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LCCC and the FBI Offer Students the Opportunity to Learn About the FBI at the 2022 Future Agents in Training Academy

3 years 4 months ago
GODFREY - The FBI’s Springfield Field Office will hold the 2022 Future Agents in Training (FAIT) Academy at Lewis and Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Road, Godfrey, Illinois, June 21-23. The FAIT Academy allows students an opportunity to get a comprehensive look into today’s FBI. Students learn from special agents, intelligence analysts, and professional staff about investigative tactics that include gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, and assisting with cases in an interactive learning environment. The program is free of charge and open to high school juniors and seniors who attend school within the FBI Springfield area of responsibility which includes 84 Illinois counties. Deadline for application submission is April 29 by 5 p.m. “The FAIT Academy builds a bridge of opportunity for today’s young people interested in learning more about careers in the FBI,” said FBI Springfield Field Office Special Agent in Charge David Nanz. “Now

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Loophole means Attorney General rarely enforces Missouri Sunshine Law on state agencies

3 years 4 months ago

When Missouri’s health department refused to turn over certain documents to ProPublica reporter Pamela Colloff in October 2020, she did what the attorney general’s office directs anyone to do if they believe a government agency is illegally withholding public records. She filed a Sunshine Law complaint with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, whose office enforces […]

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Tessa Weinberg

One Man Shot, One Man Dead in Dogtown Yesterday

3 years 4 months ago
UPDATE 10:51 AM: New details below. UPDATE 9:55 AM: St. Louis police have confirmed that a 68-year-old man died during yesterday's St. Patrick's Day Parade & Irish Festival in Dogtown.
Ben Westhoff

Conspiracy Channel OAN Pouts More, Sues DirecTV For Kicking It To The Curb

3 years 4 months ago
Back in January DirecTV finally decided to axe OAN, the conspiracy and fantasy channel, from its cable lineup. The decision came just three months or so after a blockbuster report showed that AT&T not only helped fund and set up the “news” outlet, but it came up with the idea. OAN has been notorious for spreading […]
Karl Bode

Decline in federal grant funding for local elections criticized by advocates

3 years 4 months ago

WASHINGTON — The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last week includes $75 million in Help America Vote Act grants — a major reduction compared to years past. Experts say the $75 million is insufficient to fund local elections and leaves local election offices without resources to improve election infrastructure and protect the […]

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Kira Lerner