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Subtext Plans Mixed-Use Apartment Building in the Delmar Loop

2 years 7 months ago
From NextSTL:  Subtext is planning a mixed-use apartment building in The Delmar Loop in University City at Delmar and Leland. The site currently has the buildings formerly occupied by Commerce Bank, St. Louis Bread Co, and Craft Alliance. The property not including the former Craft Alliance building has been for sale for a few years listed […]
Dede Hance

Public Hearing Seeks to Give Chesterfield City Council Eminent Domain Power

2 years 7 months ago
From West Newsmagazine:  Chesterfield Mall is blighted. That’s the finding of an analysis by PGAV Planners, which was engaged to determine if the property and surrounding redevelopment area were defined as blighted per state statutes. Those findings were shared during a public hearing on the Chesterfield Regional 353 Development Plan and Project at the July […]
Dede Hance

‘Fueled by lies,’ Trump charged with seeking to overturn 2020 election

2 years 7 months ago

WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday, alleging that Trump and co-conspirators attempted to subvert the 2020 election to keep the former president in power through a series of illegal actions that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The former president faces four […]

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Jacob Fischler

VIDEO: How to Fix America’s Labor Shortage

2 years 7 months ago
From CNBC: The U.S. economy still has a massive labor shortage. The American Health Association reports 600,000 nurses plan to leave the field by 2027. Even the construction industry will need another 540,000 workers on top of the normal pace of hiring to meet the demand for labor, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors. […]
Tom Finan

ABC: Construction Job Openings Decreased by 5,000 in June

2 years 7 months ago
The construction industry had 374,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings […]
Dede Hance

Cape Girardeau County Solar Project Proposed for 2024 Construction

2 years 7 months ago
From Southeast Missourian:  A standing room only audience of residents packed into Cape Girardeau County Commission chambers July 24 to hear a St. Louis attorney and representatives of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy explain the benefits of a solar farm — Lutesville Solar Project — being planned for 1,500 acres in the southeastern part of […]
Dede Hance

Coroner Nonn Identifies Pedestrian Struck In Fatal Accident

2 years 7 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn has identified an area man that died as a result of being struck by a passenger vehicle early this morning as 36-year-old George L. Laughlin of Granite City. Nonn said 911 was notified at 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. "For reasons unknown, the victim was confirmed crossing Illinois Route 140 east of North Stanley Road in East Alton when his body was struck by an eastbound pickup truck," Nonn said. "He was pronounced deceased at the scene by Madison County Coroner’s Office Investigator Christopher Hartman at 1:50 a.m., today’s date. "Preliminary evidence at the scene suggests the decedent died as a result chest, abdomen, and pelvic blunt trauma. Routine toxicology testing remains pending at this time. The driver of the vehicle striking the decedent was not issued a citation and is cooperating with the investigation." Nonn added that the case remains under investigation by the East Alton Police Department, Illinois

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Next Phase of Rebuild Illinois Includes Millions for Local Construction

2 years 7 months ago
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  Rebuild Illinois capital program is launching the largest infrastructure construction program in state history, with $41 billion over six years going into roads, bridges, aviation, rail and more. “Over the next six years we’re investing over $40 billion to improve all modes of transportation across our great state. That […]
Dede Hance