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Track and Field team in East St. Louis focuses on inclusivity

3 years 7 months ago
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - When talking about East St. Louis, it's easy to show Flyers’ pride and boast about their championship record on the gridiron. This year, for the first time, there is a new team to talk about. The coach of East St. Louis High School's Unified Olympic Track and Field team focuses [...]
Blair Ledet

City Museum Founder Bob Cassilly’s 'Cementland' Site Sold

3 years 7 months ago
It seems as though the Cementland dream is officially dead, as the land has now been sold. Cementland was an unfinished project of the late Bob Cassilly, founder of the City Museum (750 North 16th Street, CityMuseum.org). The artist bought the 55-acre site along the Mississippi River in the early 2000s and set out to turn it into a magical spot in the way that only Cassilly could deliver.
Jaime Lees

National Building Arts Center Announces Summer Lecture Series

3 years 7 months ago

The National Building Arts Center in Sauget, IL is hosting a summer lecture series highlighting topics and research selected by regional subject matter experts in the building arts. The lectures are free (tickets required) and open to the public. Select areas of the NBAC campus will be made available for self-guided touring before and after […]

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$2M Missouri witness protection fund finds few takers in second year of operation

3 years 7 months ago

In 2020, amid the worst wave of violent crime in almost 15 years, Missouri lawmakers set up a new witness protection program proponents said would break down barriers of silence that left perpetrators unpunished. But since its creation, the program has gone almost unused. Despite being authorized to spend $2 million annually, only $14,647 has […]

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Rudi Keller

EU ISPs Join US ISPs In Demanding ‘Big Tech’ Give Them Billions For No Coherent Reason

3 years 7 months ago
Earlier this year, we noted how FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr had launched a bad faith effort suggesting that “big tech” gets a “free ride” on the internet, and should be forced to fund broadband expansion. Carr’s argument, that companies like Google and Netflix somehow get a free ride (they don’t) and should “pay their fair share” (they […]
Karl Bode