/tags/legislation Legislation en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2025-01-24/single-rams-bill-committee-advances-full-st-louis-board-of-aldermen Members of the board’s Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee voted 5-2, with Anne Schweitzer and Michael Browning voting no. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2025-01-24/single-rams-bill-committee-advances-full-st-louis-board-of-aldermen Eric Schmid /economy-business/2024-03-01/missouri-doesnt-have-a-statewide-building-code-this-bill-seeks-to-change-that Regularly updated codes can also aid with disaster resilience. The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates adopting current building codes can avoid hundreds of billions of dollars in damages. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:48:40 GMT /economy-business/2024-03-01/missouri-doesnt-have-a-statewide-building-code-this-bill-seeks-to-change-that Eric Schmid /health-science-environment/2023-09-28/new-bill-would-make-building-up-levees-and-floodwalls-easier-in-response-to-changing-floods The Upper Mississippi River Levee Safety Act calls on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to more frequently update the probabilities it uses to set the design standards for levees and floodwalls and let local levee districts maintain their infrastructure at those levels. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-09-28/new-bill-would-make-building-up-levees-and-floodwalls-easier-in-response-to-changing-floods Eric Schmid /2022-11-30/viper-act-could-bolster-va-medical-research-to-help-paralyzed-veterans-walk-again The VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional Research (VIPER) Act introduced by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs could support medical advancements on prosthetics and mental health. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:00:00 GMT /2022-11-30/viper-act-could-bolster-va-medical-research-to-help-paralyzed-veterans-walk-again Britny Cordera /economy-business/2022-02-16/workers-at-dozens-of-metro-east-warehouses-have-no-safe-rooms-to-shelter-from-tornadoes There aren’t local or statewide rules in Illinois ensuring workers in the nearly 30 warehouses surrounding the Amazon facility that collapsed in December will be any safer the next time a tornado strikes the St. Louis region. Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:22:45 GMT /economy-business/2022-02-16/workers-at-dozens-of-metro-east-warehouses-have-no-safe-rooms-to-shelter-from-tornadoes Eric Schmid /health-science-environment/2022-01-09/illinois-clean-energy-law-spells-an-end-to-coal-will-miners-resist-or-change All private coal plants in the state must eliminate carbon emissions by 2030. Publicly owned ones have until 2045 to achieve the same goal. Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:29:28 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-01-09/illinois-clean-energy-law-spells-an-end-to-coal-will-miners-resist-or-change Kelsey Landis /government-politics-issues/2021-09-16/illinois-new-energy-plan-promises-massive-shift-away-from-fossil-fuels The law puts the state on a path to reach 100% clean energy by 2050, with the goal of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2045. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:39:30 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-09-16/illinois-new-energy-plan-promises-massive-shift-away-from-fossil-fuels Eric Schmid /health-science-environment/2021-03-18/illinois-sen-duckworth-unveils-sweeping-environmental-justice-legislation The Environmental Justice For All Act would amend current law and add new programs such as creating parks in communities across the country. Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:09:54 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-03-18/illinois-sen-duckworth-unveils-sweeping-environmental-justice-legislation Eric Schmid /politics-issues/2015-10-07/blunt-sponsors-bill-to-help-military-families-with-relocations Military families would get added flexibility in moving to a new duty station under a bill introduced Tuesday by U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, R-Mo., that he… Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:22:29 GMT /politics-issues/2015-10-07/blunt-sponsors-bill-to-help-military-families-with-relocations /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-06-25/rep-wagner-blasts-sex-trafficking-offenders-calls-trafficking-modern-day-slavery For the first time in 13 years, Congress has passed new regulations on human sex trafficking. On May 29, The Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act… Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:06:04 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-06-25/rep-wagner-blasts-sex-trafficking-offenders-calls-trafficking-modern-day-slavery