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ALTON — Alton High School has announced junior Jayce DeGerlia as the latest Art Fahrner–Edward Jones Remarkable Redbird of the Month, recognizing her outstanding academic record, musical excellence, and leadership within the Redbird community. An accomplished second-generation Redbird musician, DeGerlia is known not only for her talent, but also for the upbeat attitude she brings to school each day. Teachers and classmates describe her as a positive force in the building —

A free speech lawsuit that accused St. Louis Public Schools of silencing critics and restricting public comment at Board of Education meetings has now been resolved.

Earlier this year we noted how the Trump FCC, at the direct request of wireless phone giants, destroyed popular phone unlocking rules making it easier and cheaper to switch wireless carriers. The rules, applied via spectrum acquisition and merger conditions after years of activism, required that Verizon unlock your phone within 60 days after purchase so […]

Billy Idol received his second nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Wednesday. His first came last year, and he doesn’t sound too bent out of shape that…

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Perhaps, his attorney suggested, Alfred Montgomery could be partially removed from office — allowed to remain sheriff with restrictions on conducting criminal investigations.

ST. LOUIS - The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) will target expired vehicle registration violations this March in St. Louis County. According to the patrol, Troop C officials will focus on vehicles in St. Louis County that are on the roads with expired registrations. This includes temporary tags and other types of registration-related violations. To [...]

In a social media post, CareSTL Health wrote that delays with federal reimbursements and a decrease in revenue have “significantly impacted overall operating cash flow.”

TOPEKA — CoreCivic can’t house immigration detainees before reaching an agreement with the city of Leavenworth on reopening its private prison, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday when it upheld a lower court’s decision. “There is nothing to suggest that CoreCivic is being singled out here,” the Court of Appeals decision said. “The City […]

ST. LOUIS - The weekend is here, and so is a variety of events that will give residents plenty to do, including the St. Louis Coffee Festival and sporting events. Art in Bloom Friday to Sunday at the St. Louis Art Museum Visitors can experience dozens of works from the Museum’s collection imaginatively interpreted by [...]

ST. LOUIS - Wind, rain, and snow---oh my. In true St. Louis fashion, the city is approaching a weekend full of weather changes. Friday will bring warmer temperatures with highs in the 70s and lots of sunshine across the St. Louis region. However, an increase in winds combined with dry air has placed several communities [...]

There is a content warning on page 7 of a friend-of-the-court brief recently submitted in a high-stakes abortion medication case by women who say they were injured or traumatized from taking the pills.  “Warning: these accounts are raw, graphic and real.” About 30 mostly anonymous people recount their medication abortions, saying they were uninformed about […]

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Two suspects linked to high-end jewelry heists in multiple states recently targeted a Frontenac jeweler, walking out with two bracelets valued at $16,000, police say.

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Government lawyers are lying to courts to justify attacks on reporters covering immigration. Meanwhile, immigrant journalists like Ya’akub Vijandre remain locked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for exercising their rights. And corporate capitulators are looking to take over more news outlets to help the administration cover all of it up. Read on for more.

More news holdings for Paramount harms press freedom — and the bottom line

Netflix has reportedly declined to increase its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after Warner deemed Paramount’s latest competing bid superior. That paves the way for Paramount, led by Donald Trump ally David Ellison, to take over Warner and its media holdings, including CNN and HBO.

We said in a statement that Paramount boss Ellison “will readily throw the First Amendment, CNN’s reporters, and HBO’s filmmakers under the bus if they stand in the way of expanding his corporate empire and fattening his pockets. But censorship is bad for business. ... Selling companies that depend on the First Amendment to a censorial White House puppet is not only morally wrong but harmful to their bottom line.”

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Order restricting Natanson search didn’t go far enough

Judge William Porter imposed significant restrictions on the government’s ability to search materials seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson during the raid of her home last month. He also made clear his displeasure with prosecutors’ omission of any mention of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 — which prohibits searches of reporters’ materials in most circumstances — from their warrant application.

Porter was right to treat the seizure as a prior restraint and to limit the government from fishing through the irrelevant data it seized to snoop on reporters. He is also right to reprimand prosecutor Gordon Kromberg and his team for failing to disclose the Privacy Protection Act.

But the order didn’t go far enough. Porter should have required all of Natanson’s materials seized pursuant to the deceptive warrant application to be returned to her. And he should not have credited the administration’s claims that any of the seized materials posed a national security threat without strict proof, because the administration has earned zero deference from the judiciary on claims of national security threats.

We also updated and resubmitted our attorney disciplinary complaint against Kromberg — which the Virginia Bar previously punted to the courts — in light of Porter’s ruling.

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Government lawyers: Don’t make up terrorist attacks

Speaking of attorney disciplinary complaints, our latest one is against Sean Skedzielewski, who defended the government in lawsuits to stop ICE abuses of protesters and journalists in Los Angeles and Chicago. In the Chicago case, he told the judge that “violent terrorist organizations” were attacking federal agents in “riots” and exposing their families to danger through “doxing.”

All of that is complete nonsense. It shouldn’t be a heavy lift to convince an attorney disciplinary office that it’s unethical for government lawyers to make up a terrorist attack on America’s third-largest city to justify the violent suppression of First Amendment rights. But considering the spinelessness of those offices these days, the complaint may prove to be a long shot.

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Learn how to FOIA from the pros

FPF hosted a webinar this week to spotlight how journalists and transparency advocates use both local and federal public records requests to pry loose what the government would rather keep secret.

We spoke with Mukta Joshi, an investigative journalist for Mississippi Today and a fellow at The New York Times, whose reporting has uncovered abuse within the Mississippi jail system; Matt Scott, the executive director at the Atlanta Community Press Collective, who has used public records to report on the Atlanta Police Department’s “Cop City”; and Lauren Harper, our Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy, who regularly advocates for improved transparency laws. FPF Senior Adviser Caitlin Vogus moderated the panel.

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Subscribe here What we're reading Nonprofit coalition asks courts to prevent coercive federal investigation tactics The Intercept

FPF, The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund, and a coalition of nonprofit organizations filed an amicus brief urging a federal appellate court to reject retaliatory investigations like the Federal Trade Commission’s probe of Media Matters for America.

Privacy under pressure 404 Media

FPF’s Chief Security Programs Officer Harlo Holmes joined 404 Media’s podcast to talk about digital safety, privacy rights, and how they’re constantly evolving.

NY nonprofit news deserves fair funding in state budget Reinvent Albany

Nonprofit news outlets in New York deserve the same support as their commercial counterparts. FPF and our partner organizations are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to find equal funding for nonprofit news in the state budget.

Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ’s report also shows that drone killings of journalists spiked from two in 2023 to 39 in 2025 — with Israel responsible for 28 of the 39.

Journalists jailed by ICE are revealing the horrors of incarceration Truthout

“Professional journalists and writers, who normally are severely restricted from entering into the U.S.’s carceral facilities, are now themselves experiencing the harsh realities that nearly 2.1 million incarcerated people are subjected to daily,” writes FPF contributor Jeremy Busby.

Trump administration moves to allow intelligence agencies easier access to law enforcement files ProPublica

The same president who frequently accuses the CIA of conducting witch hunts is making it easier for the agency to spy on Americans.