If you need to dial a phone number in the St. Louis area, be prepared to press a few extra digits beginning this year. Mandatory 10-digit dialing will start to be phased in next month for people in 37 states and 83 area codes. This change includes a big part of the greater St. Louis […]
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Pittman is new president of the MOCCFOA
Octavia Pittman took the oath of office as President of the Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association (MOCCFOA). The MOCCFOA provides its members on-going educational opportunities designed to assist members in the performance of their daily job responsibilities, sponsors certification programs and provides support to its members, to impart standards of quality and integrity […]
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Fantasia hospitalized for contractions six months into her pregnancy
Fantasia announced last year that she was expecting her third child, a baby girl, and her first child with her husband Kendall Taylor. Six months into her pregnancy, she shares that she’s in the hospital after experiencing contractions. The singer posted an update of her current condition to her Instagram Stories. In the first post, […]
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Lessons from AIDS activists in confronting COVID
When Kim Bouldin-Jones worked in outreach with St. Louis Effort for AIDS in the mid-1980s, she said, her main strategy was to “meet people where they are”: that often meant finding a gay bar and becoming a regular there, handing out condoms and talking about harm-reduction methods. She would sit down in a bar, and […]
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Federal and local tax filings deadlines extended
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have announced that the federal income tax filing due date has been automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021. In response, City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly has extended the earnings tax filing deadline from April 15, 2021 to May […]
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Stifel taps David to head Century Securities
The wealth management and investment banking firm – Stifel Financial Corp. – has appointed Alex David as President and Chief Operating Officer of its Century Securities division. David holds doctorates in economics and marketing and a master’s degree in international economics from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University. He will be instrumental in […]
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Mayor-elect Jones announces transition team, public input website
Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones on Wednesday announced her transition team, one day after making history as the first Black woman to be elected as mayor. In addition, Jones announced the launch of her website that will provide an opportunity for residents to submit their input on Jones’ plan to spend the $517 million in federal funds St. […]
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MLB hammers Georgia voting laws, moving All-Star Game to Denver
I am happy I was wrong. After boldly declaring last week that Major League Baseball did not have the gumption to act against Jim Crow-style new voting laws in Georgia by moving the 2021 All-Star Game, Commissioner Robert Manfred did just that. “Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions […]
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Gardner partners with Vera Institute to reduce racial disparities in legal system
A new partnership between St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and the Vera Institute of Justice will work to reduce racial disparities in the city’s criminal legal system by at least 20% through data-driven diversion efforts and policy changes. The partnership includes Gardner working with a local organization, Freedom Community Center, through Vera Institute’s Reshaping […]
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Top Metro East gridiron players
In last week’s American, we highlighted some of the area’s top high school football players who were playing in the alternative fall season (spring season) on the Missouri side of the river. This week, it’s time to take a look at some of the top players in Metro East area. And when you mention football […]