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The Racial Wealth Gap Is Smaller among Union Members

1 year 8 months ago
From WorkRise:  Since emancipation more than a century and a half ago, the racial wealth gap in the United States has persisted across the ensuing decades for families of color. Structural inequities, reinforced by how structural racism shapes racially disparate policies and practices, continue to severely limit wealth-building mechanisms for Black and Latinx families of […]
Kacey Crawley

Engineers Week: Inspiring Minority Women to Join the Construction Industry

1 year 8 months ago
The future of construction engineering would benefit from more women – especially minority women – being inspired to join the field and share their perspectives, according to Remy Haire, a student at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Remy Haire is a junior at Missouri S&T. Haire, a civil engineering student from East St. Louis, […]
Kacey Crawley

New Amusement Ride Planned at Union Station

1 year 8 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A new amusement ride could open at Union Station next year. Developers behind the tourist attractions at the site behind the Union Station hotel, 1820 Market St., are seeking permission from the St. Louis Preservation Board, which meets Monday, to add the new ride. The specific details and design of […]
Kacey Crawley

Biden unveils latest round of student loan cancellation to aid 153,000 borrowers

1 year 8 months ago

President Joe Biden expanded his push to eliminate student loan debt Wednesday, saying during a speech the initiative is part of a campaign promise to address the “broken” system. “While a college degree is still a ticket to a better life, that ticket is too expensive,” Biden said. “And too many Americans are still saddled […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Motor Town Pizza Brings Detroit-Style Pies to Richmond Heights

1 year 8 months ago
When Covid restrictions forced Revel Kitchen owners Simon and Angelica Lusky to close their doors to foot traffic, it quickly became an issue of survival: How would they keep their health-conscious business afloat? The solution came with a ghost kitchen pizza biz — and some rectangular tin pans.  “By using a pan, we could bake pizza in our existing, traditional ovens,” says Angelica Lusky.
Alexa Beattie

Bob Cassilly’s Former Workshop Is in Peril of Demolition — Again

1 year 8 months ago
From RiverFront Times:  The city’s Preservation Board will again weigh allowing a developer to demolish City Museum founder and St. Louis sculptor Bob Cassilly’s workshop. This isn’t the first time a demolition permit has been requested for the workshop at 2645 Lafayette Avenue in the city’s Gate District. In 2023 the board denied a previous […]
Kacey Crawley

Window Replacements Moving Quickly at Hyder Apartments

1 year 8 months ago
From News Tribune:  Window renovations for Robert Hyder Apartments are moving at a fast pace, leaders with the Jefferson City Housing Authority said this week. JCHA Executive Director Michelle Wessler told members of the organization’s board Tuesday morning that so far, contractors had replaced windows in 74 units out of 116, all along Wayne Avenue. […]
Kacey Crawley

Big St. Louis Accounting Firm Downsizes, Renovates

1 year 8 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  One of St. Louis’ largest accounting firms has downsized and modernized its existing office. Armanino LLP, which was created from a 2021 merger of St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace with the San Ramon, California-based firm Armanino, was able to shift where it worked for seven months last year so that […]
Kacey Crawley