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SLATE is connecting employers and job seekers!
SPONSORED – SLATE connects job seekers with employers through hiring events, career services, and workforce training opportunities. On Friday, October 16: SLATE’s Fall Hiring Fair, 9 a.m.noon, at 1520 Market Street. Job seekers can meet employers, explore openings, and make valuable connections. On Wednesday, October 28: SLATE partners with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for another hiring fair, 9 a.m.noon, at the same location. SLATE has a message to all job seekers: Come prepared, bring your resume, and be ready to meet employers. Create or update your profile at jobs.mo.gov before attending. Both hiring fairs are free. For more information, call 314-589-8000.
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The restaurant chain formerly known as Mission Taco is done for good
The ownership group behind a popular St. Louis-based Mexican restaurant chain is calling it quits after 10 years, following a name change prompted by a trademark lawsuit. The Tilford Restaurant Group announced late Monday that it would close Session Taco, previously known as Mission Taco Joint. The decision follows several turbulent years for the group, including a lawsuit over the restaurant’s original name.
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PERSPECTIVE: St. Louis Region Remains a Manufacturing Powerhouse
Posted In: Regionalism, What we are thinking about. October is National Manufacturing Month, a fitting time to recognize why the St. Louis region remains one of America’s leading manufacturing and aerospace hubs. Boeing’s recently awarded $20 billion contract to build the nation’s next-generation fighter jet in St. Louis and its $562 million contract to begin production of the MQ-25 refueling drone in Mascoutah, Ill., are more than significant wins for the company. They are further evidence of the strength and capabilities defining our region’s advanced manufacturing economy.
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Republic Services Breaks Ground on $70M Bridgeton Recycling Plant, Eyes 2028 Opening
Republic Services broke ground Tuesday on a $70 million, state-of-the-art recycling plant in Bridgeton, Missouri, a 105,000-square-foot facility designed to process nine to 10 truckloads of recyclables an hour using artificial intelligence technology meant to cut down on contamination. The project is expected to create up to 200 construction jobs and eventually support 60 full-time positions once it opens, with the company saying the plant will serve roughly 3 million residents across the region.
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Student Life
WashU kickstarts new AI faculty cluster hiring program
WashU announced a new cluster hiring campaign seeking to employ over 30 new tenure-track faculty members by 2029 and expand artificial-intelligence-centric research within the University-wide +AI launch from earlier this year. This hiring effort is an extension to the Rules of Life initiative within the chemistry, physics, and biology departments...
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CBL Properties Receives $135 Million Refinancing for St. Louis Mall
St. Louis — CBL Properties has received a $135 million refinancing of its mortgage loan for West County Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot regional mall located in St. Louis. The new loan, which replaces an existing $136.4 million loan that was scheduled to mature in December, carries a five-year term with a fixed interest rate of 7.4 percent.
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Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas
More than 50 people marched to Ameren Missouri's St. Louis headquarters Saturday to speak out against the company's newly published plans to build more fossil fuel resources in the coming 20 years. The group wore nature-inspired costumes while holding signs calling for clean energy. The People's Joy Parade and the...
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Building Five Decades of Equity: MOKAN Celebrates 50th Anniversary and Awards Dinner
For 50 years, the MOKAN Construction Contractors Assistance Center has driven economic inclusion across the St. Louis metropolitan area. As 2026 winds down, MOKAN is calling on corporate leaders, trade unions, and civic advocates to support its milestone 50th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Dinner, funding essential pre-apprenticeship classes and scaling business opportunities for minority and women contractors.
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St. Louis Hiring Overhaul Would Shift Authority Within City’s Civil-Service System
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer is seeking to change who has a say in leading city agencies, putting the balance between executive authority and civil-service protections at the center of a proposed rewrite. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the plan would give Spencer and department directors more influence over agency leadership and could go to voters as soon as April.
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Demonstrators condemn Ameren’s plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas
More than 50 people marched to Ameren Missouri’s St. Louis headquarters Saturday to speak out against the company’s newly published plans to build more fossil fuel resources in the coming 20 years. The group wore nature-inspired costumes while holding signs calling for clean energy. The People’s Joy Parade...
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Electrical Connection IBEW/NECA in the News
IBEW Local 1-signatory RJP Electric is growing with a newly renovated headquarters that improves its functionality and binds its culture in creative ways. The 53,500-square-foot corporate headquarters and warehouse renovation transformed the existing facility into updated space that brings office and warehouse operations together under one roof. It includes 19,400 square feet of office space and 34,100 square feet of warehouse space, with improvements designed to support RJP Electric’s day-to-day operations, employee collaboration, and continued growth. ARCO Construction delivered the renovation.