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Turns Out They Didn’t Really Want You To Bring Your Whole Self To Work

1 week 6 days ago
For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about “values” and “belonging” and “bringing your whole self to work.” If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron Zamost, a longtime tech communications exec, has a piece in the NY Times that should be required reading for anyone […]
Mike Masnick

Metro East Lutheran Releases First Semester High Honor Roll For First Semester

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Metro-East Lutheran High School First Semester Honor Roll 2025-2026 EDWARDSVILLE - The following students have been named to the Honor Roll at Metro-East Lutheran High School for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year. Grade Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Metro-East Lutheran High School 9 Mitchelll Althardt, Swansea 9 Lucas Cook, Bethalto 9 McKenzie Cordero, Collinsville 9 Austin Imhoff, Alhambra 9 Reagan Moss, Edwardsville 9 Anna Mosser, Staunton

Daily Deal: The Complete Raspberry Pi And Alexa A-Z Bundle

1 week 6 days ago
Learn Raspberry Pi and start building Amazon Alexa projects with The Complete Raspberry Pi and Alexa A-Z Bundle. Catered for all levels, these project-based courses will get you up and running with the basics of Pi, before escalating to full projects. Before you know it, you’ll be building a gaming system to play old Nintendo, […]
Daily Deal

Building Teens a Training Factory of Their Own

1 week 6 days ago

From Industry Week: To train the workforce of the future, we need to think outside the box. Across the country, career academies, dual-enrollment programs and partnerships with technical colleges and four-year universities offer high school students a range of career-path options. But sometimes, it takes deeper public-private partnerships to create truly innovative solutions. This is […]

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Dede Hance

Madison County Chairman To Lead East-West Gateway Council Of Governments  

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EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County Board Chairman Chris Slusser will serve as chair of the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, guiding regional transportation, infrastructure and economic development planning across the bi-state St. Louis metropolitan area. The East-West Gateway Board elected Slusser to the position on Jan. 30. East-West Gateway serves as the metropolitan planning organization for the St. Louis region, coordinating long-range transportation planning, federal funding

Gateway South Development Moves Ahead Despite Setbacks After November Fire

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From First Alert 4: The Gateway South development is moving ahead with plans to create a construction hub in the bi-state region that could transform the industrial riverfront south of the Gateway Arch. Just south of the Arch sits Chouteau’s Landing, where a team of investors is planning a $1.2 billion development called Gateway South, […]

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Dede Hance

Carter G. Woodson began the first National Negro History Week

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Black History Month was initiated by historian and journalist Carter G. Woodson in 1926 to preserve and educate the public on Black history, and has been celebrated every February since 1976, with the St. Louis region being one of the first cities to officially raise the Pan-African flag at City Hall as part of its local observances.
Blair Ledet

New bill would allow bets on entertainment and award shows in Illinois

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ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- An Illinois lawmaker wants to make sure the state and businesses aren’t missing out on extra revenue from a growing entertainment betting industry. A new bill, SB 2667, introduced by State Senator Sara Feigenholtz would open up sportsbooks to bets on shows like the Grammy’s or the Academy Awards. But betting on [...]
Alex Whitney

Architecture Firm Billings Remain Soft to End the Year

1 week 6 days ago

From AIA: The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index® (ABI) remained below the 50 threshold with a score of 48.5 for December (a score below 50 indicates declining firm billings). Architecture firm billings declined every month of 2025 and have declined every month except for three since October 2022. Fewer firms reported a decrease in billings in […]

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Dede Hance