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Sheriff faces scrutiny over decades-long fee

2 years 2 months ago
St. Louis judges and a special court committee are demanding answers from the city's sheriff about a long-collected fee, to the point that Missouri's Attorney General may get involved.
Chris Hayes

Cop Tries To Kill An Arrestee Because Nature Happened

2 years 2 months ago
Cops see themselves as the roughest, toughest warriors to ever hit the mean streets. They adorn themselves with “blue line” flags and Punisher logos (hilarious, that last one), gear up in military garb, wave weapons at all and sundry whilst shouting at the top of their lungs. But when it comes to doing regular police […]
Tim Cushing

Drivers face severe delays Friday with snowy weather

2 years 2 months ago
FENTON, Mo. - Road conditions changed quickly Friday from bad to worse.  “Slushie probably more icy on the way here," Ted and Scarlett Bachman said, traveling from Indianapolis to Bolivar, Missouri. “The roads were pretty bad, actually. Lots of trucks off the side of the road, lots of cars on the side of the road." [...]
Mallory Thomas

Does deterrence work?

2 years 2 months ago
Joshua Keating asks today, "what does deterrence even mean, really?" It's a good question for at least two reasons: (a) deterrence against what? and (b) what's the evidence? The first question is critical. The most famous case of deterrence is the MAD doctrine during the Cold War. It worked! But in the modern world deterrence ...continue reading "Does deterrence work?"
Kevin Drum

CORRECTION: Trump actually owes about half a billion dollars

2 years 2 months ago
Apparently the damages against Donald Trump in his business fraud case have been accumulating interest at a 9% annual rate for several years: On profits from the sale of the Old Post Office: interest is owed since May 2022. On profits from the sale of Ferry Point: interest is owed since June 2023. On everything ...continue reading "CORRECTION: Trump actually owes about half a billion dollars"
Kevin Drum

Ameren Plans $800M Natural Gas-Fired Plant

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Ameren plans to build a natural gas-fired power plant in south St. Louis County on the former site of its oldest and smallest coal plant, which closed a year ago, the company announced Thursday. The St. Louis-based electric utility said the new facility would be used as a “peaker” plant to […]
Dede Hance