Last night, as we were watching the election returns, I was given a homework assignment: How many utility-scale solar plants in California are built with battery storage so they can provide power after the sun goes down? The short answer is that 58% of new solar projects were paired with battery storage in 2021. The ...continue reading "Battery storage for electric power is skyrocketing in California"
This week, Alder Carol Howard introduces Board Bill 119 to increase Board of Alders salaries to $72,000 and increase expense accounts to $5,000. Howard has terminated her candidate committee and does not plan on running in 2023 for the new 2nd Ward that she was redistricted into with 16th Ward Alder Tom Oldenburg. The proposed … Continue reading St. Louis City Alders to Become $72,000 Part-Time Jobs →
From The Source: Can better design improve patient outcomes? Can energy-efficient architecture contribute to public health? Over the past year, a team of architects, medical professionals and engineers, including students, from Washington University in St. Louis and Chicago-based architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) have explored these questions and more through a series of interdisciplinary […]
From Call Newspapers: The Mehlville Board of Education unanimously approved a bid Oct. 20 to improve the conditions of the Mehlville High School baseball fields. The board approved a roughly $1.407 million base bid, including professional and contingency fees, with Byrne & Jones Construction to improve the MHS baseball fields. Irregular grading is causing ponding and […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Wednesday is sunny and warm with high temperatures in the upper 70s and some records will be broken. The air should also be warm tomorrow, with highs again in the 70s but no record heat expected. Big changes will be headed to the Midwest by the end of the work week. [...]
There was clearly hope among business interests that the city could return to some of the politics that reigned over two decades under former mayors Francis Slay and Lyda Krewson. Tuesday's election result makes clear that's not going to happen.
From Rethinking The Future: Architecture is said to be one of the toughest courses due to the long working hours, loads of submissions, and arduous juries. But is this five-year course only about submissions, sleepless nights; or for that matter, fun workshops, exciting study tours and site visits? The answer is ‘No’. It is true that architecture […]
WASHINGTON — Voters in five states — including GOP-dominated Kentucky — backed abortion rights Tuesday, signaling that while the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority no longer believes the procedure is protected within the U.S. Constitution, many Americans want their states to do just that. California, Kentucky, Michigan , Montana and Vermont residents voted to support […]
Jeff German, a forty-year veteran investigative reporter residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, was murdered earlier this year, allegedly by a local government official whose actions had received recent criticism in articles bylined by German. Robert Telles, a county official, has been arraigned in the murder of the journalist, something prosecutors claim was prompted by German’s […]
Text to speech enables brands to deliver an enhanced end-user experience while minimizing costs. Speechnow lets you create voice recordings and audio versions of content for YouTube videos, Facebook ads, Instagram posts, and more, in just a few steps. All you have to do is add text, choose voice and language, and wait for your […]
Standing on the Missouri Capitol steps moments after being released from prison, Bobby Bostic said the first place he planned to visit was his mother’s grave in St. Louis — a city he’d last freely walked in 1995. “I’m a free man all because of you all who supported me,” Bostic, 43, said Wednesday morning […]
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