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Why are so many restaurants struggling?
The Wall Street Journal reports that restaurants continue to struggle thanks to surging wages for workers: The surge in restaurant and bar worker wages since 2021 followed years in which their hourly earnings ticked up by an easier to manage 2% to 4% annually. For independent restaurants that make food from scratch, higher labor costs ...continue reading "Why are so many restaurants struggling?"
Has anyone had Ted Drewes shipped to them?
Hawley goes to bat (again) for radiation victims, US auto workers
Last week, national media reported that Missouri’s senior GOP senator proposed two pieces of legislation that aim to resonate with Missouri voters.
Old Town Partners Host Adult Easter Egg Hunt
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Hearing on Recall of 60,000 Missouri Marijuana Products Begins Today
Jason Sparks is an Oklahoma man who almost singlehandedly created the distillate that led to Missouri regulators’ decision to pull more than 60,000 marijuana products off the shelves in August and revoke the license of Robertsville-based Delta Extraction. Now, he’s the star witness in a hearing scheduled to begin Monday morning, where Delta will try to convince the Administrative Hearing Commission to reverse its license revocation and allow it to sell its product in Missouri. In the days leading up to Monday’s much-anticipated hearing, the state and Delta Extractions filed hundreds of documents detailing the investigation into marijuana products the state has deemed illegal and the company is aggressively arguing against.
Look! It’s the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Pipes For Parkinson event
Robert Schneider starts “Pipes For Parkinson”; Local Jeweler Says It will help his Wife Pipes for Parkinson’s is a new movement started by long-ime Florissant Jeweler to raise money for Parkinson’s after his wife was diagnosed with the disease. Joanne, his wife, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about seven years ago, said Robert Schneider, co-founder […]
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St. Louis philanthropist Marilyn Fox dies at age 89
She chaired St. Louis Variety for more than two decades, which raised millions of dollars on behalf of children with disabilities.
Supreme Court rules states can’t throw Trump off the ballot
I see this morning that the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump can't be tossed off the ballot for participating in insurrection. The ruling was unanimous. The Court ruled, first, that "more or less formal" proceedings are required to decide if someone is guilty of insurrection and therefore ineligible to hold office under Section ...continue reading "Supreme Court rules states can’t throw Trump off the ballot"
Paul McCartney’s ‘Eyes of the Storm’ photo exhibit coming to Portland this fall
Paul McCartney’s photography exhibit is hitting another U.S. city this year.It was just announced that Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm will debut at the Portland Art Museum on September 14 and…
St. Louis November shooting now believed to be homicide, police say
St. Louis woman charged with killing another woman during fight
Marissa Lewis told police she acted in self-defense when she fatally shot 26-year-old Brittany Richie, according to court documents.
Woman charged in weekend homicide in Jeff-Vander-Lou
A woman is in custody for Sunday’s fatal shooting in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
Death of St. Louis man ruled homicide months after Downtown shooting
Deanthony Smith, 46, was shot in his lower left leg around 3:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in the 1400 block of Market Street in downtown.
Windier the last 5 years
Smoke briefly closes St. Louis Arch visitor's center
A small electrical fire resulted in some delays at the Gateway Arch.
DeSantis Vetoes Terrible Social Media Bill… Only To Support One That’s Just As Bad
I had thought that maybe, just maybe, now that DeSantis had dropped out of the Presidential race, maybe (just maybe?) he’d stop pushing blatantly unconstitutional laws. That’s not to say that DeSantis has any good ideas. But it felt like over the last few years, he really leaned into the nonsense culture wars in an […]
If you haven’t already seen it, I highly recommend this video by Jon Bois of SB Nation about the absolutely insane marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, held during the city’s Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Amazon Outlet has incredible deals on toys right now
Amazon Outlet is having a major sale on overstocked toys. Take advantage of it now for future birthdays and good behavior rewards.
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