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Dean Plocher draws new scrutiny over series of Capitol meetings with out-of-state vendor

2 years 1 month ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher arranged a series of meetings in the state Capitol last month between GOP legislators and an out-of-state technology vendor, inviting renewed bipartisan criticism of the embattled Republican as he remains the focus of an ongoing ethics investigation. The unusual arrangement — including a meeting with GOP leadership that took place in the speaker’s Capitol office — is drawing comparisons to Plocher unsuccessfully pushing last year for the House to spend $800,000…
Jason Hancock

Neptali Mejia Pleads Guilty to Killing Family Friend on Cherokee Street

2 years 1 month ago
An emotional scene played out in a St. Louis courtroom this morning as a 20-year-old pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and heard directly from the family of the teenager whose death he caused. Jonathan Cruz was 19 when he was gunned down in a car outside of a barber shop on Cherokee Street in the City of St. Louis in July 2021. In court this morning, his family stood on one side of the courtroom in front of Circuit Court Judge Katherine Fowler.
Ryan Krull

Man shot inside a North Kingshighway restaurant

2 years 1 month ago
Police were called to the 1400 block of North Kingshighway for a report of a shooting. It happened inside the Urban League building at a Chop Suey restaurant. The man who was shot is conscious and breathing.
Joe Millitzer

Biden calls for expanded child tax credit, taxes on wealthy in $7.2 trillion budget plan

2 years 1 month ago

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden released his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, calling on Congress to stick to the spending agreement brokered last year and to revamp tax laws so that the “wealthy pay their fair share.” The $7.266 trillion budget request doesn’t actually spend any money since Congress controls the power […]

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Jennifer Shutt

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says That If Police Radio Transmissions Aren’t Encrypted, The Terrorists Will Win

2 years 1 month ago
The NYPD has a problem with encryption, as do some of its preferred prosecutors. Back in 2010, Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism and Intelligence told NBC news reporters that the city was filled with terrorists willing to leverage everything from “rocks, bottles, and accelerants” to wage war on New York — something aided by these speculative […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: The 2024 Complete Godot Stack Development Bundle

2 years 1 month ago
Dive into Godot – a rising star in the game engine world. You’ll learn to create platformers, RPGs, strategy games, FPS games, and more as you master this free and open-source engine with easily expandable systems. Plus, you’ll also explore techniques for game design and game asset creation – giving you the ultimate techniques to […]
Gretchen Heckmann