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4 Days Until Salute

1 year 11 months ago
John Carlos Armstead, Sr. will be honored at the Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala on November 4, 2023. Armstead is Assistant School Leader of Instruction at KIPP Inspire Academy.

Worker Wellness Blog: Libraries Stepping Up in Mental Health Crisis

1 year 11 months ago
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 […]
Dede Hance

Why can’t we pass a budget the old fashioned way?

1 year 11 months ago
Peter Suderman reminds us today that the congressional budgeting process is in tatters: Since the 1990s, Congress has consistently failed to follow its own budgetary process rules, which call for writing, debating and passing a dozen single-subject appropriations bills over the course of each fiscal year.... Instead, Congress has relied on continuing resolutions, which are ...continue reading "Why can’t we pass a budget the old fashioned way?"
Kevin Drum

Celebrating Blog’s 19th Anniversary

1 year 11 months ago
Nineteen year ago I started this blog as a distraction from my father’s heart attack and slow recovery. It was late 2004 and social media & video streaming apps didn’t exist yet — or at least not widely available to the general public. Blogs were the newest means of communication ...
Steve Patterson