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The 2021 infrastructure bill set aside an historic $42.5 billion for broadband deployment. It also tasked the FCC with creating rules aimed at ending decades of race and class based-discrimination in broadband deployment, which have been well documented by The Markup, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), and others. The goal was to try and […]

Connor James still remembers the first “really good cup of coffee” he had: “It really opened my eyes to what coffee can taste like,” he said.

McDonald's is releasing a new limited-edition happy meal for adults, complete with a very special toy.

One of the St. Louis region's largest privately held companies is changing up its executive suite as one of its top executives retires.

The St. Charles County Council regrouped Tuesday after the surprise failure of a resolution that would have opposed the resettlement of up to 30,000 Latin American immigrants in St. Louis.

Mayor and all six council members have declined to provide any information about the process being used to hire new city manager.

Illinois has devoted $25 million in federal COVID funding to the program. The money runs out next year.

Republicans on a U.S. House panel argued Wednesday against aggressive moves to meet carbon reduction goals, saying U.S. fossil fuel companies are working to make their products cleaner. Democrats on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Minerals countered that to achieve further reductions, federal policies should be continued […]

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Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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You might see long lines at some 'Circle K' stores Thursday. It's another one of their fuel pop-up sales.

There's a new brewery coming to metro St. Louis. Goodwood Brewing and Spirits says it plans to open its doors at 108 South Main Street in downtown O'Fallon, Missouri, in late January 2024.

The Lenhard Family Holiday Light Show is back Thursday. It's located at the Larry G. Crites Memorial Park in Festus.

UMSL is hosting a big women's volleyball tournament Thursday. It's the Division II NCAA Midwest Regionals.

Police are searching for two people of interest in a Thanksgiving murder.

Shani Knight likes to joke that the real reason she agreed to open GOTham and Eggs (3139 South Grand Boulevard, 314-833-8355) with her husband, Jason, is because she wanted her house back. Prior to opening the South Grand superhero-themed diner, the only venue for Jason's massive, mostly Batman-themed collection was their home.

An area once known for its factories, River North is now one of Chicago's hippest art and design neighborhoods.

For years, administrators of the Gateway Arch National Park suspected that visitors were being undercounted — and now they finally have proof. The undercount was confirmed in a new, two-year study of the downtown St. Louis national park, which used location-based mobile device data, park leaders say. Previously, counts were based on a visitor use study dating back to the 1990s, according to a press release issued by the park yesterday.