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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is running for the GOP nomination for governor.

Two people were killed here early Saturday in a house fire.

An audit accusing his office of illegally withholding information and failing to document withdrawal from a national elections clearinghouse is a “deep state” political attack, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft told reporters Tuesday. Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, who like Ashcroft is a Republican, responded to the accusations Tuesday afternoon, saying those who are the […]

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From Notes From Neverland:  Disneyland and Walt Disney World are two of the most popular theme park destinations in the world. But, did you know Florida wasn’t the only spot Disney looked at when planning to expand its theme park presence outside of California? Walt Disney looked to St. Louis, Missouri as a candidate for […]

From Labor Tribune:  Pace Construction, along with parent company Lionmark Construction Companies, has organized a huge prize raffle to benefit two Missouri Laborers who were injured after being hit by a car while on the job. “The contractor has organized this raffle, and we are helping spread the word throughout the membership and the public […]

I agree with Charles Cooke! I don’t know how much more plainly I can say it than this: If you believe that Donald Trump represents a unique threat to democracy — as Joe Biden and his team keep saying that they do — then you should not want Donald Trump on the ballot. There are ...continue reading "Nobody should be rooting for Donald Trump"

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The company redeveloping the former MetLife campus, a sprawling corporate park in suburban south St. Louis County, is jettisoning the office market and turning the land into a housing and retail neighborhood. Earlier this month, Energizer Holdings announced that it would move its headquarters from Town and Country to Clayton — […]

From Call Newspaper:  The City of Crestwood held an informational town hall Jan. 18 at the city community center, 9245 Whitecliff Park Lane, featuring the mayor and all eight aldermen. Though anything relating to the city could be discussed, one topic was particularly popular amongst residents: the newly-proposed $33 million bond issue known as Proposition […]

From Construction Dive:  Total construction starts surged 20% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.12 trillion after three months of falling activity in September, October and November, according to Dodge Construction Network. Despite the big bounceback during the last month of the year, total construction activity remained 4% lower compared to 2022, […]

From St. Louis-MO.Gov:  This year, the Affordable Housing Commission (AHC) announces it has tripled its annual awards supporting the construction and preservation of affordable housing in the City of St. Louis. Totaling $15,747,128 million in grants and loans, this year’s allocation will support a record-breaking 46 affordable housing programs and fourteen (14) housing developments in […]

Any school shooting is horrific. But the Uvalde school shooting went far beyond the usual nightmarish levels of something that happens so often in the United States, we can actually use the modifier “usual.” Police officers entered the school three minutes after the shooter did. But they did not actually end the terror until more […]

From Riverbender:  Shannon Stelling with the Home Builders & Remodelers Metro-East Association recently emphasized the importance of the trades, highlighted this month’s Trade Student of the Month, and discussed the upcoming 2024 Home Expo as it gets closer from March 8-10, 2024 at the Belle Clair Fairgrounds in Belleville. In addition to thousands of dollars […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The cost of building a new MetroLink line from south St. Louis to the city’s north side is now pegged at about $1.1 billion. The new estimate provided by the Bi-State Development Agency is part of a report submitted Wednesday to the regional East-West Gateway Council of Governments. However, Taulby Roach, […]