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St. Louis aldermen consider $30M payment for convention center expansion

2 years 9 months ago
The first $30 million of the city of St. Louis’ share of the Rams settlement money may be used to help fund the expansion of the America’s Center downtown. The project is so far over budget that the $30 million won’t be enough to make up for everything. However, it could certainly help.
Andy Banker

The American people want immigration reform. They don’t want abortion restrictions.

2 years 9 months ago
Here's what the latest NBC poll has to say about what Congress should be doing this year: Normally polls like this are kind of worthless because the crosstabs invariably tell us that 100% of Democrats think one thing and 100% of Republicans think the opposite. Not exactly news. But when you get to the edges, ...continue reading "The American people want immigration reform. They don’t want abortion restrictions."
Kevin Drum

DoNotPay’s CEO Appears To Modify Donation Receipt After Being Called Out On Unfulfilled Promise

2 years 9 months ago
We’ve written a few stories lately about DoNotPay, the “robot lawyer” service whose gimmick of an automated AI-driven tool that would help users deal with challenges like getting out of parking tickets or cancelling subscription services that are difficult to get out of sounds like a really enticing idea. But there have long been questions […]
Mike Masnick