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Federal Funding Means New Bethalto Boys & Girls Club Building

2 years 1 month ago
From The Telegraph:  The Bethalto Boys & Girls Club will be building a new clubhouse, thanks in part to $1 million secured by U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski. The project is among a number of local recipients of federal funding in spending bills signed into law last week. According to Budzinski’s office, six Metro East Projects […]
Kacey Crawley

Trial Begins for Jack Buck’s Daughter's Discrimination Suit Against Harris-Stowe

2 years 1 month ago
A former professor at Harris-Stowe State University alleges that she was discriminated against by university leadership, retaliated against when she complained, and even had things thrown at her during meetings in the latter part of her 24 years at the institution. Beverly Buck Brennan, who is the daughter of Jack Buck and sister of Joe Buck, began working at Harris-Stowe in 1993 as an instructor of theater classes and eventually became the director of the university's speech and theater program. It was a job she has expressed passion for in depositions.
Ryan Krull

U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge Will Step Down This Month

2 years 1 month ago
From NPR:  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge says she’s planning to retire this month, one of the few cabinet members to leave the Biden administration. She will return home to Ohio after nearly five decades of public service. “The people HUD serves are those who are often left out and left behind,” Fudge, […]
Kacey Crawley

Changing the Conversation About the Skilled Trades

2 years 1 month ago
From NAHB:  Career exploration begins at an early age. Now more than ever, HBAs and members are reaching out to schools, and community and workforce organizations to lead and support careers in construction programming. Mollie Elkman, owner and CEO of Group Two Advertising, is one industry leader who found a way to introduce children to […]
Kacey Crawley

Ceremonial Groundbreaking Held for I-55 Project

2 years 1 month ago
From Leader Publications:  Safety was the word of the day at a ceremony held March 8 to celebrate the start of the long-anticipated project to expand I-55 in both directions between Hwy. Z in Pevely and Hwy. 67 south of Festus. Justin Wolf, project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said the major […]
Kacey Crawley

How Reverse Mentoring Benefits Contractors in the Age of AI

2 years 1 month ago
From Construction Dive: By Rahul Shah: Seeking answers on how to construct smarter and greener buildings or improve water efficiency in homes and offices, those who create our buildings and construction projects have the opportunity to enter a new era of learning by turning their attention to the benefits of artificial intelligence. The possible applications […]
Kacey Crawley

New Apartment Complex Eyed in St. Charles County

2 years 1 month ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A new apartment complex is being proposed in St. Charles County, at the site of a prior mixed-use development plan that was dropped during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pinewoods Park, a 240-unit new apartment development proposed near Interstate Drive in Wentzville, is tied to Joe Scott Jr. of Overland-based Scott Brothers […]
Kacey Crawley

Why the Community Reinvestment Act Is Back in the News

2 years 1 month ago
From Next City:  It’s been a wild few weeks in the banking world. And it all has something to do with that landmark, though at times frustrating, Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. Let’s start with what feels like the most frustrating. Previously, as Comptroller of the Currency, Joseph Otting was in charge of one of […]
Kacey Crawley

Jay Ashcroft Is Taking Cues From a Think Tank with ‘Deep Ties’ to Billionaires

2 years 1 month ago
Emails obtained by CNN reporters and watchdog group Documented suggest that Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is the puppet of a “right-wing think tank with deep ties to conservative billionaires.” Ashcroft, who is also a candidate for governor, seems determined to gin up controversy, with bizarre comments regarding IVF, a bold stance against veterans receiving discounts and a passion for rooting out non-existent ”voter fraud.” But the emails show he’s often parroting viewpoints from a group with national reach.
Kallie Cox