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Today on TAP: Opining against morality in foreign policy in 1989, he did nothing to diminish his blood-drenched image.

Darrion A. Johnson, 18, is now facing charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action alongside Trenell J. Johnson, 18, in connection with Clayton's first homicide since 2006. The two men are not related.

A 17-year-old union construction industry business support program for minority- and women-owned contractors is fortifying operations to ensure its continued success. The Regional Union Construction Center (RUCC) is now a division of the St. Louis Small Business Empowerment Center tapping its resources to grow its capacity to serve more companies. Launched in 2006 by the […]

Yes, and … Improv Shop owner and founder Kevin McKernan is set to expand his ever-growing improv business. Again.

Sunlight remains the best disinfectant in the Sunshine State. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court rejected a police union’s argument that a victims’ rights law shields the names of officers who kill on the job. Florida Supreme Court Building 2011 by Bruin79 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Florida Supreme Court decided last week that the names of two officers who shot and killed suspects in separate incidents can be released to the public, despite efforts by a police union to keep them secret.

The court rejected the union’s argument that the names could be shielded under Marsy’s Law, which is meant to protect the privacy of victims. (Yes, you read that right — cops who kill people are invoking victims’ rights laws).

In an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Deputy Advocacy Director Caitlin Vogus explains how police have used Marsy’s Law and other arguments to withhold officer names from public release or even censor the press from reporting information it already has.

Vogus wrote:

“These intense battles for secrecy by police in Florida raise the question of why officers are so worried about the public knowing their names and so willing to advance clearly disingenuous arguments to evade the public scrutiny they signed up for. … Floridians must demand that the law enforcement agencies drop their anti-transparency arguments that would shield the names of cops from the public. If they won’t, Florida courts must continue to rebuff them.”

You can read the full op-ed here.

Denny Laine, co-founder of Moody Blues and co-founder and guitarist for Paul McCartney & Wings, passed away Tuesday, December 5, at the age of 79.  News of his death was confirmed by his wife, Elizabeth Hines,…

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A couple of weeks ago Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to release the full 40,000 hours of videotape from the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol: He strongly suggested that the videos would contradict the public understanding of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021.... “When bureaucrats and partisan activists withhold data to advance a narrative, it ...continue reading "Mike Johnson: We need to blur January 6 video to keep rioters from getting in trouble"

Atlas Digital Group, the St. Louis-based startup that provides e-commerce software for broadband internet providers, has added to its C-suite.

As real estate owned by Yellow Corp. is carved up in bankruptcy court, XPO Logistics is looking to buy dozens of properties, including one in St. Louis.

A Democratic state representative running for Missouri Attorney General got a lot of attention on social media yesterday — but that attention seems unlikely to help her longshot campaign. State Representative Sarah Unsicker (D-Shrewsbury) tweeted a photo of herself sharing a "basil lemonade" with Charles Johnson, an alt-right political activist so radioactive, even Congressman Matt Gaetz has disavowed his beliefs. Among (many) other things, Johnson has denied the Holocaust and admitted to repeatedly using the n-word on Twitter (although he claimed it was to "study the site's algorithms," according to Politico).

Officials will rename a bridge on Thursday in honor of a police officer killed in a car crash two years ago.

Ashanti is reportedly expecting a baby, baby, baby, baby, baby with her partner and fellow music star Nelly.

ALTON – Thanks to a successful grant request, the Women’s Health and Childbirth Center at Alton Memorial Hospital received more than $73,000 this year to help make sure the numerous area pregnant and postpartum women facing health inequities due to social and economic factors receive the help they need. These funds allowed the hospital to hire an additional peer recovery specialist to focus exclusively on the needs of the Women’s Health and Childbirth Center. Most importantly, the funds provide universal screening for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) such as mental health issues, substance abuse, food insecurity and housing instability. Kathy Alford-Spitze is the peer recovery specialist added for this position. “I want to work with women during their pregnancy and afterwards because it is something that hits close to home for me,” Kathy said. “As a mom of two biological children and three adopted children, there were a lot of times that I

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4M Building Solutions, a St. Louis-based commercial cleaning and janitorial services company, has made an acquisition in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

Shevon Harris-Holyfield has returned to the St. Louis-based law firm where she got her start. She also said that she last year married Evander Holyfield, the only professional fighter to win the heavyweight championship four separate times.

CHICAGO – Following a thorough review by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) of the Brighton Park environmental report, the State of Illinois will not proceed with an asylum seeker shelter at the 38 th and California site. IEPA cited concerns related to insufficient soil sampling and remediation. Given the significant time required to conduct additional sampling, to process and analyze results, and to implement corresponding further remediation, the State will work with the City to identify alternate shelter options. The State is expediting efforts to launch the previously announced brick-and-mortar shelter site in Little Village with plans to have 200 beds available to families and people with disabilities. Since the City of Chicago selected the Brighton Park site, the State has requested alternate sites from the City as any additional shelter will operate as part of the City’s current shelter system. The State is also working with the Archdiocese

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The city's top prosecutor announced Tuesday that his office will revive an effort to review cases where people claim they were wrongfully convicted, and it already has three investigations in the works.