Governor Bob Holden said the state's businesses will suffer without better roads and bridges. He also said failure to fully fund transit systems will harm people who need buses and rail to get to work. The Governor said he would work with both urban and rural legislators to increase transportation funding. A-B will represent St. Louis with Super advertising dollars. Makeover unveiled for river market area.
City has a stake in West Coast energy.
The city's Finance Department made the purchases despite credit-rating agency warnings that the companies' financial ratings might be downgraded. Union members raised a short-lived informational picket Thursday morning at the Springfield cable television franchise s offices on South Enterprise Avenue. Among the issues union officials said remain to be resolved for its 69 members are wages and concern that the company may be sold.