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Ferguson, Missouri, to pay out $4.5m to settle debtors’ jail lawsuit

City where police killed Mike Brown in 2015 was defendant in class-action suit by plaintiffs detained over inability to pay city fines

The Guardian - US · Feb 29, 2024

'Debtor's prison' lawsuit filed against St. Louis suburb resolved with $2.9 million settlement

A Missouri city will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it and six other St. Louis suburbs of violating the constitutional rights of residents by jailing them and forcing them to pay fees, often for minor traffic violations

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2024

Launch date for delayed Glen Rosa ferry now on display

FERGUSON shipyard bosses are so confident about the launch date of the second of the two fiasco ferries that they've named the date.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 10, 2023

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Pulaski County church likely to stop serving as warming center; looking for new facility

New Life Church is in Ferguson, a town of about 900 in south central Kentucky. Five years ago, they started offering their community building as a warming center on cold nights. Mission Director Bobbie Joe Loveless says all went well the first few years, but the last couple, some who…

WEKU · Oct 12, 2023

Traffic tickets can be profitable, and fairness isn't the bottom line in city courts where judges impose the fines

When city governments spend more money than they take in, officials often search for ways to generate revenue. One increasingly common source of money is traffic tickets. And research shows police officers issue more traffic tickets when cities are financially in a deficit.

The Conversation · Sep 21, 2023

Emerson succeeds in hostile bid, reaches $8.2 billion deal to buy National Instruments

Nearly a year after Ferguson, Missouri-based Emerson first launched its campaign to acquire Austin, Texas-based National Instruments, it has struck a deal that values the company at $8.2 billion.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 12, 2023

A Columbine survivor’s tragic battle to reveal the ‘ripple effect’ of gun violence: trauma, addiction, suicide

With 377 school shootings since Columbine, Americans are still reckoning with the real toll of these attacks

The Guardian - US · Apr 12, 2023

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Fresh Arran ferry concerns after prolonged period without taskforce meeting

The concerns were highlighted at a North Ayrshire Council meeting.

Daily Record · Dec 22, 2022

‘I’m changing Congress’: how Cori Bush brought her lived experience to Capitol Hill

Member of ‘the Squad’ on how her abortion experience, sexual assault and front-line fight in Ferguson, Missouri, affected her politics

The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2022

LZ Granderson: Black votes count, even if results for Black voters seem scarce

There has never been a Black speaker of the House.

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Are police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask

The Minneapolis Police Department will face the scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation concluded that its officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force more often on people of color and maintain a culture in which racism is tolerated

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

'Asking for the public to pray': 2 St. Louis police officers shot, 1 critically injured in Ferguson

ST. LOUIS — Two St. Louis police officers were shot while attempting to apprehend a suspect Wednesday afternoon in Ferguson and one was in "very critical" condition, St. Louis police Chief John Hayden said.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 27, 2022

The virus of white privilege

Ferguson offers white people a chance to understand the price of our privilege

Salon · Aug 23, 2014

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