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Biden supports expanding compensation to radiation victims in Missouri, New Mexico

8 months 1 week ago

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he’s interested in expanding a federal program to compensate people who have gotten sick because of the country’s nuclear weapons development and testing programs.  The Associated Press reported Biden told a crowd in New Mexico he was ”prepared to help in terms of making sure that those folks are […]

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Allison Kite

ProPublica: Clarence Thomas accepted yet more millions from billionaires

8 months 1 week ago
ProPublica today provides us with the fullest accounting yet of the endless largesse provided over the years to Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas from his cadre of billionaire friends: Their gifts include: At least 38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on a yacht around the Bahamas; 26 private jet flights, plus an additional ...continue reading "ProPublica: Clarence Thomas accepted yet more millions from billionaires"
Kevin Drum

The RFT Has a New Owner, and He's Based in St. Louis

8 months 1 week ago
The Riverfront Times has a new owner — but that owner may look a bit like the old one. Chris Keating, previously the chief operating officer of Euclid Media Group, announced today that he has completed his purchase of four of the eight alt-weekly newspapers previously owned by the publishing company.
Riverfront Times Staff

Airport Commission Approves Land Lease for $1.8B Boeing Project

8 months 1 week ago

This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on August 9, 2023.  The St. Louis Airport Commission on Wednesday approved leasing about 158 acres to The Boeing Co. for a $1.8 billion expansion project that would create 500 jobs. The 17-year lease consists of a 48.3-acre parcel along Banshee Road referred to as the Northern Tract, the former site […]

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Jasmine Thomas

SIUE to Host the Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois

8 months 1 week ago
EDWARDSVILLE – The Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois (LRT), The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), SIUE’s Office of Online Services and Educational Outreach, and sponsors Busey Bank, FCB Banks, AJ Legal Services, and Revity Credit Union, along with additional partners will host the Immigrants in Our Midst Conference on Friday, September 22. The conference focuses on how to better serve the U.S. Immigrant Workforce. The event will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at SIUE’s Morris University Center Conference Center. SIUE alumnus Raffi Mikaelian and LRT member is leading the coordination of this annual event that includes presentations by regional specialists in the fields of immigration law, immigrant demographics, Latino outreach, employment services and state resources. Professionals and students, who seek to increase their involvement with immigrant communities in and

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SIUE Grad School Presents Research Grants to Doctoral Students

8 months 1 week ago
EDWARDSVILLE – The recipients of the Graduate School’s 2023 Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students (RGRDS) awards have been selected. The RGRDS program awards grants of up to $1,000 on a competitive basis to support research/projects initiated and conducted by students of the SIUE EdD programs, DNP programs, and the co-operative PhD programs to enhance their academic progress. The purpose of this program is to support the research of doctoral students under the guidance of faculty advisors. The following is a list of the 2023 RGRDS award recipients: School of Engineering Ryan Cafarelli of Engineering Sciences, “Robot Leg Self-Defined Proprioception for Injury Recovery in Dangerous Environments” College of Arts and Sciences Charlette Jauch of Environmental Resources and Policy, “Locally Available Produce in St. Louis: An Evaluation of Access and Distribution” School of Nursing Carly McCleland of Nurse Anesthesiology, “Application

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If Twitter Had Competent Legal Staff, This Gag Order Over A Warrant On Trump’s Account Might Have Been Interesting, Instead…

8 months 1 week ago
So, you might have heard the news about how Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account data, that Twitter resisted, and was fined $350,000 before handing over the data, and (finally) that Twitter lost an appeal about all of this, leading to most of the details being unsealed by the […]
Mike Masnick