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City ends Fiscal Year 2022 with $49 million surplus
CITY HALL – The city has wrapped up its 2022 fiscal year with a stash of cash: $49 million, in fact, according to a report Friday by Comptroller Darlene Green. …
Weekly Events Thread 9/12/21 - 9/18/22
Lessons From American Labor History
Harold Meyerson digs into the state of the labor movement.
There’s an election in St. Louis this week. Will it matter?
You’re Living In The True Golden Age Of Television. Enjoy It, Because It’s About To End.
To be clear, the shift from traditional cable television to streaming TV has been a very good thing. Consumers had grown irritated with bloated, expensive bundles of channels they never watched, and customer service that was literally ranked some of the worst of any industry in America. Based on recent data, it’s not a trend […]
Southwest launches spring schedule, including seasonal routes from Lambert
Here's where 2 new St. Louis-area Starbucks coffee shops are in the works
Jean Shin: Home Base
New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and
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Food prices going up? Don't blame the grocery stores, says expert
Prices at the grocery store are soaring even faster than other prices. An expert explains why and explains that some grocers are making even less money than before.
Advocates seek to make prison work voluntary
Prison minimum wage bills are pending in New York and Illinois.
Southwest launches spring schedule, including seasonal routes from Lambert
Southwest is doubling down at its two biggest hubs in Denver and Las Vegas, and also bringing back dozens of seasonal routes for spring break, including a number at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
Here's where 2 new St. Louis-area Starbucks coffee shops are in the works
Both of the new coffee shops will be built at sites of closed businesses.
Monday, September 12, 2022 - How ‘going everywhere’ played well in Missouri
Political strategist Lis Smith helped popularize a communications strategy in which candidates accept every media opportunity. Her new book examines those principles and how they helped Claire McCaskill’s first Senate campaign in 2006.
Confronting history, Congress studies addition of lynching sites to national park system
The U.S. House is considering a bill that would put lynching sites in western Tennessee on track to become part of the National Park Service, part of a trend this year of Congress using the agency to advance discussions of the nation’s troubled and often violent racial history. A bill from U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, Tennessee Democrat, […]
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Alton Expo Was "Awesome," Herkert Says, As It Concludes Sunday Night
Photos may be purchased for personal use at: https://www.randymanning.com/Alton-Expo ALTON - The Alton Expo continued the recent success of Alton Amphitheater Commission events Thursday through Sunday at the riverfront. The Expo concluded Sunday night. "It was an awesome year," Alton Amphitheater Commission Board Chair Dan Herkert said about the Expo. "A bad storm blew threw at about 8 p.m. Saturday and it hurt that night some, but other than that it was really smooth." Herkert said the Alton Expo is simply "a great event." "We started it again in 2017 and it has been very successful every year," he said. Herkert praised all the various entertainment acts for great performances and said Platinum Rock, Saturday night's band, even stuck around through the storm and resumed play when the storm ended and played until about 11 p.m. He said he couldn't say enough about the Alton Amphitheater Commission Board members, the City of Alton, Luehrs Entertainment for the rides, and all
Clyburn calls to cap cost of insulin in stump speech for Budzinski
Hartmann: Missouri Just Can't Reason About Taxes
Missouri is like a family in which everyone has agreed that a vacation is sorely needed. All the schedules have been coordinated.
Sweetie Pie's murder-for-hire trial enters day 5
Testimonies resume Monday, September 12 in Sweetie Pie's murder-for-hire trial.
A home in Ladue lists for $5,950,000
The interior architecture is inspired by the work of renowned architect Frederick Dunn.