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

2 years 7 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 7 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 […]
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Forum’s “Seven Questions” Videos Can Help You Meet and Get to Know Our Region’s M/WBEs!

2 years 7 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 7 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 […]
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Steve Rye, Sole Survivor owner, dies at 70

2 years 7 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 7 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 […]
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St. Louis-Based HFW Cos. Expands With Purchase of Las Vegas Engineering Firm

2 years 7 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 […]
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