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USDA’s climate grants for farms and forests run into Republican buzzsaw

3 years ago

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is spending more than $3 billion to cultivate more American farmers and forest landowners as partners to mitigate climate change — even while some Republicans on Capitol Hill try to stop the program entirely. The administration launched a new farm program, Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities, this year. It is the […]

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Allison Winter

Third-Generation Dealership Garners Small Business Award

3 years ago
GODFREY – The RiverBend Growth Association has awarded the Small Business of the Month for August 2023 to Quality Buick GMC Cadillac, a third-generation family business. Located at 1620 Homer M. Adams Parkway in Alton, the business has been thriving now for 65 years. It has been part of the Stevenson family’s livelihood for decades, with Cody Stevenson and Chad Stevenson as its third-generation leader today. Quality Buick GMC Cadillac continues its mission to provide quality and affordable vehicle sales, care and repair to customers throughout the Riverbend region. To ensure its continued quality service, the company has built a new facility that doubled its body shop capacity and increased its service department’s overall capacity by 20 percent. They’ve also expanded north, setting up a new dealership in Jerseyville at 1200 S. State St. known as Quality Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Stevenson notes that the dealership has also seen an increase in its number of

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Coloring STL

3 years ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in

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Patrick

When climate solutions stop trending

3 years ago
Grist’s summer package, Remember When, looks back at some of the environmental trends that either fizzled or evolved, and what we can learn from them.
Claire Elise Thompson

St. Louis Hills Votes to Tax Itself as Private Policing Spreads in the City

3 years ago
Remember when a ProPublica expose revealed St. Louis' penchant for paying for private police forces staffed by off-duty officers — on top of what we already pay in taxes for the police department? Remember when people expressed chagrin at the two-tier system, which on its face was a prime example of the inequities that separate wealthy neighborhoods from poor ones in St. Louis? That was almost one year ago.
Sarah Fenske