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First awards gala for The Michael Brown Foundation

3 years 1 month ago
The Michael Brown Chosen For Change Foundation held their inaugural fundraiser and awards gala on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the Marriott Hotel, near the airport in St. Louis, Missouri, three days ahead of Tuesday, August 9, 2022 which marks…

'We need help, we need more bodies': Exterminators busy as flood cleanup continues across St. Louis area

3 years 1 month ago
Much-needed help can't come soon enough for many across the St. Louis area. On top of the cleanup still happening, homeowners are now facing another problem: bugs. Exterminators told KSDK that ants are the biggest problem right now because of the moisture that's still on the ground. The ants are ending up in people's homes because they are looking for the driest place to camp out. Now that the water is out of neighborhoods, the bugs are coming in. Utility trucks and unwanted household items are…
Mercedes Mackay, KSDK

Missouri man's summer consumed by wildfire

3 years 1 month ago
STELLA, Mo. — It's prime wildfire season in the western United States, which requires firefighters and paramedics from all fifty states to help extinguish. Here in Missouri, there's one man living locally that answers the call for help out west: Levi Clymer from Stella. Most of the year, Levi Clymer works as a firefighter for [...]
Dustin Lattimer

Two Dozen Texas Cities Latest To Try And Push A Netflix Tax

3 years 1 month ago
Hungry to boost municipal budgets, a growing roster of states and cities have spent the last five years or so trying to implement a tax on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services. Sometimes (like in Chicago) this has involved expanding an existing amusement tax (traditionally covering book stores, music stores, ball games and other brick and mortar […]
Karl Bode

St. Charles businesses rebuilding from July's historic flash flooding

3 years 1 month ago
Heavy rain is in the forecast again and it's not waiting for businesses to get back on their feet. July 26's historic flash flooding left an enormous mess in its wake. Businesses in the Elm Point neighborhood of St. Charles are basically rebuilding. Yes, the outside of their shops are fine, but the inside is a different story. When Cole Creek overran its banks it free flowed into Sugarfire Smoke House and Elm Point Animal Hospital. "The picnic tables were floating out on Elm," Sugarfire's Maintenance…
Tracy Hinson, KSDK

Recent efforts to combat teacher shortages don’t address the real problems

3 years 1 month ago

States have recently focused their efforts to reduce the nation’s teacher shortage by promoting strategies that “remove or relax barriers to entry” to quickly bring new people into the teaching profession. California, for example, allows teacher candidates to skip basic skills and subject matter tests if they have taken approved college courses. New Mexico is […]

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Henry Tran

Congress could beef up meatpacking oversight this fall. But obstacles to enforcement remain

3 years 1 month ago

This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. A century ago, Congress wrote a law intended to counteract unfair business practices in the meatpacking industry. Fast forward to 2022: Just four companies control more than half of the beef, pork and poultry markets, and the meatpacking industry has fielded lawsuits alleging abusive behavior. The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 largely […]

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