Matt Darling writes today that although the unemployment rate is low, the length of unemployment spells has gone up. This is probably true over the very long term, but it doesn't really seem to be true over the past couple of decades: I didn't put in trend lines since it would have made the chart ...continue reading "Long-term unemployment has been pretty steady recently"
To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]
St. Louis on the Air celebrated 314 Day with recording artist and arts ambassador Muhammad “Mvstermind” Austin, For the Culture STL’s founder Ohun Ashe, and co-owner of Strange Donuts and Up Late Jason Bockman. The trio discussed all things 3-1-4 — from St. Louis’ claim to have the best Chinese food in America to the steps towards progress since the Ferguson uprising nearly 10 years ago.
A St. Louis County man has been charged with allegedly pointing a gun at the mother of his child and others last fall because nobody was celebrating his birthday.
From St. Louis Business Journal: Roeslein & Associates Inc., one of St. Louis’ largest engineering firms and one of the region’s largest privately held companies, has made two changes in its C-suite. The Crestwood-based company said this week it has hired Eric Goettelmann as its chief financial officer. He most recently was president of Midas […]
Those attending the Construction Forum Emerging Leaders event on March 27th will have the customary opportunity for networking. They are also invited to attend a short briefing on an upcoming project at a massive and transformational electric battery material processing plant. The event, co-hosted by U.S. Strategic Metals (USSM), also known as Missouri Cobalt, will […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City officials looking for ways to raise the money needed to finish a long-delayed convention center expansion can cross another idea off their lists. Officials were considering a plan to raise some $45 million by imposing a $2-per-night fee on every hotel stay in the city. But the plan ran aground […]
This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on March 13, 2024. Marson Foods, a Carson City, Nevada-based maker of waffle products, on Wednesday officially opened its nearly 150,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Hazelwood.
From St. Louis Business Journal: Much has been made about the fact that women on average earn 16% less than men, or 84 cents for every dollar a man makes. But the construction industry is one where women are almost on equal footing salary-wise, earning 95.5% of what men do, according to the industry group […]
The Maplewood City Council on Tuesday passed the first votes on an ordinance intended to increase opportunities for smaller, affordable housing and bring lot size standards into alignment with existing lots. Council members and the mayor said it was a big deal. “It will really help people that are already in their homes stay in […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday ordered the region’s natural gas utility, Spire, to repair more than a dozen private properties it damaged when building its controversial Spire STL natural gas pipeline. Spire said Wednesday it was happy to take the steps, and in fact had made the pitch itself […]
From Bain & Company: Although manufacturing industries moved to assembly-line efficiency decades ago, the construction industry is just beginning its transition to more efficient forms of production, as builders begin to adopt techniques for off-site, modular construction—sometimes called industrial design and construction (IDC). Off-site construction is, as the name suggests, the manufacture of building components […]
From West Newsmagazine: Highlights of the March 11 Creve Coeur City Council meeting included a unanimously passed resolution and the first reading of a bill. City Engineer Steven Berecz introduced both which combined major improvements on area sidewalks and roadways. The resolution specifically dealt with a contract to pay M&H Concrete Contractors, Inc. $1.58 million […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Chances are good that you’ve been to City Commons. You’ve been there if you’ve visited CityPark, the home stadium of Major League Soccer team St. Louis City SC. You’ve been there if you had a beer at the nearby Schlafly Tap Room or tea at the London Tea Room. If […]
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