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Alex Tabarrok links today to an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal which has some good news: the T-Mobile/Sprint merger in 2020 wasn't anti-competitive! But this paragraph piqued my curiosity: Average monthly mobile subscription fees dropped sharply. In the three years before the merger, according to government price data, mobile charges declined in real terms ...continue reading "Here’s what really happened after the T-Mobile/Sprint merger"

Def Leppard has added another tour date to their already busy schedule. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to headline Spokane Arena on September 6, the first time they are playing…

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The chaos for Xbox keeps on rolling, it seems. We were just talking about how years of muddled communication coming from Microsoft’s Xbox team over exclusives and game ports to other consoles is resulting in a ton of confusion and speculation among the gaming public. The responsibility for all of this lies squarely at the […]

Mother Nature made things a bit messy for Catholics on the first Friday of Lent. Some in the area had to cancel their fish fries for the evening, but for the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, the show must go on.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is enhancing community health programs with a $150,000 grant from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

"With temperatures dropping overnight, 'freeze back' is a major concern with the wet conditions after the storm," a MoDOT spokesperson said.

Illinois aims to diversify the construction industry workforce through a 3-year-old state program.

The Repertory Theater of St. Louis amazes audiences with an inventive, multi-sensory production of Moby Dick, adapted and directed by David Catlin. The constantly in motion three-act show distills Herman Melville’s dense and detailed novel into its most significant moments while delivering the entirety of the story.

The city of St. Louis has spent $201,334 on lawyers to defend its remote worker earnings tax position. The spending is notable because the other Missouri city that levies the 1% tax long ago abandoned the position that St. Louis continues to hold.

EDWARDSVILLE - Two individuals have been charged in separate cases with driving under the influence of alcohol around Madison County, according to court documents which describe both cases from recent months. Dennis J. Smith, 56, of Piasa, was charged with aggravated driving while under the influence on Feb. 4, 2024. Smith allegedly drove a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee while under the influence of alcohol on Godfrey Road in Godfrey, according to court documents. Smith reportedly had previous DUI convictions in Macoupin County from the following dates: Nov. 10, 1992, Feb. 11, 1996, Feb. 14, 1996, and Feb. 11, 2002. A petition to deny Smith’s pretrial release describes the incident as follows: “Deputies in the area of Godfrey Road, Godfrey received a report of a reckless driver, being a Jeep motor vehicle,” the petition states. Once deputies located the vehicle, they made contact with and identified the driver/defendant, Smith. “Deputies noted indicators

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Rep. Mike Turner may have overstepped by publicly warning about Russian space nukes, but Democrats were also trying to use the intelligence to influence the vote on warrantless spying.

A Missouri researcher’s study of “prosocial” behavior in classrooms is getting a big boost of federal money — but it’s already made a difference in hundreds of classrooms. Now in its fifth year, the program emphasizes kindness, compassion, empathy and respect. University of Missouri researcher Christi Bergin and program director Jen Foster discuss how prosocial behavior can help teachers and students support each other through empathy.

Inno Madness, St. Louis Inno’s annual contest designed to showcase the region’s innovation economy, is back for another year. We are currently accepting nominations for our 2024 Inno Madness bracket challenge, which will launch in the coming weeks. Inno Madness is designed to generate awareness and excitement for the city’s startup ecosystem, and those that are driving it forward. How does it work? Nominate a local startup or your own startup and we will assemble a bracket of private, fast-growing,…