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The day is focused on educating students about Missouri's native birds and exists alongside other "observation days" in the state.

Perhaps you're looking to plan one last summer trip around Labor Day weekend. If that's the case, but you're also looking for some budget-friendly adventures, St. Louis might be the stop for you.

The Wall Street Journal reports that China's fertility rate dropped to 1.09 last year: Fertility is down nearly everywhere, but China is in a class by itself. For some reason, starting in 2018 Chinese families simply decided they didn't want children. Fertility has dropped by nearly half over the past five years, an unprecedented decline ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Chinese families have given up on children"

As of 2:30 pm, Hurricane Hilary is hundreds of miles away and the skies are calm here in Southern California. Sadly, my planned astrophotography mission still has to be aborted with extreme prejudice, as you can see from this up-to-the-minute picture of the sky.

The city government's recent resignations are the lastest development in a controversy-ridden past decade for Jennings. Here's a timeline of the city's issues.

A longtime methamphetamine dealer in Alton convicted of felony charges will spend decades behind bars.

Are Californians and East Coast residents eyeing a move to your metro area? The number of homes on the market is well below pre-pandemic levels nationwide, and that scarcity is keeping home prices elevated even as sales have slowed in the past year. As Americans navigate an ever-complicated market, online house hunting has become an [...]

Five Years Ago This week in 2018, we looked forward to the Senate oversight committee hearing that would force Ajit Pai to explain why the FCC made up a DDoS attack, but were disappointed (if not at all surprised) when it utterly failed to hold him accountable. Pai was also busy opposing the effort to […]

As Missouri students head back to the classroom for the new year, roughly one-quarter of the state’s school districts are only in session four days a week.

The St. Louis Police Foundation is spending around $860,000 to add more overtime police patrols around downtown St. Louis.

I am reminded this morning of the odd contempt that conservatives have for renewable power—There's no sun at night! The wind doesn't always blow!—paired with their seemingly inexhaustible love of nuclear power, which survives even $17 billion overruns on $14 billion nuclear plants. I myself have mixed views on nuclear. On the one hand, new ...continue reading "Why do conservatives hate renewable energy?"

Book publisher Island Press always impresses me with thoughtful new books written by people working to solve current problems — the subjects are important ones for urbanists and policy makers to be familiar and actively discussing. These four books are presented in the order I received them. ‘Justice and the ...

Huh: According to a survey of 7,100 American teens last year conducted by investment bank Piper Sandler, 87% of teens currently have an iPhone, and 87% plan on sticking with the brand for their next phone. But the stigma regarding Android phones is mostly an American phenomenon, at least to the degree to which it ...continue reading "Gen Z is in love with iPhones"

Is our economy doing better or worse? See recent changes in local employment, regional inflation and more in these regularly updated charts and maps.