(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick had St. Louis Public Schools on his list for this year and a Democratic state representative affirmed immediate examination. Rep. Donna Barringer, whose district covers the western portion of the City of St. Louis, stood beside Fitzpatrick on Thursday as he announced an audit of the […]
(The Center Square)– Results from the August Primary Election reveal incumbent Pierce County Council District 6 Councilmember Jani Hitchen faces a tough challenge from Republican Loujanna “LJ” Rohrer, who leads all candidates for the county council seat. According to the latest election results, Rohrer leads all District 6 candidates with 47.2% of collected votes. Hitchen, […]
(The Center Square) – A higher-than-expected increase in the unemployment rate caused significant panic last week. However, data from the Institute for Supply Management indicated that the services sector expanded in July, while the commerce department data showed initial jobless claims fell. The stock market made a modest recovery, partially erasing some of the week’s […]
(The Center Square) – DePaul University is preparing to reopen its campus Quad before students return for fall classes. The Quad has been closed for about three months while workers repair damage from pro-Palestinian protests last spring. DePaul officials say workers have been fixing an estimated $180,000 worth of damage to the Quad and surrounding […]
The Major Cities Chiefs Association released a report last week showing violent crime in most major cities has dropped overall year to year, even as crime remains a top concern. The report, compiling crime statistics from the police departments of 69 major counties and cities from Jan. 1 through June 30, showed a roughly 6% […]
Back by populist demand — tax hikes? President Joe Biden made it a point to come into the White House and, like Donald Trump before him, systematically dismantle the legacy of the man who was leaving office. That promise has been a mixed bag — Biden has kept most of Trump’s tariffs on China in place, […]
Washington Examiner Congressional Reporter Samantha-Jo Roth joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the change in the electoral map from the shake-up in the race; from the shake-up in the race, it does seem like it shrunk the map of contested states; a group of anti-Trump Republicans in Arizona are invoking a previous Republican […]
Monday begins with another decrease at the pumps for consumers. The average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $3.443 on Monday. This was slightly cheaper than Sunday’s prices, which came in at $3.445 per gallon. It was the second straight week that began with a decrease in gas prices. Gas prices remain […]
The White House has announced a new multi-agency initiative aimed at curbing the use of corporate practices that aggravate customers by wasting their time, such as long hold times to cancel subscriptions and the overuse of automated chatbots. The administrationwide effort, dubbed “time is money,” comes as part of President Joe Biden’s broader crackdown on […]
The battle for a coveted Wisconsin Senate seat is set to kick into high gear this week when Tuesday’s primaries solidify the race between Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Republican Eric Hovde. The battleground state is rated by nonpartisan election forecasters as “lean Democratic” for the Senate but a “toss-up” for the presidential election, putting […]