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Madison County Property Tax Bills Due Soon

2 years 6 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser recently announced the third installment of property tax payments will be due soon on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. “With the due date quickly approaching, I want to remind everyone that the third of four tax installments will be due Fri, Oct 6,” Slusser said. “The Treasurer’s office is open for business Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but will be closed the Monday after the due date in observance of Columbus Day on Oct 9.” Taxpayers have several payment options available. Payments can be made: At a participating collector bank or credit union in Madison County Through your financial institution’s online bill pay service On the Treasurer’s website at www.madcotreasurer.org By mail (letters must be postmarked on or before Oct. 6) By phone at 1-844-919-4300 In-person at the Treasurer’s Office, located at 157 N. Main St., Suite #125 in Edwardsville “No

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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 6 months ago
These are the San Jacinto mountains at the start of spring. I took this picture near the middle of a loop off I10 that goes from Banning to Idyllwild and then out to Palm Desert.
Kevin Drum

Preliminary OK Given to Two Similar Developments in Springdale

2 years 6 months ago
From Leader Publications:  The Winding Bluffs subdivision in the Springdale area may get a little bigger, and it may have a new neighbor as well. The Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted on Sept. 14 to recommend approval of a rezoning request and development plan for Winding Bluffs Second Addition. McBride Berra Land Co. […]
Kacey Crawley

Yelp Asks Court To Stop Texas AG Ken Paxton From Suing Them For Warning Users That Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Scams

2 years 6 months ago
To hear Texas legislators (and the 5th Circuit) view the world, it is apparently wholly unconstitutional to share information from the government with websites in any manner that might pressure them in how they moderate, yet at the same time, the government is absolutely free to compel companies to post messages that they want on […]
Mike Masnick

Feds Zero In on St. Louis Apartment Deal

2 years 6 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Federal prosecutors are seeking records involving public subsidies used to help construct a St. Louis apartment complex, a subpoena released Monday shows. A federal subpoena sent to St. Louis Development Corp. told the city development agency to turn over records Aug. 23 related to “sales and use tax exemption relative […]
Kacey Crawley

Keystone Construction Company Begins Construction on SourceOne Solutions, LLC Headquarters

2 years 6 months ago
Design-build contractor Keystone Construction Company has begun construction on the new $5 million corporate headquarters for SourceOne Solutions, LLC, which produces design, construction, maintenance and renovation of commercial lighting solutions. The 37,500 square-foot building, which is being constructed on a 6.45-acre site in O’Fallon, Missouri at 6800 Keaton Corporate Parkway, is scheduled to complete Fall […]
Dede Hance

How to Prepare for Davis-Bacon Updates

2 years 6 months ago
From Construction Dive:  The Biden administration’s recent changes to the Davis-Bacon Act are the most dramatic in a generation. They restore the Labor Department’s definition of prevailing wage that was used until 1983, thereby increasing construction workers’ pay on federally funded projects. The new rule, which goes into effect Oct. 23, also expands types of […]
Kacey Crawley

Worker Wellness Blog: U.S. Mental Health Crisis

2 years 6 months ago
by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
Dede Hance

Newsom’s Choice

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: In California (not to mention America), the racial and ethnic politics of representation are inescapable.
Harold Meyerson