St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne plans to extend a parking-management contract for one year that will pay $2.35 million to a company that, along with its chief executive, has donated $38,000 to Mayor Tishaura Jones’ political campaigns. The original three-year contract for more than $7 million with Hudson and Associates LLC, of St. Louis, was signed April 10, 2020, when Jones was still serving as city treasurer. In the weeks that followed, the deal came under scrutiny from both local news and members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, not least because the contract paid a set fee of nearly $2.35 million per year without the company having to meet performance goals or show evidence of cost-savings.
Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth is sharing her feelings about the band's former frontman, David Byrne. “I recently described David Byrne as Trumpian, which didn’t go down well with everybody,” Weymouth shares with the U.K. Sunday…
Filipino American artist Ria Unson portrays personal and historical representations of Filipinos within frames used by colonial powers—from Western Literature to World Fairs—to challenge the origin and scope of the
U2 has another top 10 hit. The band’s latest release, Songs of Surrender, debuts at five on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week. The Irish rockers moved 46,500 equivalent album units of Songs of Surrender to…
Looking Back to Look Forward The Expo at Forest Park might give a glimpse into the future of the neighborhoods just north of Forest Park. On St. Louis’ west side, DeBaliviere Avenue tells the history of St. Louis from the early 20th century through the present day. What began as a street that operated as […]
Officials at the military base need to comply with Pentagon directives to convert all non-tactical vehicles to electric. They are contracting with a local utility to help reach the goal.
Former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. A post on Bayley's Instagram published Sunday by the musician's management team reads,…
Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton is set to stop in St. Louis for a limited series of concert across the U.S. The Enterprise Center is hosting the concert Tuesday, September 12. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 31 at 10:00 a.m.
The exhibit includes a simulator where kids can kick a real ball into a virtual net; a model of the CITY team’s locker room; and a rowing machine, pull-up bar, and stationary bike.
On Friday, police arrested a man who they say admitted to throwing rocks off the Hampton Avenue overpass onto cars traveling on I-64/Highway 40 below. Over the weekend, SLMPD spokeswoman Evita Caldwell said that the arrest of 37-year-old Phillip Carter stemmed from several reports of rocks being thrown from the overpass. Police questioned Carter about the incidents on Friday and, according to Caldwell, he admitted to throwing rocks at vehicles.
The great TikTok moral panic of 2023 is largely a distraction. It’s a distraction from the fact we’ve refused to meaningfully regulate dodgy data brokers, who traffic in everything from your daily movement habits to your mental health diagnosis. And it’s a distraction from our corrupt failure to pass even a baseline privacy law for the internet era. Until […]
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