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Soulard's famed Mardi Gras parade will take place Saturday "rain or shine," according to organizers.

"Beyond Romance" an art exhibit featuring local artist's artworks with expressions of other forms of Love. Beyond Romance! The exhibit is free and open to the public and and runs […]

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Cream, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band made up of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, has released another performance video from their 2005 reunion concert at…

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The deportation case against Rümeysa Öztürk for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like was finally dismissed this week, although the administration can still challenge the ruling. But others, like Ya’akub Vijandre, remain locked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for exercising their press freedom rights. Read on for more on the week in press freedom.

Attorney regulators must push back on lawless prosecutors

Last Friday, we filed an attorney disciplinary complaint against Gordon Kromberg, the federal prosecutor who reviewed and signed the search warrant application targeting Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. The complaint explained that Kromberg violated his duty to disclose adverse authority when his application neglected to mention a federal law that should have prohibited the raid of Natanson’s home. As we explained in a statement, his omission “now threatens to expose Natanson’s sources and cripple her ability to report, while also sending a warning shot to journalists and whistleblowers nationwide.”

Days later, the Virginia State Bar punted on the complaint, contending that it is up to the judge to whom Kromberg submitted the application to decide if the attorney misrepresented the law. That makes no sense — if attorney honesty is solely for judges to decide, then why do the ethics rules (which are enforced by regulators, not judges) include a duty of candor? As we told The New York Times: “This is the latest example of attorney disciplinary offices finding any excuse to not confront the rampant misconduct by prosecutors and other lawyers inside the Trump administration. Disciplinary offices need to rise to the moment and stop protecting the people they’re supposed to regulate.”

• Read the complaint here

Öztürk deportation case among America’s most blatant press freedom violations

We’re thrilled that Öztürk’s removal case is (hopefully) over but we remain shocked and disgusted that it ever happened. We said in a statement that the case is “arguably the most blatant press freedom violation of this century, and maybe the last century as well. The administration did not even bother to present a pretext for its actions — it arrested her, jailed her in horrific conditions, and sought to expel her solely because she expressed views shared by millions of Americans about one of the most important issues of our time.”

The administration goes after immigrants like Öztürk (who has a student visa) because they’re the easiest targets, not because they have any greater respect for the constitutional rights of citizens. They’d throw out all of us who dissent from their agenda or expose their lies if they could, regardless of citizenship status.

• Read our statement

Could the next archivist be even worse?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was never qualified to serve as acting archivist of the United States, even if it were his only job. In normal times, we’d cheer the end of his year-long stint at the National Archives and Records Administration. But in normal times that stint would’ve never happened. And there is a real concern that his successor might not be any better.

Rubio has reportedly picked Jim Byron, who has been functioning as the agency’s day-to-day head, to take over from him. Byron’s track record is troubling, to say the least. Our Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy, Lauren Harper, has more in her secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.

• Read it here

Digital security for Valentine’s Day

Like love itself, digital security is all about trust, confidentiality, and compatibility, so our digital security team worked with our friends at Calyx Institute on this set of valentines.

Please feel free to choose your favorites, download them, print them if you like, and send them along to anyone you care for, along with our best regards.

• Get them here

What we're reading Paramount expands offer for Warner Bros amid hostile takeover bid Al Jazeera

“WBD shareholders should push back against any transaction that would result in CNN being controlled by people who have already shown willingness to sell out journalism and journalists to benefit their other interests,” Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern said.

Trump’s campaign against ‘left-wing’ media finds a new target: Apple News The Washington Post

To summarize Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson’s ridiculous letter: “We’re not the speech police, but we reserve the right to make up nonexistent misrepresentations as a pretext to police speech.”

Landmark settlement announced in lawsuit challenging unlawful questioning of journalists at the border American Civil Liberties Union

An important win for press freedom from the ACLU: A landmark settlement for photojournalists who had their First Amendment rights violated at the U.S.-Mexico border by ICE and Customs and Border Patrol.

LAPD replaces ‘less-lethal’ gun ‘known to maim people’ with another ‘less-lethal’ gun capable of doing the exact same thing LA Taco

“Whatever euphemistic term people use for these weapons, all of them are known to maim people for life,” said FPF’s deputy director of advocacy, Adam Rose. “They’re only appropriate when the only alternative is lethal force.”

ICE is expanding across the US at breakneck speed. Here’s where it’s going next Wired

In the midst of its lies about the dangers of filming law enforcement operations, ICE now claims that revealing its new office locations is a “national security” concern. It’s not.

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Assistant prosecutor John Schlesinger says there's no evidence that supports claim that Courtney Washington was suffering from psychosis caused by Adderall withdrawal and synthetic marijuana use.

EAST ALTON – A Belleville man accused of stealing over $500,000 worth of brass and copper from Wieland in East Alton faces five felony charges. Joseph D. Bevenue, 44, of Belleville, was charged with four counts of theft, including two Class 1 felonies and two Class 3 felonies, as well as a Class 4 felony count of possession of a controlled substance on Feb. 5, 2026. From Oct. 1 to Dec. 12, 2025, Bevenue allegedly committed a series of deceptive acts to obtain 4 coils/sheets of yellow

A jury has found a Highland, Illinois father guilty of causing injuries that led to his infant son's sudden death, reportedly from shaken baby syndrome.

MoDOT to Host Route AC (New Halls Ferry Rd.) Public Meeting on Feb. 25 Eagan Center | Staff and consultants with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will host a public meeting for its Route AC (New Halls Ferry Rd.) Safety and Operational Improvements project on Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 4-6 p.m. The meeting will […]

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Alderman Michael Browning said the city needed more time to finish writing rules for data centers.

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS - On Friday afternoon, Feb. 6, 2026, a woman was taken into custody after authorities said a school employee in Cahokia Heights received repeated telephone threats. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department said it was contacted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, by officials from Cahokia School District 187 about threats received by telephone at a school at 1900 Mousette Lane in Cahokia Heights. The department said its resource officers assigned to the school immediately

Judge Boasberg got his vindication in the frivolous “complaint” the DOJ filed against him, and now he’s calling out the DOJ’s bullshit in the long-running case that caused them to file the complaint against him in the first place: the JGG v. Trump case regarding the group of Venezuelans the US government shipped off to […]

The Missouri House has passed a bill that would prohibit doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for gender transition purposes.

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced that the Trump administration has cut $100 million in critical funding for local public health departments, and for HIV prevention and monitoring, chronic disease surveys, and more. Funding for these programs was allocated by Congress and is also being stripped from three additional states – all led by Democratic governors - and represents the latest politically-motivated action by the Trump administration

The St. Louis Regional Freightway is pleased to release the Madison County Manufacturing and Logistics Industry Overview, which was developed in collaboration with economic development and community development team at Madison County. Located in the northeast portion of the St. Louis metropolitan area, Madison County is one of the largest counties in the St. Louis region in population and land […]

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GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College invites prospective students and their families to explore all the college has to offer during its upcoming Discover Day Open House, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, from 3-5 p.m. The event will take place in The Commons on the college’s Godfrey Campus and offers an inside look at why so many students choose L&C as the first step in their higher education journey. Guests can connect with faculty and staff, explore career and transfer pathways, an