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She served as interim president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis when James Bullard departed last year.

Officials in the city of Maryland Heights could decide Thursday whether to remove a St. Louis Blues-related nonprofit organization from managing the ice arena where the Blues practice.

The New York Times reports that RFK Jr. is unlikely to qualify for the presidential debate later this month. However: In at least one respect, Mr. Kennedy has reason for optimism. Recent polling has positioned Mr. Kennedy closer to qualifying for the debate stage than any third-party candidate in more than three decades. Mr. Kennedy ...continue reading "RFK Jr. has less support than he thinks"

Toyota will recall about 100,000 vehicles over concerns that loose debris inside the engine could cause it to stall or otherwise fail, federal regulators announced last week.

The St. Louis-based health system said that as it continues to recover from last month's ransomware attack, it has restored access to electronic health records in three markets and aims to restore access across the organization next week.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday to temporarily shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border, depending on the volume of migrants seeking asylum.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an effort by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to push an election on Kansas City police funding to November. The court on April 30 overturned the results of a 2022 election on the issue, agreeing with Lucas that the fiscal note summary printed on the ballot was […]

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Sometimes astronomy night just doesn't work out. I went out to the desert on Sunday with the intention of photographing the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex—which is basically a nebula but for some reason isn't called one. It's very colorful, and also huge, far too big to capture with my telescope. So I planned to use ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The Chesterfield City Council approved an agreement with Dillard's allowing it to reopen its store as part of a redevelopment of the city's mall.

A Calverton Park man was jailed last week after a drunken confrontation with his girlfriend's family and police officers, culminating in him nearly striking his own father while fleeing law enforcement.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

Tourism agency Explore St. Louis said Tuesday its board "began the process of succession planning" for President Kitty Ratcliffe.

One of the St. Louis region's largest nonprofit organizations is selling one of its senior living communities.

This was entirely predictable, but it’s still worth calling out. Donald Trump, who started the whole “we should ban TikTok” idea before changing his mind as soon as Joe Biden decided it was a good idea (and a billionaire Trump backer who also was heavily invested in TikTok gave Trump a call), is now joining […]

The Fortune 1000 company said the sale will advance its broader growth acceleration plan, which includes efforts to simplify its portfolio.

From the Washington Post: More than 300 House lawmakers were reimbursed at least $5.2 million for food and lodging while on official business in Washington last year under a new, taxpayer-funded program that does not require them to provide receipts. ....Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the program’s overall top spender, was reimbursed for nearly $30,000 in ...continue reading "Matt Gaetz is the top user of new congressional honor system"

A St. Louis-area credit union is the subject of complaints that it failed to send proper notice to consumers before and after selling their vehicles on allegedly defaulted auto loans.

The fish can grow up to three feet long and is an aggressive predatory of the state's native fish, the Missouri Department of Conservation said.

I was poking around yesterday's update on construction spending and I noticed something odd. Total spending on construction has increased pretty steadily for the past decade. However, the number of construction workers took a big hit during the pandemic and never recovered to its previous trend: This means that construction workers today are considerably more ...continue reading "Have construction workers really become more productive since the pandemic?"

Today on TAP: Which he hopes will increase the number of voters who will settle for him rather than reinstall Trump.