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The ‘Koozie’ People Bullied A Wooden Drink Sleeve Product, ‘Woodzie’, Into A Name Change

1 hour 50 minutes ago
I’ve said it roughly a zillion times: trademark bullying exists because it works. One of the unfortunate inequities of our system is that having a large legal warchest simply allows someone to push around others over trademark “concerns” that aren’t valid. The formula for this is conistent. Large corporate interest with lawyers at the ready […]
Timothy Geigner

Alton Finalizes Development Proposal Request For Wadlow Town Center

4 hours 8 minutes ago
ALTON – Alton city officials are moving forward with plans to redevelop an approximately 30-acre piece of currently vacant land into the Wadlow Town Center . Alton City Council members on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution directing the Director of Planning & Development to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the development of the Wadlow Town Center. “ Wadlow Town Center” refers to the former site of the Robert P. Wadlow Golf Course, located between the Alton

Man Charged in Cahokia Heights Double Homicide Case

4 hours 21 minutes ago
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — Shawn L. Williams, 54, of Belleville, Illinois, was charged Thursday with two counts of murder following a double homicide investigation in Cahokia Heights, the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis announced. Williams faces charges of murder with intent to kill or injure, according to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric’s Office. He is currently being held at the St. Clair County Jail pending a detention hearing in accordance with the

Current, former Missouri Attorneys General respond to China lawsuit

6 hours 9 minutes ago
U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway are balking at a recent $50 billion lawsuit filed by China against the State of Missouri, Schmitt and Hanaway, as well as former attorney general and current co-deputy of the FBI Andrew Bailey, and Governor Mike Kehoe.
Mark Zinn

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

6 hours 35 minutes ago
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original has additional imagery which is worth checking out as well. On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate. For four weeks, they had been working overtime to dismantle the U.S. Agency […]
Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Brett Murphy, and Peter DiCampo