Metro East news briefs
— October 2, 2019State joins St. Louis violence crackdown The State of Missouri this week joins a growing effort to curb violence in the City of St. Louis. At the Chronicle’s deadline, the city…
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Bi-State refinancing bonds amid continuing fiscal woes
— September 25, 2019The executive committee of the Bi-State Development Board of Commissioners, at its Sept. 12 meeting, reviewed a bond refinancing plan that will save between $45 and $50 million —…
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Report offers ecological approach to development in southwest Illinois
— July 31, 2019Commercial and residential development is picking up across Metro East — so is the development of the public infrastructure to support it. But also growing is concern over environmental…
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Metro East news briefs
— June 5, 2019Hyperloop backers want test track A 12-to-15-mile Hyperloop test track in Missouri would be used to certify new high-speed rail technology and then expand into a commercial Hyperloop…
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Competing St. Louis reform plans emerge to address city, county issues
— May 22, 2019Amid the first federal corruption indictment against a St. Louis County executive, bankruptcy predictions for the City of St. Louis, and threats of succession by at least one county…
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Fourth St. Louis regionalism drive would involve Metro East
— August 28, 2019Plans for the St. Louis area’s fourth major push for regionalism were outlined, Aug. 14, during “Pros and Cons of Ending the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County Divide”; a…
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Illinois, Missouri shipping firms eye St. Louis-Georgia trade pact
— June 5, 2019A burgeoning international seaport in Georgia could soon be sending millions more tons of finished merchandise, product components, and commodities to St. Louis and Metro East for distribution,…
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Safety ratings vary for southwest Illinois hospitals
— May 30, 2019Metro East’s seven major hospitals variously received grades from “A” to “C,” in the spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, issued May 15. The semiannual ratings recognize…
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