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White House unveils $42.5B to connect every American to high-speed broadband internet

2 years 5 months ago

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday announced $42.45 billion to connect all Americans to high-speed broadband internet by the end of the decade, likening the ambitious goal to FDR’s New Deal-era rural electrification program that brought the then-modern technology to farms and rural areas across the United States. Missouri will receive $1.7 billion. The […]

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Ashley Murray

We’re older than we used to be, especially in these states

2 years 5 months ago

The median age rose in almost every state last year, census estimates show, continuing a long-term trend that is pushing states to prepare for aging populations. Seventeen states had median ages over 40 in 2022, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the age at which half of residents are older and half are […]

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Tim Henderson

The Borough Plan of 1962

2 years 5 months ago
In what is commonly called the Great Divorce, St. Louis City voted in 1876 to legally separate from St. Louis County. The move has officially estranged both municipalities until the present day while still allowing them joint custody of cultural institutions. Many lawmakers over the decades have proposed plans to reconcile Greater St. Louis, but …
Laura Shimel