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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- Governor Pritzker signed an assault weapon ban into law Tuesday night. Some of the law goes into effect immediately, some will not go into effect until later. Immediately Now in Illinois, it is illegal to sell or deliver any assault weapon anywhere in the state of Illinois. "Sales of assault weapons [...]

Tyler Cowen points me today to a new study that investigates whether the gender wage gap is affected by family leave laws. The basic strategy is to look at the gender gap by state and compare wages before and after family leave acts were passed. That's a sensible approach. Long story short, the authors conclude ...continue reading "Do family leave acts kill progress on the gender wage gap?"

St. Louis County Council members vowed on Tuesday, their first meeting of the new year, to tackle a looming budget deficit, use pandemic aid wisely and treat each other with more civility. But they split on their choice for a…

Todd Mockler, a scientist and entrepreneur who sought to understand how plants perceive their environment, passed away Friday at the age of 52.

When the Save A Lot in Pagedale closed in November of 2021, it was a major blow to a community that had worked hard to bring the kinds of things to Pagedale and the surrounding communities that are commonplace most anywhere else. Like a grocery store. Opened in 2010, the Save A Lot was the […]

Stop in every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 for Trivia Night with Mack and Mace at Steve’s Hot Dogs. Stop at the table to sign up. Come back every week,

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This week the camera of Construction Forum Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle LLC, drone captured bustling activity on Olive Boulevard just east of I-170. The Costco Store which anchors the site 31-acre-site being developed by Larry Chapman, CEO of Seneca Commercial Real Estate and Bob Clark, CEO of Clayco and its CRG development was […]

The law will allow gun owners to keep the guns they have now, but will require them to register them with the state.

Jesus Christ: I'm not sure there's been a less silenced group in all of history than modern conservatives. They have their own TV network. They have the entire AM radio dial. They have social media networks for their own private use. They have churches, CEOs, and think tanks at their beck and call. They own ...continue reading "American conservatives are the least silenced people on the planet"

A man was shot and killed Monday evening in Ferguson.

Enjoy St. Louis Blues ice hockey at Enterprise Center.

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Cathy Westerheide, Director of Sales for G&S Acoustics and FabricWall, will retire effective December 29, 2022, marking the conclusion of a notable 29-year career with Golterman & Sabo, the parent company of G & S Acoustics. “Cathy’s relationships with our customers and reps have been outstanding,” says Herb Golterman, CEO. “She has that rare talent […]

There has been much conjecture from employers, union leaders, school administrators and others on what role high school should know before going into the skilled trades. University of Missouri Extension researcher Doug Swanson, EdD, decided to ask workers who had been in the industry for two decades two things: What they learned, or wished they […]

St. Louis is the No. 11 growth city in America, according to the U-Haul® Growth Index analyzing customer moves during 2022. People arriving in St. Louis in one-way U-Haul trucks increased 12% over 2021 while departures increased only 5%. Do-it-yourself movers arriving in St. Louis accounted for 51.2% of all one-way U-Haul truck traffic in […]

After the family of a Mizzou student said a hazing incident left their son blind, unable to talk, walk or care for himself, a Missouri lawmaker is proposing legislation to prevent a similar situation from happening again. 

A man was shot dead Monday night inside a vehicle in Ferguson.

Sunday Deadline for Ordering Online from Seed St. Louis Annual Seed Packet Sale: $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st Sunday Application Deadline. Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants Jan 16th Deadline for St. … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

An ongoing expansion at the Tyson Foods plant in Caseyville, Illinois will lead to 400 new jobs.