by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
Warren Haynes is bringing back his annual Christmas Jam. The Gov’t Mule frontman announced that his annual charity concert will take place Friday, December 9, at the ExploreAsheville.com Arena in Asheville, North Carolina. Information on…
Over at National Review, Noah Rothman takes on the question of why so many people don't believe the Biden economy is actually pretty good. His answer is simple: It's because the Biden economy isn't pretty good, and the only ones who don't get that are sheltered elites who obsess over BLS statistics. Ordinary people, for ...continue reading "“Americans” don’t think the economy is bad. Republicans do."
From ConstructionDive: Construction input prices ticked up 1.5% in August, the first increase in six months, due to a surge in energy costs, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data released Thursday. Overall construction costs remain 0.2% lower than a year ago, while nonresidential […]
“I’m Off on the Road to Morocco!” I always hum the catchy tune as I head out Manchester to The Benevolent King. I mention the song, knowing that most of my readers have no idea what I’m talking about. After all, the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby/Dorothy Lamour “road shows” came out during The War. One verse...
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Construction of a new military staging facility in north St. Louis County could begin in April after state lawmakers approved $20 million to help finance the project. The Bellefontaine Neighbors Readiness Center, to be built near the intersection of Interstate 270 and Missouri Route 367, will help the Missouri National Guard […]
Three members of an international group of swindlers who allegedly scammed an elderly Missourian out of more than $120,000 were arrested after being set up in a police sting that went down in a Target parking lot on Monday. The police probable cause statement says that Ankurkumar Patel, 42, of Wisconsin, and two other men met with the elderly victim on Monday in the parking lot of the store in O'Fallon, Missouri, intending to pick up another $144,000 from the trunk of his car.
Live Nation has announced the end of merchandise fees charged to artists playing club shows. In a statement unveiling its new On the Road Again program, Live Nation says, "Clubs…
Dennis Bentley, St. Louis Public Radio systems specialist, has a notable hobby: He finds graves. As a volunteer for FindAGrave.com, he has submitted more than 5,000 pictures of gravestones: the small bejeweled ones, the wealthy towering ones and the just plain ol' regular ones. In this encore episode initially aired this January, Bentley discusses finding meaning as he visits cemeteries in Jefferson County.
UK-born, St. Louis resident Jon-Paul Wheatley turned his fascination with crafting soccer balls into more than a half million followers on TikTok. In this encore presentation that initially aired in July, Wheatley discusses how he turned a pandemic hobby into trips to Qatar, the World Cup, and crafting soccer balls for the likes of superstar Lionel Messi and FIFA.
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: The backers of the development at 400 N. Main St. will have a lot to be thankful for if the City Council votes to approve a business district zone for the site two days before Thanksgiving. Tuesday, the council voted 6-0 to approve the blight resolution analysis and development plan and […]
From BigRentz: Construction documents (CDs) are a detailed set of documents that include the final specifications, materials, and other details required for managing a building project. They are created during the third phase in the architectural design process, which takes place after design development but before bidding. Typically drawn up by architects and engineers, CD […]
The trust and safety conversation tends to focus on the huge platforms, and the millions of smaller websites (some still quite big!) get ignored. But those websites have trust and safety needs too, and they use a lot of different tools to meet them. Most of these tools are proprietary, but there’s a growing push […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: The St. Louis County Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve $155 million in tax incentives for Boeing Co.’s proposed $1.8 billion development near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The deal gives the aerospace company a 50% cut in real estate and personal property taxes over the next 10 years. […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: The International Institute of St. Louis is launching an effort to attract 3,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to work in the region by the end of the year. The Biden administration is allowing immigrants from those countries to enter the U.S. through a program for up to two years […]
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