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Mardi Gras ends, Lent begins in St. Louis

1 year 8 months ago
The 2024 Mardi Gras season has officially come to an end, and the season of Lent is upon us. St. Louisans soaked up their final Fat Tuesday celebrations and prepared for the start of Lent.
Max Diekneite

Illegal immigration plummets in January

1 year 8 months ago
CBP released border numbers today and they're way down from December: Total encounters came to 176,000, of which 45,000 were migrants who made appointments for asylum through CBP's mobile app. The number apprehended crossing illegally was 131,000. In other immigration news, Republicans chose the day of this good news to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. ...continue reading "Illegal immigration plummets in January"
Kevin Drum

Forum Drone: Progress on $123M in Projects on STLCC Flo Valley Campus Transformation

1 year 8 months ago
This week the Construction Forum drone pilot Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC captured progress on the campus transformation at St. Louis Community College’s Florissant Valley campus. First shown is the $61.97 million  Center for Nursing and Health Sciences.  KAI Enterprises is the architect for 100,000-square-foot, four-story center, which will be taller than any […]
Tom Finan

Missouri Senate Democrats stall GOP push to change initiative petition process

1 year 8 months ago
Missouri Senate Democrats are blocking a vote on setting a higher threshold for passing constitutional amendments, filibustering a bill they see as a pure Republican power grab. For more than five hours Monday and again for almost six hours on Tuesday, Democrats held the floor to discuss their objections to a proposal to require constitutional amendments on the ballot to pass in five of the state’s eight congressional districts along with achieving a statewide majority. The filibuster ended when…
Rudi Keller