The Chevron rules says that if a law is ambiguous, courts should defer to any reasonable interpretation of the agency charged with enforcing it. Jonah Goldberg doesn't like this: The question of whether the judicial or the executive branches should be the final word on regulatory policies misses the elephant in the room: Congress should ...continue reading "Congress should not pretend to be a homeowners association"
Letter To The Editor: The Madison County Board approved lifetime appointments to two individuals at its January monthly meeting. Bob McClellan for the Agricultural Areas Committee and Matt King, a sitting county board member, to the Southwestern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. All lifetime appointments. Lifetime appointments are not only illegal, but they are a relic of nobility and the giving of titles. They are contemptible and go against every value of representative government. Should anyone be given a free pass from public oversight? The concept of lifetime appointments, outside of the US Supreme Court, has been clearly and fully eliminated throughout the nation, except in Madison County, where the law never seems to totally apply. Lastly, county board members with 2- and 4-year terms are making decisions they will not be around to answer for. Everyone should insist on these gentlemen being reappointed with a defined 2- to 4-year term. Douglas Hulme Edwardsville - Madison
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon received 10 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 23, including an Original Score nod for the late Robbie Robertson, which is a bit bittersweet for the director.…
Criminal defense attorney David Mueller announced this morning he is dropping out of the race for St. Louis Circuit Attorney. Mueller announced his candidacy last April amid the turmoil engulfing then-Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.
An audit accusing his office of illegally withholding information and failing to document withdrawal from a national elections clearinghouse is a “deep state” political attack, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft told reporters Tuesday. Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, who like Ashcroft is a Republican, responded to the accusations Tuesday afternoon, saying those who are the […]
From Notes From Neverland: Disneyland and Walt Disney World are two of the most popular theme park destinations in the world. But, did you know Florida wasn’t the only spot Disney looked at when planning to expand its theme park presence outside of California? Walt Disney looked to St. Louis, Missouri as a candidate for […]
From Labor Tribune: Pace Construction, along with parent company Lionmark Construction Companies, has organized a huge prize raffle to benefit two Missouri Laborers who were injured after being hit by a car while on the job. “The contractor has organized this raffle, and we are helping spread the word throughout the membership and the public […]
I agree with Charles Cooke! I don’t know how much more plainly I can say it than this: If you believe that Donald Trump represents a unique threat to democracy — as Joe Biden and his team keep saying that they do — then you should not want Donald Trump on the ballot. There are ...continue reading "Nobody should be rooting for Donald Trump"
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The company redeveloping the former MetLife campus, a sprawling corporate park in suburban south St. Louis County, is jettisoning the office market and turning the land into a housing and retail neighborhood. Earlier this month, Energizer Holdings announced that it would move its headquarters from Town and Country to Clayton — […]
From Call Newspaper: The City of Crestwood held an informational town hall Jan. 18 at the city community center, 9245 Whitecliff Park Lane, featuring the mayor and all eight aldermen. Though anything relating to the city could be discussed, one topic was particularly popular amongst residents: the newly-proposed $33 million bond issue known as Proposition […]
From Construction Dive: Total construction starts surged 20% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.12 trillion after three months of falling activity in September, October and November, according to Dodge Construction Network. Despite the big bounceback during the last month of the year, total construction activity remained 4% lower compared to 2022, […]
From St. Louis-MO.Gov: This year, the Affordable Housing Commission (AHC) announces it has tripled its annual awards supporting the construction and preservation of affordable housing in the City of St. Louis. Totaling $15,747,128 million in grants and loans, this year’s allocation will support a record-breaking 46 affordable housing programs and fourteen (14) housing developments in […]
Any school shooting is horrific. But the Uvalde school shooting went far beyond the usual nightmarish levels of something that happens so often in the United States, we can actually use the modifier “usual.” Police officers entered the school three minutes after the shooter did. But they did not actually end the terror until more […]
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