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Cahokia School District, union workers meet amid contract dispute

2 months 2 weeks ago
Union employees in the Cahokia Unit School District have been without a new contract for 38 days as negotiations between the union and the district continue to stall, with the union opposing the district's proposal to separate the three employee groups into separate contracts and district leaders arguing that the changes are long overdue and aim to improve student outcomes.
Nick Gladney

Eisenhower library director ousted after sword denial, but doesn’t blame Trump

2 months 2 weeks ago
Have you heard the one about a ceremonial sword, the Trump administration and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene? It’s no joke, unfortunately. It’s also not as cutting an anecdote as you may think. After hearing from ousted library director Todd Arrington, I’m left with more questions than answers. National and local media […]
Clay Wirestone

Tuesday, Oct. 7 - An array of solutions

2 months 2 weeks ago
The word "agrivoltaics" is a combination of the terms agriculture and photovoltaic and it refers to farming and producing energy simultaneously. Jana Rose Schleis reports how the technology is being deployed across the Midwest.

Woman hospitalized after being shot by officer on I-70

2 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A woman was hospitalized early Tuesday morning after being shot by a police officer on Interstate 70 in Earth City. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on eastbound I-70, near the Blanchette Bridge. The incident started after police received a call for [...]
Nick Gladney

Kansas City food deserts expand across state line as grocery stores close

2 months 2 weeks ago
Phillip Ramsey is a master gardener who’s planting fall produce in one of the community gardens he manages. It’s just two blocks from the Sun Fresh grocery store that operated at 31st Street and Prospect Avenue until it shut down in August. The retired Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient has lived in the neighborhood […]
Thomas White

Clouds, spot showers Tuesday usher in cool down

2 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - A cold front is beginning its pass through the region this Tuesday morning. A few light showers will be possible along and behind the front through the afternoon. The front will also work to kick the heavier rain over southern Illinois off to the east. So, widespread beneficial rain isn’t in the [...]
Angela Hutti

How Scott Bessent Enables Oligarchy

2 months 2 weeks ago
The Treasury secretary has gutted the most important anti-corruption reform legislation in a generation—the 2020 Corporate Transparency Act.
Robert Kuttner

Brown Stage Capitalism

2 months 2 weeks ago
Cory Doctorow’s ‘Enshittification’ describes how tech platforms (and everything else) went down the sewer. Hint: It rhymes with ‘deshmegulation.’
Maureen Tkacik