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The resolution was pulled off the table when two of the resolution's sponsors failed to show up and others on the council couldn't support it.

Gabe Gore said he's well aware of violent crimes happening all over the city and is committed to cracking down on criminals.

Bard is remarkably candid about the company’s intentions to leverage Big Data into AI to make its rivals, and the rest of the web, irrelevant.

The U.S. government's most comprehensive report on the effects of climate change details challenges for every part of the country.

The National Climate Assessment makes clear we've got a lot of work to do. These cities and states are leading the way.

A generic cold medicine available in Europe also turns out to have benefits for Parkinson’s. Biden could prevent the usual effort to patent it and jack up the price.

The report concludes that Indigenous self-determination is a key climate solution — if the federal government can get behind it.

Andrew Bailey is calling for tougher laws on holding public officials accountable and changes to Victims' Rights Act.

This post is part of a series about the materials that built St. Louis. Southeastern Missouri’s Iron Range stretches roughly from the St. James area down toward Bonne Terre. Iron had been mined in this area since 1826, when the Merrimac Iron Works opened up, but it wasn’t until the 1850s that the material really started taking …

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Rick Robbins of Coffeen, IL became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain […]

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This is a remarkable chart: In Washington DC's public high schools, about two-thirds of all students last year were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of all school days). About a third were profoundly chronically absent (missed 30%+ of all school days). This is up considerably from the previous year, primarily because of excused absences: parents are ...continue reading "Raw data: Absenteeism in DC public schools"

Buc-ee’s will open its first Missouri location next month.

The copyright industry’s war on the Internet and its users has gone through various stages (full details and links to numerous references in Walled Culture the book, free digital versions available). The first was to sue Internet users directly for sharing files. By 2007, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had sued at least 30,000 […]

A St. Louis chain of thrift stores on Friday sued a City Foundry shop, alleging trademark infringement.

I still don't understand this: Business formation dropped a bit at the beginning of the pandemic, but by July 2020 it rebounded and hit a peak nearly twice its pre-pandemic rate. That subsided, but only slightly: from 2021 onward business formation has been running at a steady 50% above its pre-pandemic rate with no sign ...continue reading "Why are people starting so many new businesses?"

“I remember every day how thankful I am that I’m alive,” said St. Louis Police Officer, Lucas Roethlisberger, 39.

"You see one of the two perpetrators crawl through the office doors and kind of crawl on the floor. He actually knocks something down on the floor, picks it up, and replaces it," said Madi Orlando, Owner.