Granite City

Meanwhile, recalled Granite City workers echo Mr. Surma's caution, especially since their current earnings power has been reduced.

U.S. Steel Posts Loss, Offers Brighter Outlook 2009

Authorities said a 51-year-old man suffered heat stroke and died Sunday because his mobile home in Granite City, Ill., had no working air conditioner.

Intense heat scorches central, southern USA 2011

Mayor Hagnauer of Granite City says tacking more than $1,000 a year in some cases onto mortgage payments could push the city over the edge.

Levees Fall Off Face of Map Joe Barrett 2010

By the end of next year, Granite City and the rest of the American Bottom region across the river from St. Louis will be labeled a special flood hazard area — essentially erasing 75 miles of levees because the government says they can ' t be trusted anymore.

Levees Fall Off Face of Map Joe Barrett 2010

Local people say the resulting tab of at least $50 million a year — or $330 for every man, woman and child — would devastate the region, which includes the economically depressed city of East St. Louis and industrial workhorses like Granite City.

Levees Fall Off Face of Map Joe Barrett 2010

We owe it not just to Jeff Rains and the thousands of unemployed workers in Granite City, but also to our children and grandchildren to make things in America again.

Scott Paul: American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field 2009

The familiar noises of a busy, industrial town have vanished in Granite City.

Scott Paul: American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field 2009

In this case it's to visit Corral Liquors in Granite City, IL.

36 Hours In St. Louis 2009

Just a mile or two away stood the Granite City, Illinois works of United States Steel, a massive facility that is now shuttered because of the recession.

Scott Paul: American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field 2009

All of these things are visible from 15,000 feet in the air, in a plane on my way back to DC: the massive Granite City works, the piles and piles of green pipe, and the Gateway Arch. But you can't see humans from that altitude.

Scott Paul: American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field 2009