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Edwardsville Residents Will Be Automatically Enrolled When Electricity Aggregation Program Returns In February

3 years 3 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - The City of Edwardsville renewed the municipal electricity aggregation program this fall with a new supplier, Constellation NewEnergy. This is an “opt-out” program, meaning that residents will be enrolled in it automatically unless they choose a different supplier. Since the start of this program, the City’s goal has been to insulate residents from the continued rise in electric supply rates by joining other municipalities in a competitive bidding process among alternative retail electric suppliers. This process locks in the rate for a period of time, typically up to 24 months. Because the new aggregation term doesn’t begin until February, every participating household will return to Ameren, but only for two billing cycles before the new aggregation program starts. Each household will receive a notice from Ameren confirming the return for the two-month period. If you want to participate in the City’s aggregation program, simply do NOTHING

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Excessive Drinking Is A Slippery Slope

3 years 3 months ago
OSF HEALTHCARE - For many adults, alcohol is part of unwinding after a stressful work week. There are the usual reminders about having a sober driver, knowing your limits and mixing in water between your beers. But experts are also warning about the dangers of excessive drinking or binge drinking, which is having several drinks on one occasion. Two recent studies shed light on the dangers. One reported that around one in five deaths among people aged 20 to 49 was attributed to excessive alcohol use. The other study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine linked binge drinking to problems like alcohol addiction, emotional symptoms and not getting along with friends, family and coworkers. This was true in study participants who didn’t even consider themselves heavy drinkers. The dangers How quickly can binge drinking turn problematic? “Very easily,” says Andrew Zasada, MD , an internal medicine physician at OSF HealthCare in Champaign County,

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Conspiracy theorists urge voting as late as possible on Election Day to ‘stop the steal’

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A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots “as late in the day as possible” on Election Day. Conspiracy theorist Toni Shuppe, who has ties to QAnon and who is rumored […]

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Kira Lerner

Collegiate students to resume classes after shooting; CVPA plans still in the works

3 years 3 months ago
St. Louis Public Schools announced the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience will resume classes Monday, two weeks after a mass shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Classes at both schools have been canceled since students and teachers were evacuated on the morning of Oct. 24. Collegiate, which shares a campus with Central VPA, suffered significantly less damage in the deadly shooting. According to Superintendent Kelvin Adams, school leaders believe Collegiate students…
Jennifer Somers, KSDK

It’s all on the line

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Because of the stakes, the Tuesday Nov. 8, 2022 midterm elections could be unlike any in American history.
St. Louis American staff

Great Rivers Biennial

3 years 3 months ago

Part of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ fall/winter exhibition, “Great Rivers Biennial” is a biannual collaborative initiative between the museum and the Gateway Foundation designed to foster artistic talent

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Rachel Huffman

Bagatelle

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Before the ring of pinball machines echoed through arcades, Bagatelle was filling parlors and pockets across the world. Drawing from the private collection of Mr. Ed Nickels, Bagatelle will follow the journey

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