Trump Unveils AI-Powered America.gov Portal
WASHINGTON, DC – September 29, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a redesigned, artificial intelligence-powered America.gov, launching a new federal portal intended to make it easier for Americans to find government information and, eventually, complete common government services from a single online destination. Trump announced the initiative during an event at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, where administration officials presented America.gov as a new digital “front door” to the federal government. The website is already live and gives users an AI-powered conversational interface for searching government information rather than requiring them to determine which Source: Read Original Article
Elliott Davis: Investigations That Defined a Career
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 29, 2026 (STL.News) For more than four decades, Elliott Davis built a television career around a question that became one of the most recognizable phrases in St. Louis journalism: Who paid for it? Usually, the answer was taxpayers. Davis retired from KTVI FOX 2 in August 2024 after approximately 45 years at the station, ending a television career defined by his long-running “You Paid For It” investigations into government spending, public officials, struggling municipalities and people who believed government had failed them. But retirement from television did not mean retirement from reporting. Davis Source: Read Original Article
Coastal Financial Faces Growing Investor Scrutiny
EVERETT, WA – September 29, 2026 (STL.News) Costal Financial – Coastal Financial Corporation faces a growing number of securities-law investigations after a $68.8 million credit expense tied to one banking-as-a-service partner helped drive a $42.1 million quarterly loss and a 43.5% one-day collapse in the company’s stock. Shares of Coastal Financial (NASDAQ: CCB) have remained under pressure since that July disclosure. The stock closed Monday, Sept. 28, at $37.55, down 16.22% for the session and below the $39.91 closing price reached immediately after the July earnings-driven plunge. Monday also brought a separate development involving Bluevine, a longtime financial-technology partner Source: Read Original Article
St. Louis Recycling Change Creates New Business
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 28, 2026 (STL.News) A major change to St. Louis’ recycling program has created an unexpected opportunity for a locally owned small business that is selling something the city no longer provides to many residents: convenient recycling pickup. Recycle With Me, founded by St. Louis entrepreneur Erik Kozlowski, provides residential recycling pickup for customers who don’t want to haul their recyclables to one of the city’s drop-off locations. The business emerged after St. Louis decided to discontinue recycling collection from blue alley dumpsters in August 2025. While city officials say that decision has substantially Source: Read Original Article
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