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Madison County Courts Partner With SIU Medicine To Train Residents For Behavioral Health Careers

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For 17 Madison County residents, the Problem Solving Court has become a pathway to a new career, offering a full-circle opportunity to help others. Probation officers referred the residents to a behavioral health workforce training program operated by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development. They are among 20 adults participating in the nine-month program, which prepares people with lived

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: License To Spill

1 day 3 hours ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice โ€” or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on […]
Mike Masnick

In Missouri, people power overcomes Trump-backed redistricting push

1 day 3 hours ago
On the latest Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, we break down the Missouri Supreme Court's historic decision to place a redistricting referendum on the November 2026 ballot โ€“ and how, at least for now, it foils a national GOP effort to oust Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver. People Not Politicians' Richard von Glahn and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins join the show. And later in the program, STLPR's Sarah Kellogg talks about how the Wednesday hearings gave a strong hint of the high court's intentions.

Some Parents Are Treating Suing Social Media As A Get Rich Quick Scheme

1 day 5 hours ago
There is a flood of lawsuits against social media, from a variety of different parties, all claiming some kind of harm. Would you feel differently about some of those lawsuits if you found out the plaintiffs bringing them were talking amongst themselves about how they were doing it just to become rich? Because we just […]
Mike Masnick