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Mayor makes capital visit to preserve city's earnings tax

2 years 4 months ago
The mayor also travelled to Jefferson City to support retaining local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and seek state funding for violence prevention and reduction, construction of the Public Safety Answering Point with child care services for 911 operators; and reconstruction of a Mississippi River levee, according to a mayoral spokesperson.
James Drew

IBEW Local 1’s Tim Green Honored by UMSL

2 years 4 months ago
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  Tim Green, a 40-year retired member of IBEW Local 1, is being honored by his alma mater, the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL), for his life-long role in applying “the university’s core value in the world and helping to make it a better place” as one of […]
Kacey Crawley

Sir, This Is A Supreme Court (Not A Wendy’s)

2 years 4 months ago
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard the oral arguments over both Florida and Texas’ social media content moderation laws. Even though the issues were similar, and the parties challenging both laws (NetChoice and CCIA) were the same (and had the same lawyer, Paul Clement, argue both cases), the laws are somewhat different, and so each […]
Mike Masnick

Andy Kim vs. the Machine

2 years 4 months ago
Today on TAP: Kim files suit against the ‘unjust and undemocratic’ New Jersey county line, while winning Democratic convention votes to cut into Tammy Murphy’s advantage.
David Dayen

St. Louis Police Probe Possible Internal Leak of Horrifying Crash Video

2 years 4 months ago
Horrific video of the downtown collision that took the life of a Chicago mother and daughter appears to have been leaked to the public via someone with access to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department computer.  The video, which is only about three seconds long, shows Laticha “Lety” Bracero, 42, and Alyssa Cordova, 21, on the crosswalk at North 18th and Olive streets as a speeding vehicle careens through a red light and rams into the mother and daughter.
Ryan Krull

Jefferson College to Spend More Than $300K on Two New Roofs

2 years 4 months ago
From Leader Publications:  Two Jefferson College buildings will soon get new roofs. The college’s Board of Trustees voted 4-0 Feb. 8 to pay Meinershagen Roofing in Farmington $302,412 to install new roofs on the Fine Arts and Technology buildings, both on the Hillsboro campus. Board members Steve Meinberg and Susan Tuggle were absent from the […]
Kacey Crawley