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Edward Jones' CEO nabs 17% pay raise as 2023 income jumps
The CEO's compensation increased to $25.1 million last year, including $24.8 million in income allocated to partners.
Legislator Apparently Used Slides Of NYC Protests In His Pitch For Reauthorizing Section 702 Surveillance
As the debate over Section 702 continues, more weird stuff keeps happening. For once, there’s serious opposition to a clean renewal, and it’s coming from both sides of the legislature. Then there are things like this, which is one of the stranger incidents to accompany a surveillance fight, as reported by Dell Cameron for Wired. […]
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$45M plan to save St. Louis convention center deemed unworkable. It’s unclear what’s next.
Convention officials have promised customers that key improvements will be done by next spring.
What to know about hail, the icy precipitation often encountered in spring and summer
Macoupin County trying to get power turned back on as another storm system is on its way
PPI inflation index jumps in February
More bad news on the inflation front. The Producer Price Index, which measures wholesale prices, surged in February. Goods remain below their peak prices of 2022 but spiked up 15.5% between January and February on an annualized basis. Services continued their steady rise and were up 3.6%. PPI tends to be volatile, and two-thirds of ...continue reading "PPI inflation index jumps in February"
Reproductive rights are major election issue
Paul Simon reveals positive news about his hearing
Paul Simon revealed in May that he had lost hearing in his left ear, making it difficult for him to play live, but it sounds like things are changing for…
Survival plans came too late for two St. Louis-area Catholic schools
Parishioners thought they had more time to save St. Roch and Little Flower schools from the downsizing of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Weather Alert: Morning severe storm threat expires for St. Louis, more storms expected Thursday evening
Girl injured in Hazelwood fight has brain bleeding, skull fracture, family says
The Hazelwood East High School student whose brutal assault gained national attention this week has suffered brain bleeding and swelling, a skull fracture, frontal lobe damage and other injuries.
Holleman: Paper chase still afoot on Sam Alton’s moonlighting records
Two of three municipalities that employ Wesley Bell’s chief of staff still haven’t provided copies of records of his invoices.
St. Louis metro area falls behind Orlando, Charlotte in population
Deaths continue to outpace births in the St. Louis region, and not enough new residents are coming to offset it.
St. Louis board OKs additional tax at CityPark
Consumers will pay as much as 12.7% in sales taxes at St. Louis City SC games.
Missouri Attorney General sues Florida-based realty firm for deceptive practices
The office of Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Florida-based MV Realty for deceptive marketing practices toward Missouri homeowners.
People are 'not going to stay somewhere they're not safe,' Gov. Parson says amid St. Louis' bad showing in Census estimates
New U.S. Census Bureau estimates showing a shrinking St. Louis region that was bypassed by Charlotte and Orlando are "a concern, most certainly," Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday.
Spotted on 55 this morning.
Once More With Feeling: Banning TikTok Is Unconstitutional & Won’t Do Shit To Deal With Any Actual Threats
Over the last few days, we’ve had a few posts about the latest attempt to ban TikTok in the US (and to people who say it’s only a divestiture bill: there is a ban in the language of the bill if ByteDance won’t divest). Yesterday, unsurprisingly, the House voted overwhelmingly, 352 to 65, to pass […]
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