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Notorious Human Rights Abuser Is One Of NSO Group’s Main Investors

3 years 2 months ago
It’s more difficult to choose your investors than your customers. Maybe this isn’t entirely NSO’s fault, but it certainly helped make it easier to sell powerful zero-click exploits to the governments most likely to abuse them. Here’s Kaye Wiggins and Mehul Srivastava for the Financial Times. An Abu Dhabi state-owned investment company has been an […]
Tim Cushing

The Great Resignation was neither great nor a resignation

3 years 2 months ago
Remember the Great Resignation? Fed economist Bart Hobijn says there's nothing to it: The labor market recovery since the depth of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 has been the fastest in postwar history....At the same time, the share of workers quitting their jobs—either to take new jobs or to exit the labor ...continue reading "The Great Resignation was neither great nor a resignation"
Kevin Drum

One caveat to St. Louis’ lower murder rates

3 years 2 months ago
An investigation by ProPublica and APM Reports and St. Louis Public Radio revealed that officials were lowering St. Louis' murder count by classifying some killings as justifiable homicides instead. The report's co-author, investigative reporter Jeremy Kohler, shares the details.

Department Of Revenue Reminds Taxpayers That April 18 Filing Deadline Is Quickly Approaching

3 years 2 months ago
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is reminding taxpayers that the upcoming deadline for filing 2021 state individual income tax returns is Monday, April 18, 2022. "We encourage those who have not yet filed to do so soon. Filing electronically with direct deposit will ensure the fastest processing and issuance of any refunds," said IDOR Director David Harris. "Taxpayers may file their electronic returns for free by using a registered MyTax Illinois account but may also file electronically with a tax preparer or third-party software." To aid in IDOR’s anti-fraud efforts, taxpayers filing their IL-1040’s through MyTax Illinois, must use a registered MyTax Illinois account. If they do not have a registered account, they may create one by choosing “sign up” in the login box at MyTax Illinois and follow the instructions. The ID number will be mailed to them within 10 days after being requested. While IDOR strongly encourages electronic filing,

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Jersey County Arts Council Ushers in Spring

3 years 2 months ago
JERSEY - The Jersey County Arts Council welcomed spring, last week, with an Upcycled Paper Flowers class, facilitated by local resident and craft-lover, Tiffany Blasa. Class participants create a variety of beautiful floral bouquets using newsprint, magazine pages, and recycled book and sheet music papers. Mrs. Blasa shared that a wonderful group of kids and adults enjoyed crafting the paper flowers, as part of another class offered by the arts council. Check out the current schedule of classes that are available during the coming weeks! Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Joan Dougherty will guide kids, ages 8 to 14, in using thumbprint art to decorate terracotta pots. This class is the first of a 2-part class. The second session will meet at the greenhouse, at Jersey Community High School, on Tuesday, April 26. This is a free class. Wednesday, April 13, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Class participants, ages 13 and older (or 8+, with an adult), will create a miniature Resurrection

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Best place to live, best pizza, MRH golfer: in the news

3 years 2 months ago
Reported in online news recently: Advantage News — Colleen Marie Lucy | Granite City Obituaries | advantagenews.com   Albany Herald — Best suburbs to live in America | Features | albanyherald.com   KSDK — Ask Allie: New reports of stolen mail from USPS drop boxes – KSDK   St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Skornia aims for […]
Doug Miner