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Data Broker Lobbyists Descend On DC Pushing Loopholes In New Privacy Law

3 years 1 month ago
The challenge with passing a functional, useful privacy law for the Internet era is several fold. One is the need for baseline competency in lawmakers, an increasing challenge in U.S. politics. But the other issue is corruption, and the fact that any meaningful privacy law first has to run a gantlet of lobbyists with unlimited […]
Karl Bode

24-year-old woman hit and killed in Overland, Mo.

3 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - A 24-year-old woman was hit by a vehicle and killed in Overland. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Deandra Rodgers was walking in the roadway near 9900 Page Avenue at approximately 11:52 p.m. Monday. That's when she was hit by a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling eastbound on Page. Rodgers was pronounced [...]
Monica Ryan

Advocates praise Missouri’s new child trafficking law as promising first step

3 years 1 month ago

A new law that went into effect this week seeks to improve how Missouri combats child sex trafficking by preventing underaged survivors from being charged with prostitution, and requiring law enforcement to immediately report suspected cases to the state.

The post Advocates praise Missouri’s new child trafficking law as promising first step appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Clara Bates

FEMA disaster recovery center to open in Ferguson

3 years 1 month ago
Another Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster recovery center in the St. Louis area will open Tuesday to help people affected by flash flooding in late July, the second in less than a week. On Aug. 30, the center will open at the Urban League Empowerment Center at 9420 W Florissant Ave. to provide one-on-one assistance to flooding victims. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. There are four other centers open in the St. Louis area. They are all open from…
Sam Clancy, KSDK