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A number of St. Louis-area municipalities, school districts and fire districts have bond issues and ballot measures that could fund major construction projects on the ballot for Missouri’s April 2 election, along with new sales taxes on marijuana sales. Here’s a rundown of many of the proposals.

There are a lot of elections worldwide, and these events invariably raise significant concerns regarding potential manipulation, particularly in light of emerging technologies such as generative AI. To help address these concerns, we are reintroducing our innovative “election threatcasting” game, Threatcast 2024, which has been designed to help users anticipate and counteract such threats. In […]

From Construction Dive:  High-speed rail projects tend to entail challenges that can cause delays, controversy and cost overruns, according to new research from AECOM, but there are ways to execute them smoothly. The Dallas-based contractor’s report delves into industry trends and how to make these notoriously challenging projects successful. It is based on a survey […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Major developments to create nearly a dozen commercial spaces and hundreds of new apartments and townhomes may be on the horizon for two cities in St. Charles County. The three projects, in Dardenne Prairie and Lake Saint Louis, are all within 10 miles of each other and would add 733 new […]

Today on TAP: The Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy in Baltimore is a reminder that sudden changes to how we move goods around the world can happen anytime.

David Byrne and Devo are among the artists contributing songs to a new compilation album raising money to benefit abortion access and reproductive rights.Put out by the nonprofit organization Noise…

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Victor Scott II, a dynamic prospect and speedster coming off a 94-stolen base season, will indeed join the St. Louis Cardinals on the Opening Day roster.

A sign of the times: Last night I saw a post on Twitter that displayed a video of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore collapsing. I did a quick check of a couple of news sites and saw nothing about it, so I assumed it was some kind of AI joke and moved on. ...continue reading "A fake bridge collapse? Nope."

After 20 years of fighting, Visa and Mastercard have agreed to lower their swipe fees. Check it out: In the deal, the credit-card networks and banks will lower the fees that merchants pay to accept credit cards. There is a range of these fees, typically referred to as swipe fees or interchange fees, with an ...continue reading "Credit card companies agree to lower swipe fees by 0.04%"

Restricting abortion rights is a family affair for the Hawleys, who met while clerking for Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court.

Fans of Western Michigan University, Michigan State University and University of Michigan's men's hockey teams are having a hard time finding tickets to this weekend's NCAA regional in suburban St. Louis.

We all know that Donald Trump loves the Bible. No one has ever loved the Bible more than Trump. He even loves both the Corinthians. But it turns out that Trump especially loves one particular Bible: the large-print King James "God Bless the USA Bible" from singer Lee Greenwood, which can be yours for only ...continue reading "Only one special Bible is endorsed by Donald Trump"

A St. Louis County school district is calling out the Missouri Attorney General for inaccuracies in his letter calling for an investigation into the district after a fight involving high schoolers went viral earlier this month.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is considering building tiny homes for St. Louis’ unhoused population at the former site of the city’s Medium Security Institution, better known as the Workhouse. Her spokesman suggests she has little choice — that the Board of Aldermen have effectively blocked homeless shelters from going just about everywhere else in the city. Activists who Jones once consulted on a future use for the Workhouse say she’s not wrong about that.

Page says County Council not moving quickly enough on headquarters renovation, might miss deadline.