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The board of trustees for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District voted in favor of a proposed rate increase that would raise customers’ bills by approximately 32% over four years.

Tesla workers in Sweden are on strike because Tesla refuses to recognize their union. That's bad for Tesla, but things can get worse: If Tesla is still balking on a deal by November 20, postal workers will stop delivering letters and packages addressed to the company. Seriously? If the Swedish postal service disapproves of you ...continue reading "No more mail for Tesla in Sweden"

An endangered silver advisory has been issued for a woman who wandered away from a thrift store in Ellisville.

Fairview Heights police are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead at a local hotel.

The City has allocated $5 million for this initiative offering monthly disbursement to 540 households over 18 months. The city spent two days assisting applicants.

Ellen Weintraub, a member of the Federal Election Commission, has something she wants to say: The FEC has six members: three Democrats and three Republicans. Enforcement actions require a majority vote. Since all three Republicans refuse on principle to investigate violations by Donald Trump, it means he's effectively immune from all federal campaign laws.

How fast are sales of EVs growing? That depends. If you look at the full history of EV sales it looks like exponential growth: But if you look at growth since 2020 it looks linear: Take your pick. Sales in September were above trend either way you look at it. NOTE: This includes only full, ...continue reading "Raw data: Electric vehicle sales in the US"

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher scurried away from waiting reporters Thursday rather than answer questions about the events that have launched an ethics inquiry and caused some members of his party to ask for him to step down from his powerful post.  Plocher spent most of the afternoon in a closed-door Republican caucus meeting at […]

The post Missouri House GOP caucus sticks with Plocher as speaker – for now appeared first on Missouri Independent.

After a victory for abortion rights in Ohio earlier this week, supporters in Missouri are hopeful voters will have the chance to overturn the state's ban next year.

Taylor Swift has paid homage to her grandmother in her songs, lyrics and videos.

A St. Louis arcade bar that was previously plunged into a reckoning over allegations of sketchy behavior, Parlor (4170 Manchester Avenue, 314-833-3063), appears to have quietly closed its doors. A Google search has the Manchester Avenue bar marked as "temporarily closed." Meanwhile, listings for the first floor space as well as the office space on the second floor have been posted for lease through Tower Real Estate Group.

The search is on for an armed thief who targeted a south St. Louis County 7-Eleven convenience store.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been taking part in a Global Day of Action, holding protests around the St. Louis area Thursday.

Last week in our Error 402 series on the history of web monetization, we covered how early paywalls for content almost universally failed. We’ll explore a bit more of the why later, but first we need to talk about internet ads. Because they basically sucked up all of the oxygen in the online monetization world. […]

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher’s new chief of staff is a former legislative leader whose political career was upended more than a decade ago by a federal bribery investigation and allegations of violent sexual assault.  On Thursday, Plocher announced to a closed-door Republican caucus that Rod Jetton will take over as his top legislative aide. […]

The post Rod Jetton’s political career ended in scandal. Now he’s Dean Plocher’s chief of staff appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The officer accused of firing several shots at an elementary school's Halloween event was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday.