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This Texas metro is one of the least expensive to raise a child

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (NEXSTAR) - It’s no secret that raising a child can be expensive. From childcare, housing, food, and other associated costs, the expenses can rise quickly. Depending on where you live, being a parent can be even more expensive. Using data from MIT’s Living Wage Calculator, personal finance website SmartAsset found that nationally, raising a child costs roughly $20,800 annually. That cost includes childcare (which, on average, will set you back more than $9,000), food and housing, healthcare, transportation, and other necessities. SmartAsset reviewed 381 U.S. metro areas to determine how much it could cost for a two-adult household to raise a child in 2023. Rounding out the 10 cheapest metros were Jackson, Tennessee; Gadsden and Dothan, Alabama; Longview, Texas; Columbia, Florence, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, and Spartanburg, South Carolina. Unsurprisingly, many of the most expensive cities were in California, specifically in and around the Bay...

Carlson, Entzel, Berkelman: Stop with sulfide mining permits until Minnesota updates its laws

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

More than ever, our state needs an extended public debate on the issue of our drinking water because continued availability will be determined by the decisions being made relative to sulfide mining in northern Minnesota.According to the Minnesota Pollution Control agency, 56% of our lakes streams, etc were “ impaired “ by 2019 and another 304 bodies of water were added in 2021. More will be listed this fall. Further, a University of Minnesota study warned the state in 2012 that demand will soon exceed supply and that appropriate steps must be taken now.Yet, our state leaders have done nothing — absolutely nothing.Sulfide mining is the search for valuable and necessary metals like copper, nickel, titanium, lithium and zinc and involves a process that releases sulfuric acid and toxic chemicals that poisons water for centuries. Our current mining laws were designed for iron ore mining and have not been updated for sulfide mining, meaning that they do not consider vital and basic ...

113th annual Annie Malone May Day Parade happening today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The 113th annual Annie Malone May Day Parade returns to downtown St. Louis. It's one of the oldest and biggest parades in the area.The pre-show and pep rally start sat 10:30 a.m. at the Annie Malone Offices. The parade officials will then kick off the parade, moving to the parade route, which begins at Market Street and Compton Avenue in downtown St. Louis.The Annie Malone May Day Parade is a St. Louis tradition and the oldest African-American parade in the nation. Annie Malone Children and Family Service helps nearly 500 children and parents per year. New top prosecutor leaves high-powered law firm for public service Programs include crisis management, therapeutic education, community based programming, and youth substance abuse prevention and treatment."We always have lots of police presence at the May Day Parade, but we have taken the extra step and hired private security as well just to ensure the safety of people that want to come and bring their kids - that extra...

Man shot and killed in downtown St. Louis overnight

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A man is dead after a shooting overnight.It happened around 2:30 a.m. on Lumiere Place Boulevard. On a map, it looks like it's on the same block as America's Best Value Inn, near downtown St. Louis. New top prosecutor leaves high-powered law firm for public service City police said the victim was shot twice in the torso and died at the scene. No further information has been revealed, as the investigation is still active.FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

'Bark in the Park' by Humane Society of Missouri Returns for 28th year\

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It was a “paws-itively” “purr-fect” morning in Tower Grove Park as dogs and their owners celebrated the 28th annual 'Bark in The Park' event.Saturday morning was for the dogs.Dog lovers and their four-legged friends packed Tower Grove Park for the 28th annual 'Bark in the Park.' The festival kicked off with a 5k. Dogs representing every breed imaginable took their owners for a walk or sprint. Including, Woody the beagle.“My husband is a runner, so Woody has been trained up, and he’s done 6 half-marathons and many 10ks and everyday runs a 5K, he’s pure muscle,” said owner of beagles Woody and Jessie, Mollie Heinz.There was also a spot for agility testing - vendors and a show full of trick put on by the organizer, Purina Farms and benefitting the Humane Society of Missouri. Trending -- Glenn Zimmerman’s long-range summer 2023 forecast Dubbed the biggest pet festival in the Midwest, it’s no wonder so many breeds showed up.“I wanted her to come and get some socializing wit...

