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House Judiciary Committee Wants The FBI To Explain Why It Keeps Targeting Journalists, Religious Groups, And Politicians

3 years 3 months ago
The FBI owes its oversight — and the public the oversight serves — plenty of answers. But let’s set our expectations any higher than reality dictates. The FBI is not exactly a paradigm of complicity. Remember “going dark?” Two consecutive FBI directors claimed an insanely large number of locked devices was preventing investigators from investigating. […]
Tim Cushing

Invisible Privatization

3 years 3 months ago
Today on TAP: Medicare, the crown jewel of American health care, is being stealthily devoured by health insurance companies.
Robert Kuttner

Rotary Honors Students Of The Month In Granite City

3 years 3 months ago
GRANITE CITY – Juniors Sydney Choat and Carlee Wright of Granite City High School were selected as Granite City Rotary Club Students of the Month for March. Students were nominated by teachers and were chosen on the basis of academics, as well as scholastic, extracurricular, and civic honors and awards, and organization membership and leadership. Each honoree will receive a framed certificate and a gift card and will be recognized at a future Granite City Rotary Meeting. SYDNEY CHOAT Three-year member of Marching Band and Scholar Bowl and two-year member of bowling team ... Science Club and Varsity Club member ... Three-year Honor Roll and Secondary Honors ... Daughter of Brad and Stacey Choat. CARLEE WRIGHT Member of dance, swimming and tennis teams ... Three-year Honor Roll ... Renaissance Top-10 Award ... Alpha Peer Leader and Physics Peer Tutor ... Member of Varsity Club ... Volunteer at The Nature Institute ... Daughter of Adam and Billie Jo Sanchez and Eric Wright

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ISP Director Kicks Off First Meeting Of Forensic Science Commission

3 years 3 months ago
PESOTUM – Illinois State Police (ISP) Director Brendan F. Kelly today kicked off the first meeting of the Forensic Science Commission (Commission) charged with ensuring the efficient delivery of forensic science to help ensure swift justice for victims as well as to exonerate the wrongly accused. The Commission builds on the work ISP has done over the past several years to improve forensic services, including reducing the total forensic backlog by 72% in two years. “As governor, I’ve been proud to champion new investments to solve crimes and advance justice for victims, survivors, and their families — including reducing the long-standing DNA backlog and funding the new forensics facility in Decatur,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “The Forensic Science Commission has been an indispensable tool in our fight to solve crimes and pursue justice, and I’m proud to bring these experts together to further improve our state systems.”

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Tactical marketing or strategic marketing — which is best?

3 years 3 months ago
Deciding on the right mix of marketing strategies is a huge undertaking for any business. Some might feel compelled to dive into the deep end and get into the weeds with all the tools at their disposal, while others might prefer to survey their options and build a thorough plan before accomplishing much of anything. These two different approaches can be summed up in the terms tactical and strategic marketing. Whether an organization is looking to start from scratch or simply trying to beef up existing…
Beanstalk Web Solutions

The Techdirt Legal Misunderstanding March Madness Reaches The Sweet Sixteen

3 years 3 months ago
Go Vote On The Sweet Sixteen! Our inaugural Techdirt Legal Misunderstanding March Madness has been getting lots of buzz (and votes) and now we’re down to just sixteen remaining legal misunderstanding matchups! Some of these are starting to get tough! In round two there were some pretty closer matchups… and some total laughers. Of the […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: Parallels Desktop Pro Edition 1 Year Subscription

3 years 3 months ago
Mac or Windows? There’s a lot to love about each OS, and with Parallels, you can bring the power of both your Mac! Optimized for Windows 11 and macOS Monterey, Parallels Desktop continues to stay up to date so you can keep working without interruption—even when a new macOS, Windows, or Linux release pops up. […]
Daily Deal

Can You Taste the Past? Foods We Remember

3 years 3 months ago

“Dearie, If You Remember, You’re Much Older Than I” (. . . or so went the little 1950’s ditty) Let’s roll back time—culinary time, that is. During our recent damp, dreary days, I amused myself by recalling foods, that I enjoyed (or hated) as a kid. I still cook some of those, that I liked... 

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Jean Carnahan