From KSDK: The St. Charles County Council voted Monday night to approve the final plan for a sprawling new subdivision and community improvement district for the area. It’s a move that authorizes a controversial development residents say will overwhelm local infrastructure, but officials argue it was legally unavoidable. The council’s decision clears the way for […]
There’s not a single conservative left in the GOP. The ideals that were formerly considered “conservative” — small government, fiscal responsibility, etc. — have been replaced by white Christian nationalism, water-carrying for would-be autocrats, and immense amounts of deficit spending for the sole purpose of making America whiter. That’s not the same as making it […]
From Boston Business Journal: While headlines are dominated by megaprojects and marquee developments, a quieter and potentially more consequential transformation is reshaping America’s built environment. Across the country, decades of deferred maintenance to essential building systems are coming due all at once, triggering what many in the industry now describe as an invisible construction boom. […]
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis will wind down operations in spring 2027, with Washington University set to acquire its campus and absorb one of its four colleges.
From First Alert 4: First Alert Forward is exploring how other US cities are addressing increased construction and labor costs and higher interest rates. Recently, Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, developed an online catalogue of free home plans in an effort to expedite the process of designing and approving building permits. According to […]
From RiverBender: Triad Community Unit School District #2 recently broke ground on a construction project at Triad High School to add a performing arts center, additional classrooms, and renovated career and technical education spaces. The project includes construction of the Triad Center for the Performing Arts, which Triad Community Unit School District Superintendent Jason Henderson […]
From Leader Publications: The Missouri Public Service Commission on Feb. 11 approved Ameren Missouri’s plan to build a new natural gas plant and battery storage facility on the site of its former coal-fired plant south of Festus. On June 27, the company filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission for the project, called […]
From First Alert 4: A push to build and restore housing north of the Delmar Divide is gaining momentum, but developers say funding gaps, city bureaucracy and a lack of resources continue to slow progress. Neighborhoods north of the Delmar Divide hold some of the city’s deepest historical roots, but many have spent decades without […]
St. Louis, MO -- Brrrr! Reporter Chris Hayes braved the cold today, joining students from the Hazelwood and Parkway School Districts for a "Pre-Plunge" to support and raise awareness for Special Olympics Missouri. You still have a chance to take the plunge yourself! The official Maryland Heights Polar Plunge & Polar Bear Strut is happening this [...]
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was the first candidate to file for office Tuesday in Missouri, showing the 11-term Democratic incumbent will run for re-election despite uncertainty about the boundaries of the district he represents. Cleaver, a Kansas City Democrat, became a target when Missouri Republicans, acting at the urging of President Donald Trump, redrew the […]
From Construction Dive: Construction accounted for about one in five U.S. workplace deaths in 2024, according to the most recent available data. In 2024, 1,034 construction workers died on the job, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released Thursday. Forty-one fewer workers in the industry died in 2024 than the […]
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