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‘A lasting impact’: Missouri Senate panel hears pitch for using federal COVID funds

2 years 7 months ago

There was skepticism about new temporary state employees and the cost of developing the Rock Island railroad corridor into a new trail during the Senate Appropriation Committee’s first look at Gov. Mike Parson’s plan for spending $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds. But for the most part, the 90 minutes presentation Thursday by Budget […]

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Rudi Keller

Rung for Women lands $250K federal grant for geospatial career training

2 years 7 months ago
“These innovative programs not only include work-and-learn opportunities and mentorship, but also targeted recruitment of women, people of color, rural residents and others from underserved communities to ensure that STEM fields are diverse, equitable and inclusive,” Alejandra Castillo, assistant secretary of commerce for economic development, said in a written statement.
James Drew

Ketanji Brown Jackson considered among Biden’s top candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court

2 years 7 months ago

WASHINGTON — With the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer by this summer, President Joe Biden has said he will fulfill a campaign promise of appointing a Black woman to an open seat on the highest court in the land. A top contender, who was even vetted by the Obama administration in 2016 as a […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Why this St. Louis brewery is building a brand that goes beyond beer

2 years 7 months ago
In the last three years, the downtown St. Louis craft brewery has also added a distillery to its portfolio, branched into hard seltzers and canned cocktails, launched a whiskey label and this year will expand into nonalcoholic beverages. Its CEO explains why broadening its portfolio doesn't weaken what it does best.
Erik Siemers

What Is CBC?

2 years 7 months ago
With multiple similar strains of the cannabis plant, it is natural for one to wonder, “what is CBC?”. Primarily, as compared to the other two popular strains of this plant, CBD and THC, CBC is rather concealed and not out there thriving like the other two.…
Emily Fear

Mark Vittert's Reflections: Thinking about time

2 years 7 months ago
I was thinking about the “long” time lag between Nov. 15 and Jan. 20, when “the mail” showed up. Really, nothing was lost and one could easily imagine back, way back, regarding the travel of the written word or any information.
Mark Vittert

Understanding Ukraine

2 years 7 months ago
The Quincy Institute’s Anatol Lieven explains Russian and Ukrainian intentions, and how the U.S. has ‘trapped ourselves by our own rhetoric.’
David Dayen

On Being American

2 years 7 months ago
Mitch McConnell reminded us that Americans often have trouble with the reality of fully American Black people. Expect more such flare-ups in the new Supreme Court fight.
Gabrielle Gurley