

From KMOV: Green Street, 4565 McCree Investors, LLC. has filed a lawsuit against the owner of Bar K, Leib Dodell.  In July, all Bar K locations permanently closed due to a “variety of challenges that ultimately proved too difficult for our start-up business to overcome.” Green Street’s lawsuit, filed a month after Bar K’s closure, accuses Dodell […]

The post St. Louis Landlord Files Lawsuit Against Bar K Founder appeared first on Construction Forum.

Wallethub recently published a study that places Missouri as one of the worst states for teenagers to drive in. According to Save MO Lives, car crashes are the No. 1 cause of death for teens in Missouri.

Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace have decided otherwise. In a letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, these two Republicans are demanding that Wikipedia hand […]

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FRANKLIN COUNTY, IL. — The U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Friday announced that Timothy Brandon Parsons, the former manager of the MC#1 Mine in Franklin County, Illinois, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration in connection with an underground fire that occurred in August 2021. Parsons, 38, of Louisa, Kentucky, admitted to conspiring to conceal the fire that was ignited on Aug. 12, 2021, when a cutting torch was used to cut collapsed steel beams underground. Court documents state that after the fire could not be extinguished within 10 minutes, Parsons and others agreed not to evacuate miners or notify MSHA, despite gas detectors alerting to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide. Coal mining continued during informal firefighting efforts over three shifts from Aug. 12 to 13. The next day, Parsons attempted to hide the fire by ordering a mine evacuation under the false claim that a coal belt was broken. MSHA later received

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