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Today on TAP: The Labor Department says if you make your living driving for Uber, Lyft, or FedEx, you’re an employee, not an ‘independent contractor.’

A longtime problematic dog breeder in rural Missouri has been raided yet again.

Across the nation, prison commissaries are raising prices on items that many consider basic necessities — from deodorant to fresh fruit — not provided by the state department of corrections. The markups come as decades-high inflation is also squeezing inmates’ families, making it harder for them to help.  It’s a burden that families shouldn’t have […]

The post Costs of incarceration rise as inflation squeezes inmates, families appeared first on Missouri Independent.

A quick exit from the postseason marks the end of an era for two St. Louis Cardinals legends, but could it mean a new chapter for another one?

After I finished looking up data for employment levels this morning I decided to browse through all the various measures of unemployment just to see if there was anything interesting there. And there was! As you know, the headline unemployment rate has already dropped to an all-time low: The same is true no matter how ...continue reading "Why is unemployment lasting so long these days?"

This past June, Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor revealed that a previously unheard archival track by the band featuring late frontman Freddie Mercury had been rediscovered and was being…

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October is brimming with job opportunities: St. Louis Community College will host a career fair Oct. 19, Spectrum and the City of St. Louis are hiring.

This article originally ran in The Waterways Journal on October 7, 2022.  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced October 6 that it has awarded nearly $39 million in grants to 12 marine highway projects across the nation under the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP)—including some important inland waterway projects. Many of the projects build up infrastructure for container-on-barge operations. […]

The post $39 Million In Marine Highway Grants Awarded appeared first on St. Louis Regional Freightway.

A new Carmody MacDonald P.C. sign has gone up on the exterior of a high-rise office tower, known as the PNC Center, at 120 S. Central Avenue in downtown Clayton after the law firm recently expanded its space inside the building to include more than 40,000 square feet over three floors. Carmody MacDonald moved into […]

A St. Louis-area woman darted away from police, stole a cop car and crashed it into a tree on Sunday afternoon. A video of the incident, posted on Twitter by @EssBeeSaid, has gone viral, with nearly 1.5 million views, 45,000 likes and 4,000 retweets. Around 1 p.m. on October 9, North County Police Cooperative officers responded to a report of a woman dealing with possible mental-health issues and substance abuse, according to KSDK.

Contegra Construction Co. is targeting a year-end completion for the newest distribution facility at Blue River Commerce Center in Kansas City, Mo. The 390,943-square-foot distribution center will be the fourth of seven buildings planned at the 226-acre Blue River Class A industrial campus launched by NorthPoint Development in 2021. The South Kansas City Chamber of […]

Kwame Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Kwame Building Group, has selected Lydia Huston as its new Executive Director. In this role, Huston will oversee daily operations, apply multidimensional fundraising and community relations initiatives and implement year-round philanthropic activities through the organization’s existing events and programs. Since 2003, the organization has contributed nearly $3 million in […]

Voting, classes and better medical care are part of jail's plan for a safer society.

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