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Construction Trades Take Center Stage at SLATE Career Fair

4 months ago

The SLATE Missouri Job Center will host its Apprenticeships & Trades Career Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at 1520 Market Street, bringing together more than 30 employers, training providers, and unions to connect job seekers with pathways to stable, long-term careers. Construction will be a major focus, with opportunities through […]

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Tom Finan

Poverty dropped in most states last year, but trend could reverse as cuts loom

4 months ago
Poverty dropped last year nationwide and in 38 states, according to census estimates released Thursday. But since that decrease was recorded in mid-2024, more people have signed up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, in 18 states and the District of Columbia. In those places, more people were using […]
Tim Henderson

Families gather at WTC to honor 9/11 victims, 24 years later

4 months ago
LOWER MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) โ€“ Twenty-four years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, families of the victims gathered Thursday to honor their loved ones in a private ceremony in Lower Manhattan. The commemoration ceremony began at 8:30 a.m. at Memorial Plaza. You can watch the ceremony live on the PIX11 Morning News, PIX11.com, or PIX11+. [...]
Video credit: Kala Rama

25 Years of Great Rivers Greenway: A Timeline + A Conversation with GRGโ€™s Emma Klues

4 months ago

This year Great Rivers Greenway is celebrating a quarter-century of building greenways in the St. Louis region.  The organizationโ€™s funding, born out of a public vote in November 2000, started GRG down the path to creating the 140 miles of trails, thousands of acres of public space, and 3 million yearly trail visitors they boast […]

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Mike Mccubbins