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A new Washington Post "analysis" informs us that the Senate and Electoral College are biased in favor of small red states. Also that political polarization has increased and trust in government has decreased. This is not exactly big news. But at least it's all true. On the other hand, there's been a lot of substantial ...continue reading "The country is pretty normal these days"

School districts, libraries and other impacted taxing bodies within St. Louis County now have estimates on how much they would lose, and gain, in the Boeing Co.'s $2 billion expansion.

Former Jennings attorney Sam Alton claims others who recently quit are also fed up with the mayor.

Grateful Dead has released two hours of never-before-heard music. The band just shared the third edition of The Angel’s Share series, this time featuring previously unreleased session tapes from their album Wake of the Flood, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary

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Jordan will never be mistaken for a human rights haven. The State Department’s assessment of the kingdom of Jordan’s human rights environment is, at best, extremely dismal. Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment by government authorities; arbitrary arrest and detention; political prisoners or […]

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METRO EAST – Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 850, which establishes the Illinois Grocery Initiative – a multi-pronged policy designed to address food deserts across the state. It will support existing grocers and encourage new grocery stores to open through incentive opportunities. The legislation also allows grocery stores receiving grants as part of the program to be designated as High Impact Businesses, providing them the opportunity to receive tax credits and other incentives. “The Illinois Grocery Initiative is the latest expansion of our holistic approach to ensuring Illinois families can reach the big building blocks of a good life,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “When our residents struggle to keep a roof over their head, can’t put food on the table, or have to choose between paying for basic medical care and keeping the lights on—that’s a failure of the system. That’s why I’m proud to sign into law

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It all started with a back-to-school party in an unspectacular Bronx apartment building. DJ Kool Herc, also known as Clive Clampell, and his sister Cindy Campbell had a simple idea — earn some money for new clothes, according to a 2013 Paste Magazine story.

“It’s a pretty sad day when a reporter or a cameraman is run over by a vehicle simply because an elected official doesn’t want to talk to them."

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2023-230-PM Edition JW Fri, 08/18/2023 - 17:27

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A lunchtime update. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

STL: Friday, August 18, 2023

Events 📆

• Enjoy a free concert from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, fireworks at Forest Park next month - KSDK
• The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, August 17 to 20 - RFT
• This weekend’s best food and drink events in St. Louis: August 18-20 - feastmagazine.com

BuySTL 👜

• A-B heir Billy Busch open to buying back Bud Light brand - FOX 2
• Fields Foods Employees Say They Knew Nothing of ‘Employee Group’ Plans - RFT
• In St. Charles, Erbe Farms is growing and selling some of your favorite fungi - feastmagazine.com
• Lufthansa hopes to expand Frankfurt flight as passengers pack seats, leaders declare success - stltoday.com
• Metro East Dispensary Sees ‘Drastic Decrease’ After Missouri Legalizes Weed Sales - RFT
• Missouri Drew 1,600 Applicants for 48 Micro Cannabis Licenses - RFT
• US Steel says union cannot block company’s sale - stltoday.com

Restaurants 🍲

• 5 St. Louis spots making killer fried chicken sandwiches - feastmagazine.com
• Divas Dine at Casa de Tres Reyes, The Main House & Hendel’s - flovalleynews.com
• New bar planned for Midtown this fall - KSDK
• Six restaurant kitchens now open at The Hill Food Co. - St. Louis Magazine
• St. Louis barbecue chain to open new restaurant location in Florissant - St. Louis Business Journal
• The Key Bistro opens in the Missouri History Museum - St. Louis Magazine
• The Wood Shack Is Now Bigger — With an Expanded Menu - RFT
• This St. Louis deli stop named Yelp’s best in the Midwest - FOX 2

Neighborhoods 🏡 DIY 🪓

• Soundproofing my studio: what’s in a wall? - Jeff Geerling’s Blog

Recipes 📇

Sustainability ♻️

• Missouri River Basin Has Average Month In July - The Waterways Journal

Nature 🦝

• An Invasive Hornet That Murders Honeybees Has Arrived in the United States - Gizmodo

STL99 😱

• A food oasis suddenly dry as Pagedale grocer closes - stlamerican.com
• Byers’ Beat: ‘We were just kind of thrown to the wind’ | Retired dispatcher says St. Louis 911 crisis was a long time coming - KSDK
• Deal dead for sale of AT&T tower in downtown St. Louis - stltoday.com
• Chess.com cuts ties with ‘St. Louis Chess Club’ over sexual assault allegations - FOX 2
• Chess.com ends relationship with Saint Louis Chess Club ‘for foreseeable future’ over sexual assault allegations - KSDK
• Fox 2 cameraman breaks leg, needs surgery after he’s hit by Hillsdale village vehicle - stltoday.com
• St. Louis homeless shelter needs a new home. But no one wants it near them. - stltoday.com

STL100 💯

• St. Louis CITY SC has plans to install 11 mini-pitches around the region - St. Louis Magazine
• St. Louis Parking Dispute Resolved By Justice Toilet - RFT

99MO 😱

• Study: Missouri among ‘most dangerous states’ for motorcycling - FOX 2

100MO 💯

• The world’s largest spool of thread is in Missouri - Boing Boing

Crime 🗯

• SLMPD Daily Crime Report SLMPD

DotGov 🏛

• Kansas newspaper publishes in defiance of police raid — and gets seized property back - Missouri Independent

CityGov 🏛

• City of St. Louis partners with longtime local nonprofit to replace Cure Violence program - KSDK
• CDA Housing Awards 2023 - City of St. Louis - News
• St. Louis OKs $1.9M more for violent crime ‘interruption’ programs - stltoday.com

LocalGov 🏛

• Emergency meeting called in Jennings after mass resignations - FOX 2
• Emergency meeting called in Jennings after several resignations by employees - KSDK
• Flood, levee issues dominate public hearing on Mississippi River policy - stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

• Cannabis trade group pushes back on Missouri regulators after encouraging investigation - stltoday.com

FedGov 🏛

• Feds raise concerns about long call center wait times as millions dropped from Medicaid - stltoday.com

Covid19 Info 🦠

• Is it too soon to get your flu shot? Here’s the answer - KSDK

STLhelp ☎️ Jobs 📄 History 🦕 Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Clear and cool Friday, Excessive Heat Watch issued from Sunday afternoon through Wednesday - FOX 2
• Honey, can you shrink the plugin? Mozilla allows desktop extensions on Firefox for Android - The Register
• Internet Archive’s Copyright Battle with Publishers Leads to Lending Restrictions - TorrentFreak
• NASA’s spectacular view of St. Louis from space - FOX 2
• Record labels hit Internet Archive with new $400M lawsuit for preserving 78 rpm records - Waxy.org
• SUSE to flip back into private ownership after just two-and-a-bit years - The Register

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Formerly known as Six Flags of Mid-America, this amusement park has long been a cherished destination for nuclear families, who convene annually to indulge in ice cream, relish exhilarating rides, and soak up the sun's warmth. St. Flags of Mid-America made its debut on June 5, 1971.

A retired dispatcher shares how the dispatcher shortage has been brewing through three mayoral administrations.

Seven teachers from the St. Louis region have advanced to the semifinalist stage as nominees for the 2024 Missouri Teacher of the Year award. This program highlights the crucial role that outstanding teachers play in their students' lives.

SPRINGFIELD – A new law championed by State Senator Christopher Belt will tackle the increasing number of food deserts in Illinois. “Everyone should be close to fresh and affordable food ,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “This new Grocery Initiative Act will provide crucial support to grocery stores in areas where they are needed most.” Under the new law, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity will be required to provide grants and other forms of financial assistance to grocery stores located in or to be located in a food desert. This aims to help mitigate the issue of food deserts across the state. An area is considered a food desert when urban residents have to travel more than a half-mile and rural residents more than 10 miles to get to the nearest grocery store. “When communities lack grocery stores, it can have a significant impact on the health and well-being of residents,” said Belt. “With this new initiative, we are heading

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EAST ALTON – Visitors to the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center’s Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station will notice a new addition atop its iconic green roof. A weather station, specifically called a Mesonet station, from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Saint Louis University, was recently installed by NGRREC sm Post-Doctoral Research Associate Teresa Baraza, PhD, and Doctoral Student Ryan Kelly. "We are excited to be able to bring this collaboration to fruition,” Baraza said. “The NGRREC field station is a great location for a Mesonet station that can yield useful and reliable weather data, so this is a great opportunity for both institutions". The goal of this weather station is to continuously collect real-time data on temperature, pressure, moisture, rain fall, solar radiation and wind speed. The station will record each of these metrics every minute, giving researchers a more complete picture of weather fluctuations

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- A U.S. District Judge sentenced a Worden man to serve seven years in federal prison for the possession of illicit child pornography.

CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today commemorated August as Child Support Awareness Month by highlighting Illinois’ new law to improve the collection of child support payments and ensure families across the state receive the support they need to raise their children. Raoul initiated House Bill 3301, which was signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker and sponsored by Sen. Mike Halpin and Rep. Terra Costa Howard, to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act to require employers to report independent contractors as new hires starting Jan. 1. The new reporting requirement will ensure that the Attorney General’s office is able to better ensure that non-custodial parents employed as independent contractors are meeting their child support obligations. “August is Child Support Awareness Month, and I am proud to highlight the latest efforts my office is undertaking to ensure children in Illinois get the support they need. This law will help our child support attorneys in thei

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Built in 1960, the residence was designed by architect Isadore Shank.

Let’s start from the basics here: if you tax something, you will get less of it. That’s how taxes work. If you want less of something, you add a tax to it. In Canada, some very, very clueless politicians (pushed by the news media) passed a tax on Facebook and Google linking to news. Both […]