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Since time immemorial, one sure-fire way to get rich has been to find out ahead of time where a new road or bridge was going to be built, and then buy up all the right of way around it. When…
PHOTO BY WENDI FITZGERALD
On July 12, 1999 — 10 years ago to the day, yesterday — between 200 and 300 activists, most of them African-American, some of them prominent leaders, staged a brief shutdown of Interstate 70 at Goodfellow Avenue.
Now…
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, left, and MoDOT Director Peter Rahn (Laurie Skrivan | Post-Dispatch)
Missouri’s Highways and Transportation Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday afternoon to divvy up more than $400 million in federal stimulus money allocated to Missouri…
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Missourians have a right to know where Gov. Jay Nixon stands on the allocation of federal stimulus money coming to Missouri for transportation projects.
The federal money comes with some strings attached, and it’s Mr. Nixon’s job to ensure that…
Reconfiguring the Chestnut Street interchange off of I-64 is among the projects proposed by the city of St. Louis. (J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch)
Federal stimulus funds heading this way for road and bridge projects will create work and inject cash into the…
Missouri is a low-tax state. The Census Bureau ranked it 46th among the states in state taxes per person for the year 2005.
That’s not a good thing if you’re poor and need health care, or a student hoping for a good…
