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Workforce development and infrastructure, as well as federal COVID-19 relief spending, are likely to be among the priorities laid out Wednesday in Gov. Mike Parson's annual State of the State speech.
A three-day jury trial last week resulted in favor of Socket. "It was a very hard-fought case. We are obviously disappointed in the result, but now we are considering our options for appeal," Pieper's lawyer Edwin Ernst said in a message to the Tribune. Ernst is a partner in the employment and civil litigation Ernst Law Firm in St. Louis. Pieper dropped claims against Socket Chief Operating Officer Carson Coffman and a hostile work environment claim at the start of the trial. Her remaining claims were the company had allegedly violated federal law and policies surrounding a $23.7 million fed...
“We are more than we have been,” Blunt told hundreds of people in the socially-distanced live audience and the millions more watching on television. “And we are less than we hope to be.” He called for unity and common purpose. He said those words as he stood before a Capitol severely damaged, just two weeks earlier, by anti-American insurrectionists. Blunt, who chaired the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, is a Republican. He surely understands that disagreement between the parties, and the people, won’t go away because of a few words on Jan. 20. We will argue w...