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Klobuchar’s Link Tax Is Back… And Somehow Even Worse? Helps Trumpist Grifters Get Free Money & No Moderation From Google

3 years 2 months ago
So, we’ve talked quite a bit about the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), Senator Amy Klobuchar’s attempt to do Rupert Murdoch’s bidding and force successful internet companies to send cash to media companies for… linking to them. Yes, not only do the news orgs want the traffic from Google, but they also want to […]
Mike Masnick

Legal fight over civilian oversight of St. Louis police could have statewide implications

3 years 2 months ago

A St. Louis ordinance aimed at transforming the way the city investigates allegations of police misconduct went into effect on Sept. 2.  A week later, three police organizations successfully got a preliminary injunction, putting a pause on the city’s expansion of civilian oversight of police work.  In a decision with statewide implications, St. Louis Circuit […]

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Rebecca Rivas

After Platinum Health took control, all workers at two Missouri hospitals were fired

3 years 2 months ago

The news, under Noble Health letterhead, arrived at 5:05 p.m. on a Friday, with the subject line: “Urgent Notice.” Audrain Community Hospital, Paul Huemann’s workplace of 32 years, was letting workers go. Word travels fast in a small town. Huemann’s wife, Kym, first heard the bad news in the car when a friend who’d gotten […]

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Sarah Jane Tribble

First day of fall

3 years 2 months ago
Thursday marks the first official day of fall, and with it comes pumpkin-flavored everything and eventually a landscape full of colorful leaves.
Reggie Lee