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The St. Louis County Park’s Forestry Division will conduct a controlled burn at Queeny Park today at 11 a.m.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement expressing his frustration that the White House has announced the delay of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation to prohibit the production and retail sale of menthol cigarettes until spring 2024: “With each additional day that menthol cigarettes remain on the market, Big Tobacco profits off the addiction and suffering in America. For too long, communities of color have been aggressively targeted by Big Tobacco’s lies and deadly products. “Lives are at stake. I urge the Biden Administration, in keeping with its stated commitment to end cancer as we know it, to revisit this unacceptable delay and to do what is right for the health of Americans.” Earlier today, Durbin delivered a speech on the Senate floor calling on the FDA and Biden Administration to swiftly implement a proposed public health regulation to prohibit the production and sale o

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U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said Thursday he would do everything he could to stop a federal defense spending bill after a provision offering compensation to Americans exposed to decades-old radioactive waste was removed.  Speaking on the floor of the Senate, the Missouri Republican called the decision to remove compensation for Americans who have suffered rare […]

The post Compensation for St. Louis victims of nuclear waste stripped from federal defense bill appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Three years after opening Golden Chicken in St. Peters, Amjed Abdeljabbar and Mahmoud Abed Abualizz are expanding with traditional Palestinian cuisine in a casual, quick-service atmosphere.

Three years after opening Golden Chicken in St. Peters, Amjed Abdeljabbar and Mahmoud Abed Abualizz are expanding with traditional Palestinian cuisine in a casual, quick-service atmosphere.

In 1993, Harris-Stowe State College expanded beyond offering educational majors, which were its standard since the 19th Century, and was awarded status as a state university. The institution officially became Harris Stowe State University in 2005.

There were no Palestinian restaurants in St. Louis when Amjed Abdeljabbar returned to the area at age 11. The Hazelwood native, who’d moved overseas as a child, is not talking about Middle Eastern food in general but about the specific spices and variations that are unique to Palestinian fare — and he missed it.

Hush-a-Phone, Scissor Phones, One of the First Rotary Dial Phones – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 […]

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Eternal Jungle, an exhibition by artist Jasmine Raskas, is an immersive installation including sculpture, painting, light, sound, and touch. The goal of this installation is to explore sentience and question […]

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GODFREY - Village of Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick provided information Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2023, that the administration has received quite a few calls lately regarding door-to-door solicitors. These are some comments released by Mayor McCormick about the situation: "We take a serious approach to solicitation, requiring individuals to apply for a solicitation permit," he said. "We also require that they pay $50 for the permit and an additional $10 cash deposit for a photo I.D. badge provided by the Village, and also go through a vetting process with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. Solicitation is allowed in Godfrey between the hours of 10 a.m. – 6 p.m." He continued: "If you have a solicitor at your door, do yourself and your neighbors a favor by first asking if they have a permit, and then asking to see their photo I.D. badge. If they’re unable to provide this information, or if they’re overly aggressive, or if they solicit during non-authorized

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"Mr. Barnes stands out as the Christian philanthropist. His name, beside that of Henry Shaw, will become a household word in our city."

The now-iconic design replaced a 1916 design that sparked drama.

Christmas is less than three weeks away and this weekend you have the perfect opportunity to buy some St. Louis City SC swag for the people on your list.

In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin calls out delays in implementing promised ban on menthol cigarettes, as Black communities continue to face disproportionate harm from Big Tobacco’s marketing tactics WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) delivered a speech on the Senate floor calling on the Food and Drug Administration and Biden Administration to swiftly implement a proposed public health regulation to prohibit the production and sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Durbin spoke about his own family’s grief after losing his father to lung cancer, reiterating that a ban on menthol cigarettes could save hundreds of thousands of lives annually. In his remarks, Durbin also emphasized that communities of color bear the brunt of the addiction, disease, and death from menthol cigarettes as Big Tobacco has intentionally targeted Black Americans in advertising and marketing. “Last month, FDA submitted a regulation to the White

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Back in September Mozilla released a scathing report showing how modern vehicles are a privacy shitshow. After studying vehicle systems for over 600 hours, researchers found that most cars hoover up vast swaths of sensitive location and other information on consumers, then, like most companies, sell access to that data to pretty much any nitwit […]

GODFREY – The RiverBend Growth Association has selected Jeff Lauritzen’s COUNTRY Financial office as its December 2023 Small Business of the Month award recipient. Located at 2720 Gerson Avenue in Godfrey, the insurance and financial services firm has been in business locally under the sage leadership of Financial Representative Jeff Lauritzen now for 12 years. The local office has two employees. “Our vision is to be the premiere insurance and financial services provider in the Riverbend, protecting clients from the unknown and helping them plan their futures,” says Lauritzen. “We are on a mission to build a business of long-term core clients, based on integrity and responsiveness, while also being an active contributor throughout the Riverbend.” Over the past five years, the local COUNTRY Financial office on Gerson Avenue in Godfrey was purchased in late 2019, with building renovations completed in Fall 2021. Office staff moved into the location

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Missouri’s senior senator wants federal aid for Mallinckrodt Chemical Works sites where uranium was processed and stored, including areas in Bridgeton and Weldon Springs.