St. Louis native Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter and the founder and CEO of Square, is donating a billion dollars’ worth of his Square holdings to help…
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Missouri budget chief cites virus as revenue plunges
(AP) — As Missouri lawmakers prepare to consider emergency funding in response to the coronavirus crisis, the state’s budget director offered on Monday more evidence of the pandemic’s toll on…
Free parking at city meters extended until April 22
ST. LOUIS – Drivers will continue to get free parking spots at meters in the city, City Treasurer Tishaura Jones has decided. She is continuing until April 22 her policy…
Zero-interest loans offered for small businesses
ST. LOUIS – Small businesses in St. Louis and St. Louis County that have been slammed by the coronavirus can apply for new zero-interest loans. The loans are being offered…
Hospitals on financial brink may succumb to coronavirus
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Randy Tobler says his Missouri hospital has until mid-May before it runs out of money — that’s the rosy projection, anyway. Tobler, chief executive of…
Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation
NEW YORK (AP) — In Sandwich, N.H., a town of 1,200 best known as the setting for the movie “On Golden Pond,” broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less…
Gateway Resilience Fund awards $440,000 to St. Louis individuals, businesses
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Grants totaling nearly $440,000 were awarded to 525 individuals and 16 downtown businesses by the Gateway Resilience Fund, officials with the St. Louis Community Foundation announced Tuesday,…
Missouri top court strikes down anti-picketing law
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, March 31, that a 2018 law banning public union workers from picketing is unconstitutional. Supreme Court judges unanimously sided with…
Missouri Attorney General tackles alleged price gougers
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is going after eight third-party Amazon sellers suspected of price-gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, March 30, Schmitt sent civil investigative demands to the…
Metro suspends four bus routes as ridership falls
ST. LOUIS – Metro Transit is suspending service on four of its MetroBus routes as of Monday, March 30, because of falling ridership during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. The four…
Governor mobilizes National Guard against virus
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri braced itself Friday for a surge of coronavirus patients as the number of deaths grew to nine, with the governor mobilizing the state’s National Guard.…
New COVID-19 Regional Response Fund helps 16 area nonprofits
ST. LOUIS – A new COVID-19 Regional Response Fund set up this month is sending grants totaling nearly $370,000 to 16 nonprofit organizations serving area groups and residents affected by…