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US And EU Nations Request The Most User Data From Tech Companies, Obtain It More Than Two-Thirds Of The Time

2 years 7 months ago
Most tech companies handling data requests from governments now publish transparency reports. As everything moves towards always-online status (including, you know, your fridge), social media platforms and other online services have become the favored targets of government data requests. It just makes sense to look there first rather than out there in the real world, […]
Tim Cushing

School Board Candidate Profiles Updated

2 years 7 months ago
Two St. Louis City Pubic School Board candidate profiles have been updated with 8 Days Out campaign finance report information. Tracy Hykes and Sadie Weiss submitted their required information to Missouri Ethics Commission. You can find their information here. Hykes and Weiss have been endorsed by American Federal of Teachers Local 420. Candidate Jaile’Shawn Quinones … Continue reading School Board Candidate Profiles Updated →
mceselski

U City native Marlon West brings magic to Walt Disney animated movies

2 years 7 months ago
Disney animations have been a part of the peoples’ childhoods for generations. Fairy tales, adventure and fictional princesses are brought to life by a team of artists and animators — and that also includes University City native Marlon West. West discusses his work on “Moana,” “Encanto,” and “The Princess and the Frog," and shares details on his latest project.

Four SIBA Members Recognized for Over 50 Years of Membership

2 years 7 months ago
  Firms Recognized for Excellence in Construction The Southern Illinois Builders Association and Southern Illinois Construction Advancement Program recently presented safety awards at their Awards Program. Below is a list of award winners: A & K SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, INC. MERIT AWARD-GROUP II-30,000 TO 60,000 HOURS ACI X MERIT AWARD-GROUP I-10,000 TO 30,000 HOURS EXCELLENCE AWARD-7 […]
Dede Hance

Missouri GOP Wants To Overturn St. Louis Cat Declawing Bans

2 years 7 months ago
After outlawing abortion and advancing numerous bills to restrict transgender rights, Missouri Republicans have finally drawn a line in the sand. Now they're saying local governments have no right to control or restrict medicine — veterinary medicine, that is. Yesterday, the Missouri Senate voted to perfect a bill that would nullify ordinances in St. Louis City and St. Louis County that ban cat declawing, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Monica Obradovic

Forum Drone: New I-270 Mississippi River Bridge

2 years 7 months ago
This week Construction Forum drone photographer Louis Kelly captures the beginning  of construction the new Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) recently blocked off the ramp from Riverview Drive in St. Louis to eastbound Interstate 270 to build a new interchange. The ramp will be closed for a year, […]
Tom Finan

Members of U.S. Senate panel press financial regulators on massive bank failures

2 years 7 months ago

WASHINGTON — Financial regulators promised a full review of Silicon Valley Bank’s massive failure as members of a key U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday interrogated the officials about what led to the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history. Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs asked if the Federal Reserve could […]

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Ashley Murray