From Smart Cities Dive: The U.S. Department of Transportation will need to staff up to manage the IIJA’s many projects, but states and cities also face staffing shortages, the inspector general said. The U.S. Department of Transportation needs to recruit, develop and retain an expanded staff to oversee the implementation of $660 billion in funding […]
From Commercial Observer: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a climate bill by another name, and a historic one at that. The legislation, passed in August and signed into law by President Joe Biden, is designed to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint by jump-starting innovation and adoption of cleaner energy sources. In particular, the legislation […]
With the national reparations movement gaining momentum, Central Baptist Church near downtown St. Louis will host a Reparations Black Party and Teach In at 11 a.m. Saturday October 15, 2022.
Today on TAP: As a close student of the Great Depression, he knew enough to prevent a repeat of it—but forgot the lessons about the need for tougher regulation of the financial system.
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College’s Board of Trustees is seeking a candidate to serve the remainder of a vacant trustee term, to end in April 2023. The vacancy comes after former Board Chair David Heyen’s resignation, effective Oct. 11, 2022. The full Board includes seven trustees and a student trustee, who casts an advisory vote. “Trustees should be knowledgeable about the communities we serve and demonstrate a strong commitment to uphold the college’s mission of educating the people of Lewis and Clark Community College District 536,” said Board Chair Julie Johnson. District residents, age 18 and up, who are interested in serving the college, should submit a Letter of Interest explaining why they want to serve on the Board, along with a biography/resume to board@lc.edu now through Oct. 27, for consideration. Lewis and Clark’s district encompasses parts of seven counties in Illinois, including all of Jersey County, Calhoun
Back in 2015, Yes released a 14-CD box set titled Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two featuring recordings of seven full concerts from their 1972 North American tour. Now, a 21-LP vinyl…
We’ve written a bunch about how Ed Sheeran recognizes how batshit crazy current copyright law is. One of the most successful recording artists today, you’d think that maybe he’d be a copyright maximalist, and yet copyright just seems to keep getting in the way of his creativity. Sheeran has admitted that piracy made him successful. […]
St. Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp., the nation's largest coal producer, is in discussions with an Australian rival about a possible "combination transaction," the foreign company confirmed Wednesday.
Coronado Global Resources Inc., which operates in the U.S. and Australia, issued a statement confirming that it is "in confidential discussions with Peabody regarding a potential combination transaction."
Coronado added, "However, as no transaction has been agreed and the discussions are ongoing,…
Jon Chait attended this year's National Conservatism Conference in Miami and reports that the American right has gone gaga over Hungary's Viktor Orbán and his brand of semi-fascism: Almost every speaker repeated a version of the following: The “woke” revolution has captured the commanding heights of American education, culture, and even large businesses, from which ...continue reading "Republicans need to look in a mirror more often"
From Gensler: Throughout the pandemic, we have seen more and more property improvement plans, and for good reason: Renovating and refreshing brands with existing assets can sometimes be more palatable for developers and investors than ground-up hotel construction in an unsteady and uncertain market. Over the past few years, hotel developers have shown particular interest […]
From FacilitiesNet: Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the “Great Resignation” that has followed, there has been a mass exodus of workers across all industries. To put it in perspective, in September 2021, the same month federal unemployment insurance benefits ended, 4.4 million U.S. workers quit their jobs. One month later, another 4.2 million employees […]
Missouri and five other states have filed a joint lawsuit against President Joe Biden and others in an effort to stop the president’s college loan forgiveness program.
For the past six years, Lisa and Armin Grozdanic have been spreading sandwich joy to south St. Louis with their restaurant Yapi Mediterranean Subs and Sandwiches, first at a storefront in Southampton, which they eventually relocated to St. Louis Hills. Now, the husband and wife team is yet again preparing to move Yapi to an entirely different part of town. In an interview with the Riverfront Times, Lisa Grozdanic confirms that she and her husband closed their St. Louis Hills location on September 17 in preparation for Yapi's new chapter — a storefront on the eastern edge of the Central West End on Vandeventer Avenue, diagonal from City Foundry.
The public domain is the natural state of creative material. It’s where creations end up once copyright’s monopoly has expired. Crucially, it is the quid pro quo for that monopoly. The deal is that the creator of a work is granted a government-enforced intellectual monopoly for a limited period, after which the work enters the public domain for anyone […]
GameGuru is a non-technical and fun game maker that offers an easy, enjoyable and comprehensive game creation process that is designed specifically for those who are not programmers or designers/artists. It allows you to build your own game world with easy to use tools. Populate your game by placing down characters, weapons, and other game items, […]
When the measure moved through the House and Senate in May, the price tag was set at an estimated $1.9 million by non-partisan legislative researchers.
St. Louis County residents will likely either see decreased services, higher property taxes or both next year as county government reconciles a $41.3 million budget deficit.
CARROLLTON - Several individuals were charged with drug and alcohol-related offenses in Greene County over the past few weeks, according to the latest edition of the Greene County Jail Booking Report. Dale A. Smith, 34, of Jerseyville, was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration. He was arrested by the Roodhouse Police Department on Monday night at 8:02 p.m. and remains in custody. Kyle G. Hoffman, 29, also of Jerseyville, was arrested Sunday at 1:32 a.m. by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs and possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine. He has since been released on bond. Two individuals from Carrollton were arrested on meth-related charges by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police. Shanie G. Tittsworth, 33, and Nathine W. Walker, 39, both of Carrollton, were each charged with possession
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