From St. Louis Public Radio: A multimillion-dollar center to drive innovation in the manufacturing sector broke ground in north St. Louis on Tuesday. The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center will serve as a hub for research and development into new materials and the industrial production methods required to make them. It will also provide workforce training […]
The current standing for the Mississippi River lies about a foot and a-half below normal value. That level is forecast to reach -5.2 feet by mid-December, which would be the sixth-lowest river level in recorded history.
JERSEYVILLE - The Jerseyville City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve an ordinance exempting the city from the state’s Paid Leave For All Workers Act , which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. According to the Illinois Department of Labor , Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave For All Workers Act (SB208) into law in March of 2023. The law entitles all workers in Illinois a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave during a 12-month period. Leave accrues at a rate of one hour of paid leave per 40 hours worked and applies to all workers in Illinois, including municipal employees, with exceptions for certain industries and independent contractors. Under the new law, employees can take paid leave “ for any reason of the employee's choosing” and are not required to provide documentation or a reason for taking the leave. The law also forbids employers from requiring employees to find replacement workers to cover the hours they choose to take their
According to estimates from CMS, the average premium for an Obamacare health policy has dropped about 10% since 2020 after adjusting for inflation. The average net cost after subsidy is down about 50%. Here are figures for the past five years. The top chart shows the average for all enrollees. The bottom chart shows the ...continue reading "Raw data: The cost of Obamacare is going down"
The suspect was taken to Progress West Hospital to make sure they were medically fit to be detained. There, the suspect escaped police custody— temporarily.
Giving Tuesday is the day when charities ask us to take a break from our holiday shopping and open our wallets to worthy causes. The APA Brentwood is looking to help some four-legged friends with your donations.
Car tires, couches, dressers and dozens of trash bags full of junk can be found on the corner of Planned Industrial Drive and Stratford Avenue near Walnut Park East.
by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical worlds […]
Back in 2015, Techdirt wrote about one of China’s many attempts to control the online world, in this case by requiring everyone to use real names when they register for online services. As that post noted, the fact that the Chinese authorities had announced similar initiatives several times since 2003 suggests that implementing the policy […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Leonard Griggs, the gruff former Air Force colonel who ran St. Louis Lambert International Airport for more than 21 years, died Monday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield. He was 92. Griggs was Lambert’s director under five St. Louis mayors, from 1977 to 1987 and again from 1993 until his retirement […]
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