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Biden and congressional leaders fail to reach a debt limit deal, but will meet again Friday

2 years 6 months ago

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and top congressional leaders were unable to reach a bipartisan debt limit agreement during a closed-door meeting Tuesday, leaving the dispute unresolved as the country moves closer to a default predicted as soon as early June. White House staff and aides to the four congressional leaders, however, will meet throughout […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Rosé by Peno Aims To Be the Ultimate Neighborhood Bar

2 years 6 months ago
Pepe Kehm has enjoyed a long and successful career in the St. Louis service industry, be it as a chef, an owner, an operator, a consultant or some combination of all four. Trying to unknot that personal history would take the entirety of this article's word count and then some.
Thomas Crone

EPA: Radioactive contamination at West Lake landfill is more widespread

2 years 6 months ago

BRIDGETON — Radioactive waste has migrated outside the boundaries of the West Lake landfill and contaminated soil and water on the edge of the St. Louis County site, federal environmental officials said Tuesday night.  And the contaminated area onsite is far larger than previously thought. Yet still, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency couldn’t assure the […]

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Allison Kite

FCC Low Income Broadband Program A Huge Windfall For Monopolies Causing The Broadband Affordability Problem We’re Pretending To Fix

2 years 6 months ago
During the COVID crisis, the FCC launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB program), giving lower income Americans a $50 ($75 for those in tribal lands) discount off of their broadband bill. Under the program, the government gave money to ISPs, which then doled out discounts to users if they qualified. But (and I’m sure this […]
Karl Bode