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A new study from Payscale reveals our area has the widest gap in gender pay in the nation.

The Collector of Revenue’s Office was a proud recipient of the Regional Initiative Award for RETAF: Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund

ALTON – According to Marquette Catholic seniors Myles Paniagua and Charlie Fahnestock, they aren’t quite tired of each other yet. The two have been playing soccer together for most of their lives, playing together for the Explorers and their club team, Alton Fighting Irish SC. Now they get to continue to be teammates in college because they’ll both be heading to Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) come August. It all happened after the SWIC head coach Lindsay Eversmeyer popped over to Gordon Moore Park to catch a home game against Belleville East. “She came to one of our games, and really liked what she saw in us, so I figured why not, I get to go with my best buddy too,” Paniagua said. “She reached out to us both, we both went out and visited it and liked it. We’re going there with a couple of other buddies from CM so it should be fun,” Fahnestock added. Marquette soccer head coach Brian Hoener only had good things to say about

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This week, I testified remotely before the Colombian Constitutional Court in the case of Esperanza Gómez Silva c. Meta Platforms, Inc. y Facebook Colombia S.A.S. Expediente T-8.764.298. In a procedure I don’t understand, the court organized a public hearing to discuss the issues raised by the case. (The case involves Instagram’s termination of an adult film star’s […]

Drinking alcohol is frowned upon in the conservative Muslim host country of Qatar, but it is not illegal.

The Board of Aldermen passed bills creating both Community Improvement and Transportation Development districts for the site.

Fans of The Doors are finally getting to hear what’s being called their last known unreleased tune. The track, “Paris Blues,” has been released digitally for the very first time. The track…

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A total of $410 million is being sent to communities across Missouri to help alleviate flooding, eradicate lead water supply lines and fix sewers.

Of the 23 companies, 10 are based in St. Louis. The other 13 are bringing their companies to St. Louis from a number of U.S. states, including California, Illinois and New York, among others. As part of the Arch Grants award, each of the companies will commit to operating their business from St. Louis for at least one year.

St. Louis Teacher Residency has received an unsolicited, one-time donation of $1.5 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to expand and improve its work preparing and supporting candidates pursuing a career in high-needs public schools in the St. Louis region.

A woman tried to run over her grandfather following a money dispute on Thursday. A 72-year-old man told police that yesterday morning his granddaughter accosted him in Citygarden over money the grandfather may have owed her, according to St. Louis police. The granddaughter, a 30-year-old woman, demanded the money she thought she was owed and tried to snatch her grandfather's backpack from his wheelchair after threatening him with scissors.

Janet House is accused of cleaning up the scene of a fatal shooting inside a Ferguson home.

InvestMidwest, the annual venture capital conference that highlights Midwest startups, has named a new leader at it plans to return next year to an in-person format. It has started seeking applications from startups for 2023 event.

Lambert airport's $3 billion effort to remake itself into a single-terminal facility has gotten significant attention. But it and four other St. Louis-area airports are working on other significant projects

A judge refused Friday to quash a subpoena issued to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki that seeks her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that the Biden administration conspired to silence conservative voices on social media.

The eight-division Boeing Defense, Space and Security unit has been reorganized to four.

Local governments in Ohio and Illinois are using American Rescue Plan Act money to relieve residents struggling with medical debt by partnering with an organization that buys debt and wipes the slate clean for debtors.  It’s a strategy advocates say could be duplicated across the country to help erase a multibillion-dollar problem. On Nov. 9, […]

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The next cold front will bring colder air Saturday night, with lows in the teens.

I'm visiting my sister-in-law, Virginia, in Virginia, at the moment, so this week you get a picture of her dog, who is not named Virginia. Say hello to Watson.