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Birch Creek Energy buys D.C. solar power startup from Hull Street Energy

2 years 7 months ago
Birch Creek Energy LLC, a St. Louis-based renewable energy company, has acquired a solar power development startup out of Washington, D.C. Birch Creek said Wednesday it acquired Foundation Solar Partners from Hull Street Energy. Terms of the deal, which closed March 24, weren't disclosed. Foundation Solar Partners, founded in 2019, is focused on new, or so-called greenfield, origination of solar projects primarily in MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) and PJM (PJM Interconnection)…
Alan Kline

Judge sets 1st hearing date for Missouri AG's lawsuit to remove St. Louis circuit attorney from office

2 years 7 months ago
A judge has set an initial hearing date for the Missouri attorney general’s lawsuit seeking to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office. Judge John Torbitsky has scheduled a case management conference for April 18 and “all motions pending before the court at that time will be heard.” Those motions include Gardner’s motion to dismiss Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s quo warranto petition. The order comes one day after Torbitsky gave Gardner 11 more days to respond…
Christine Byers

St. Louis Standards: Mission Taco Joint Is a Good Time for All

2 years 7 months ago
Jason Tilford can't help but chuckle at the request he and his brother Adam would often get when they opened their first Mission Taco Joint (Multiple locations, including 6235 Delmar Boulevard, 314-932-5430) on Delmar Boulevard in 2013. "We'd get asked all the time if we had a regular taco," Jason recalls, referring to the Old El Paso-style ground beef and iceberg lettuce concoction of so many St. Louisans' youth. "Sometimes, we'd run them as a tongue-in-cheek special and even put them on the menu as a 'regular taco' at Busch Stadium.
Cheryl Baehr

Bernie Sanders confronts former Starbucks CEO over union-busting allegations

2 years 7 months ago

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators at a hearing on Wednesday grilled the former CEO of Starbucks over allegations that the giant coffee company intimidated, harassed and fired workers who tried to form unions. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and former presidential candidate who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, focused on Starbucks’ […]

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Ariana Figueroa