Colorado’s cannabis industry has fallen on hard times. What does the future hold?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

The heyday of marijuana sales in Colorado – back in 2020 when recreational and medical sales topped out at a combined $226 million – is a distant memory, as the state’s dispensaries struggle through an economic downturn, with sales plummeting and small businesses foundering.“The market’s just bad. It’s bad right now,” said 29-year-old Val Tonazzi, who works in cannabis sales. “There’s businesses closing, left and right.”In March, Colorado’s total medical marijuana sales were about $17 million – around $5 million less than last March. Retail marijuana sales racked up to $122 million, but that’s still a $17 million drop from March 2022.It’s an improved outlook from February when medical marijuana sales dipped to their lowest point since retail sales began – around $15 million. And sales for both recreational and medical weed totaled to over $139 million, which is the highest it’s climbed to since last October.But ...

Cornerback Riley Moss overcame odds to make it to Broncos: “This guy had something special”

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

On a recent Saturday afternoon in Dove Valley where the forecast instantly went from warm and sunny to windy and needing a jacket, Riley Moss was in his element.Wearing thigh-high shorts and a white No. 37 practice jersey, the cornerback spider crawled across the practice field along with his fellow draft picks, undrafted free agents, and pros, trying to make a good impression in front of Broncos head coach Sean Payton at rookie minicamp.The 6-foot-1,193-pound corner was nowhere near the most intimidating player at practice. That title belonged to rookie linebacker Drew Sanders, who is 6-foot-4, 235 pounds of muscle. However, as Moss glided smoothly on the field, applying tight coverage against receivers, it became clear why Denver traded into the third round of last month’s draft to acquire the former Iowa star.“He can run fast,” Payton said. “He’s also someone that learns pretty quickly. You see some of his athleticism, even in the special teams drills when we watch it on ta...

Rockies rookie Brenton Doyle’s immediate impact no surprise to those who saw him rise: “This kid’s got it”

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

On a May morning in 2019, exit interviews for Shepherd University baseball players were scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. sharp in coach Matt McCarty’s office.At 8:30, junior center fielder Brenton Doyle walked in, wearing his workout clothes, dripping with sweat. The Rams had been eliminated from the Mountain East Conference tournament the day before, so Doyle had played his final game for the Division II school in Shepherdstown, W.Va.McCarty was puzzled, but only for a moment.“Brenton was the first one to sign up for a meeting,” McCarty recalled. “Then he knocks on the door, walks in, a half-hour early, and I asked him, ‘Why are you sweating?’“He said to me, ‘I wanted to get a workout in this morning and get this done early so I could take some swings in the cages one last time with the guys before I head out of here.’ ”After the meeting, Doyle said his goodbyes and departed McCarty’s office, leaving one, final, indelibl...

Walters: California’s achievement gap defies billions in school spending

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

When Jerry Brown returned to the governorship in 2011, a quarter-century after his first stint in California’s highest office ended, one of his early goals was changing how the state finances the education of nearly 6 million public school students.Brown had a plan, adapted from the theory of Michael Kirst, a distinguished academic and Brown’s long-time education advisor, to concentrate more money on students who chronically trail in academic achievement, albeit those from poor families and/or don’t speak English at home.Kirst called it a “weighted formula,” and the legislation he and Brown persuaded the Legislature to adopt a decade ago was called “Local Control Funding Formula,” or LCFF. It would give school districts with large numbers of at-risk students in those two categories extra funds on the assumption that they would improve achievement.The legislation lubricated passage by also eliminating most “categorical aids” – money for specific education programs – and t...

Taylor eyes Cameron rematch, questions linger over location, weight

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:55:47 GMT

DUBLIN (AP) — An Irish flag over her shoulders, Katie Taylor descended the steps from the ring in utter dejection.Taylor spent years dreaming of a homecoming bout. Now, she’ll need to figure out how to bounce back from the first loss of her professional career.Chantelle Cameron had spoiled Taylor’s homecoming by earning a majority decision at Dublin’s 3Arena to remain the undisputed super-lightweight champion.The 2012 Olympic gold medalist immediately said she’s “looking forward to the rematch” and can trigger it under terms of the contract for Saturday’s fight.Now come the questions of where, when and at which weight?“Wherever the fight is the biggest but I’m thinking back in Ireland,” Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn said when asked about the location for a potential rematch.Taylor and Hearn had looked at 83,000-capacity Croke Park for the homecoming with Amanda Serrano the planned opponent. Cameron stepped in after Serrano pulled out becaus...