Kim Gardner has the lowest staffing level since taking office, with far less total experience than six years ago. “It was unsustainable there,” one ex-employee says.
By Katie Kull and Erin Heffernan St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Players from the St. Louis Battlehawks and the D.C. Defenders were ejected in the waning moments of Sunday's game for their roles in a scuffle between the two squads.
We’ve known for a while that the Fifth Circuit is staunchly pro-cop. But, in recent months, it’s also shown itself to be no friend of the First Amendment. In September, it suddenly decided the First Amendment doesn’t have anything to do with online speech. It refused to block a Texas law targeting social media services […]
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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. --The Go Ape Zipline & Adventure Park is officially open for the 2023 season. The seven acre treetop adventure course has over 30 obstacles 45 feet in the air with a great view of Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park. There is a new "Forest EscAPE game" where guests can challenge their problem-solving [...]
Thompson Street Capital Partners, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has expanded its life sciences business Vector Laboratories with a pair of acquisitions.
U.S. Rep. Wagner's pro-Taiwan bill clears Foreign Affairs Committee; Bost, Budzinski will work on farm issues; U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt joins Commerce Committee.
EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Stephen Hupp, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychology, teamed up with science communicator, Cara Santa Maria, to publish a new book called Pseudoscience in Therapy: A Skeptical Field Guide. “I was excited to collaborate with Cara Santa Maria because she’s a leader in teaching critical thinking skills to the public,” said Hupp. “She cohosts the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast, and the show Jeopardy even recently had a whole category based on her other podcast, Talk Nerdy ." Over the last several decades, professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association (APA) have been identifying effective treatments for major psychological diagnoses such as mood disorders and anxiety disorders. Even though great strides have been made, questionable approaches continue to infiltrate therapy. “We should be engaging in honest discussions about not only