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Construction Groups Sue Over Davis-Bacon Change

2 years 4 months ago
From Construction Dive:  Contractor employer groups have sued the federal government over a recent final rule change to the Davis-Bacon Act, which went into effect Oct. 23. On Tuesday, Associated Builders and Contractors and its Southeast Texas chapter filed suit against the federal government in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas […]
Kacey Crawley

New film follows Black St. Louisans who’ve run a marathon in every U.S. state and all 7 continents

2 years 4 months ago
The marathon hat trick is a goal that some committed distance runners aim for but few have achieved. To accomplish this feat runners must complete 100 marathons, a marathon in all 50 U.S. states, and a marathon on all seven continents. Fewer than 60 runners have completed the marathon hat trick and only three of them are Black. Two of those three are from St. Louis: Tony Reed and Lisa Davis. A documentary, “We Are Distance Runners: The Marathon Hat Trick,” is about their story and it screens Wednesday evening as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival.

Core & Main to Acquire Minnesota Drainage Control Business

2 years 4 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Core & Main Inc., the Maryland Heights-based distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, has agreed to buy the assets of a Minnesota-based drainage products business. Core & Main said it plans to buy substantially all the assets of Granite Water Works Inc., a provider of water, […]
Kacey Crawley

A Community Comes Together to Build Group Homes in Dutzow

2 years 4 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Nine years ago, I visited a group home — cottages, really — for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The headline for the resultant column was, “Storm clouds gathering over man’s home of 46 years.” The man was Terry Paridy. He was 71, and he lived in a cottage with five […]
Kacey Crawley

Top Causes of Construction Lawsuits

2 years 4 months ago
From Construction Dive:  Infrastructure and capital projects are being hit hard by rising financing costs, inflation and expensive lawsuits, but the latter issue is one builders have some power to mitigate. Contractors can empower themselves by understanding the causes of cost disputes and overruns, and curb the losses of money and time these conflicts routinely […]
Kacey Crawley

Hoffmann to Sell Second Property in Missouri Wine Country

2 years 4 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The company that touted plans to remake wine country here is selling another property in its redevelopment vision, causing some area officials to worry the company is further scaling back its ambitious plans. The Florida-based Hoffmann Family of Cos. has listed 10 acres for sale in Warren County near the Washington […]
Kacey Crawley

Oklahoma senator challenges Teamsters president to fight at U.S. Senate hearing

2 years 4 months ago

WASHINGTON — Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, challenged the head of the Teamsters union to a physical fight at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday intended to showcase how labor unions are making families’ lives better. The tense confrontation at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing stemmed from acrimonious posts on social […]

The post Oklahoma senator challenges Teamsters president to fight at U.S. Senate hearing appeared first on Missouri Independent.

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Infrastructure Package Completion May Hinge on Elections

2 years 4 months ago
From Reuters:  Two years after President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, his administration has launched 40,000 projects aimed at rebuilding America, according to his infrastructure czar, Mitch Landrieu. The White House wants Biden to gain maximum credit for the projects to help him in his fight for re-election, with a […]
Kacey Crawley

A Matter of High Interest

2 years 4 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  The delayed effects of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve since March 2022 are being felt across St. Louis as developers build fewer projects and say that banks are handing out fewer loans. Developers said banks are becoming more selective about which projects they finance. As a result, they’re […]
Kacey Crawley

City of Edwardsville Statement on the Death of Former Alderwoman Janet Stack

2 years 4 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE – The City of Edwardsville is mourning the death of longtime Ward 3 Alderwoman Janet Stack, who retired from the City Council in May at the conclusion of her third term in office. She died Monday, November 13, 2023, at the age of 71. “Janet was gracious and kind, a smart yet compassionate representative of the City and an active participant in the business of governing,” said Mayor Art Risavy, who became an alderman the same year as Mrs. Stack, in 2011. “She was dedicated to making sure she represented the residents of her ward well and she also was just a terrific person.” Mrs. Stack is survived by her husband, Phillip; her two children, Nicholas and Melinda; and other family. Visitation and funeral arrangements are being handled by Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville. The visitation is scheduled for 4-7 p.m. Monday, November 20, at Weber & Rodney. The funeral also will be at the funeral home and is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday,

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8 Tech Tools to Find, Hire Construction Workers

2 years 4 months ago
From Construction Dive:  Nothing gets built without labor. And labor is growing ever harder to come by. Even as fewer construction workers leave their jobs, whether by their own decisions or through layoffs, openings in the industry shot up in September 15% month-over-month to 431,000 total openings. Those positions need to be filled, and some […]
Kacey Crawley

Missouri has a mixed record on fighting lung cancer, report finds

2 years 4 months ago
Missouri shows little progress in cutting rates of new cancer cases, according to the latest American Lung Association report. The ALA also found the state ranked fourth in the nation for lung cancer patients receiving no treatment after diagnosis. Kavahn Mansouri, investigative reporter with the NPR Midwest Newsroom, and Laura Turner, advocacy director for the American Lung Association in Missouri, dig into these statistics and other takeaways from the report.