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How popular would a nationwide 15-week rule for abortion be?

2 years 6 months ago
Lindsey Graham, who once proposed a national 20-week limit on abortions, has now proposed a 15-week limit. However, this would only be a ceiling. The law would still allow states to pass more restrictive abortion laws, and this makes it obviously of no interest to liberals. But what if it were just a straight nationwide ...continue reading "How popular would a nationwide 15-week rule for abortion be?"
Kevin Drum

Digital Map Shows Towns in the STL Region That Black People Settled

2 years 6 months ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  Before and after the Emancipation Proclamation, formerly enslaved and free Black people built towns across the nation. A national research project shows that African Americans settled five little-known towns in the St. Louis region, and one of those cities — Kinloch — still exists. Robertson, Kinloch, North Webster and Meacham […]
Zo

Forum’s “Seven Questions” Videos Can Help You Meet and Get to Know Our Region’s M/WBEs!

2 years 6 months ago
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/CO-Founder, Construction Forum All good business begins with questions. But the questions we ask don’t always tell us what we truly need to know. That is particularly true in the M/WBE contractor arena. Too frequently the questions asked center around percentages and bid numbers. The questions that SHOULD be asked reveal […]
Tom Finan

Finalized Design Concept Approved for Transit Stop Transformation Project

2 years 6 months ago
From Mass Transit:  A finalized design concept has been approved for the “Transit Stop Transformation Project” at the 5th and Missouri Transit Center in East St. Louis, Ill. The project – being completed in conjunction with the St. Clair County Transit District, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis and Metro Transit – will […]
Zo

Steve Rye, Sole Survivor owner, dies at 70

2 years 6 months ago
The Mid County Chamber of Commerce has reported that Steve Rye, former owner of Sole Survivor, has passed on. His wife Kay said the cause was a heart attack. She reported his passing on April 5 on the Sole Survivor Facebook page. She said that the business will go on, “of course.” She added that […]
Doug Miner

Lux Living Plans Massive St. Charles Project

2 years 6 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A St. Louis developer hopes to build an apartment complex and new hotel next to the casino in St. Charles, expanding on another developer’s pre-pandemic project that didn’t take off. Lux Living is proposing the project on a five-acre site at at 1406 and 1410 S. Fifth St., at the […]
Zo

St. Louis-Based HFW Cos. Expands With Purchase of Las Vegas Engineering Firm

2 years 6 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  The HFW Cos., a growing, St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction sector for investments, has expanded with the addition of a Las Vegas-based civil engineering firm. HFW said Wednesday that it has formed a “strategic growth partnership” with Taney Engineering, a civil engineering and land […]
Zo

Database Shows ICE Is Bypassing Courts And Sending Subpoenas To Schools, Charitable Organizations, And Abortion Clinics

2 years 6 months ago
There’s something about some government agencies that make them revolt against the notion of checks and balances. Some federal agencies have extra privileges that make it much, much easier. A large number of agencies can issue their own subpoenas, demanding data, recordings, and other information from their targets — self-issued documents that bypass the court […]
Tim Cushing