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For the past several months, the Board of Aldermen has debated changes to the firefighters pension system that would undo 2013 reforms made to reduce spending. The mayor’s office argues the changes would wreak havoc on the city’s finances.

Not everyone is sold on Gov. JB Pritzker's plan, which would put more money toward education while caring for the influx of migrants. Plus, Jazz St. Louis will honor Kirkwood-raised musician David Sanborn with its first lifetime achievement award.

The move comes as Boeing faces mounting pressure to demonstrate it has a handle on its quality-control problems in the wake of a midair fuselage blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 last month.

SoJeff Retro closed its doors on Cherokee and Texas this past Sunday, February 18. The storefront opened up on South Jefferson 10 years ago and found its name -– literally -– on the block.

Officials in Wentzville School District are pushing back on former state senator and Congressional candidate Bob Onder's claims that the superintendent plans to "censure" three whistleblowing school board members.

Treasurer Vivek Malek refused to attend a committee hearing to discuss the machines.

A lawsuit filed by Our Lady’s Inn against the county was dropped last week after the parties agreed to additional restrictions on the project, according to Councilman Dennis Hancock.

Attorney for former oversight board member seeks dismissal of charges, and argues city counselor's office has a conflict of interest it can't overcome.

Emergency crews are responding to tractor-trailer crashes on Interstate 55.

There are more than 41 million black people in America, and many of us have little knowledge of our ancestry dating back to before slavery.

If you're hoping for a Cinnabon, the Biscuit Joint (2649 Washington Avenue, 314-769-9434) is not the place for you. Because this one, here, is definitely not that.

At 8 feet, 11.1 inches, Wadlow was the tallest man in recorded history. He was born Feb. 22, 1918.

If you're waking up Thursday morning with no phone service, you're not alone. A nationwide outage affects tens of thousands of customers.

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXIV:53-AM JW Thu, 02/22/2024 - 06:07 STL: Thursday, February 22, 2024 Events 📆

• The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: February 22 to 25 - RFT
• Your guide to parish fish fries in St. Louis this Lenten season - FEAST
• Ways to celebrate Black History Month in St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
• SLAM’s Matisse and the Sea Exhibit Explores a French Master's Ocean Obsession - RFT

BuySTL 👜

• Where to support Black-owned bakeries in St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
• Everything is free at this St. Louis store - KSDK
• New attraction planned at St. Louis Union Station - stltoday.com
• New amusement ride planned at Union Station - KSDK
• Arcade games, Skee-Ball no longer free at 4 Hands Brewing Co. - KSDK
• St. Louis-based retailer to close all remaining stores amid bankruptcy - KSDK
• 'It's Heartbreaking': MO Art Supply Will Close for Good on Sunday - RFT
• Blue Violet closes in Edwardsville - St. Louis Magazine
• American Queen Voyages shuts down, cancels all trips - stltoday.com
• Jobe Responds To American Queen Voyages Announcement It Has Discontinued Operations For 2024 - RiverBender
• Liberal billionaire George Soros will be largest shareholder of KMOX parent - St. Louis Business Journal

Restaurants 🍲

• 1818 Offshore Offers Fresh Seafood Specials for Lent - RiverBender

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Former art studio of Bob and Gail Cassilly faces demolition - St. Louis Magazine

STL99 😱

• The Gateway Geyser Is Shutting Down - RFT
• Gateway Geyser to close, make way for potential National Park acquisition and Illinois Route 3 construction - KSDK
• Cement dust billows from south St. Louis plant - FOX 2
• Fight leads to shooting at bus company offices - FOX 2
• Argument leads to rolling gunfire along I-270 in Bridgeton, one shot - FOX 2
• Fourth pedestrian killed this month in St. Louis County - stltoday.com
• Pedestrian fatalities rising across St. Louis - FOX 2

Police 🚓

• Officer crashes police vehicle near St. Louis fire station, police say - KSDK

DotGov 🏛

• KOSA Isn’t Just Wrong About The Internet, It’s Wrong About Child Safety - Techdirt
• 8 states move to ban utilities from using customer money for lobbying - Grist

CityGov 🏛

• BB 218 - Zoning Change for 5956 Columbia Avenue - Board Bills
• BB 219 - Zoning Change 6110 Berthold Avenue - Board Bills
• BB 221 - Recklessly Driving - Board Bills
• BB 220 - Appropriating $15,300,000 of Interest Funds Earned on the City’s Funds Received Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - Board Bills
• Business Insider touts success behind St. Louis' Guaranteed Basic Income program - FOX 2
• Alderwoman files bill giving $15.3M more for convention center project - St. Louis Business Journal

LocalGov 🏛

• Plans to build a shelter for pregnant women in St. Louis County will advance - stltoday.com
• How tax breaks siphoned millions from Missouri public schools that serve poor students - Missouri Independent
• Godfrey Tables Public Camping Ban - RiverBender

MoGov 🏛

• Downtown West Is Getting a New DMV Office - RFT
• University of Missouri opposes bill that would end its monopoly over certain graduate degrees - stltoday.com
• Push for legal betting backed by Cardinals, Chiefs, other Missouri teams may cause gambling addiction spike - KSDK
• Missouri Senate committee discusses requiring five-day school weeks for some districts - FOX 2
• Missouri Treasurer faces scrutiny over state advertising on unregulated slot machines - Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

• Cori Bush presses Postmaster General for answers to St. Louis-area mail woes - FOX 2

History 🦕

• Black History Moment: Remembering Maya Angelou's contributions to history - FOX 2

Sustainability ♻️

• The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death - ProPublica
• The growing popularity of degrowth - Grist
• Hydrogen Could Have Much Bigger Climate Impact Than Most Estimates, Study Shows - News
• Trillions of tons of buried hydrogen: Clean energy gold rush begins - New Atlas

Infrastructure 🚽

• Widespread AT&T service outage reported Thursday morning - KSDK
• Street collapse closes south St. Louis road - stltoday.com
• South St. Louis street collapses into massive sinkhole - KSDK
• Sinkhole in south St. Louis: reported problems since 2011 - FOX 2
• Crews working to determine solution to south city sinkhole - FOX 2
• 5G is ‘ now’ eating cable’s lunch - On my Om

WWW99 🕸

• New SSH-Snake malware steals SSH keys to spread across the network - BleepingComputer
• New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers - The Hacker News

DIY 🪓

• Using Eleventy to Gobble Up Everything I Do Online - Robb Knight • Posts • Atom Feed
• Water cooling is overkill for Pi 5 - Jeff Geerling's Blog

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Robin Rendle’s new homepage is a Hypercard-inspired mini-manifesto - Waxy.org
• Replacement PCB Replicates Early 80s Modem - Hackaday
• Reported $60M Reddit deal signed to train AI models with user data - The Register
• MariaDB receives offer to go private more than year after disastrous IPO - The Register
• Simplified pricing in Micro.blog - Manton Reece
• Meta is testing cross-posts from Facebook to Threads - Engadget
• McDonald’s creates 'WcDonald’s': the anime-inspired fast food experience - FOX 2

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Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski is holding a roundtable at East St. Louis High School to discuss the importance of the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Police arrested three people who broke into a building on Landsdowne Avenue near South Kingshighway in south St. Louis.

Jazz St. Louis' 'Swing for Tomorrow's Stars' gala starts Thursday night.