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Holly Hills Votes 'Yes' on New Special Business District

3 years 10 months ago
Voters packed the polls in Holly Hills to approve a new special business district on Tuesday. The district passed with nearly 61.9 percent of the vote, totaling 887 yes votes and 545 no votes, according to final, unofficial results. More than 62.6 percent of registered voters cast their ballot in the Holly Hills special election, an unprecedented amount was triple the average citywide turnout percentage.
Benjamin Simon

Disaster proclamation issued for St. Clair and Washington counties

3 years 10 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A disaster proclamation was approved for St. Clair County and Washington County in Illinois by Governor JB Pritzker following the flooding in those areas. The two counties were hit hard by severe weather and flooding on July 25 and July 27. State resources will now be available to local entities and emergency [...]
Monica Ryan

Lunchtime Photo

3 years 10 months ago
Have you heard about the new 6th Street Bridge Viaduct in Los Angeles? It opened a couple of weeks ago and everyone loves it. This includes a huge number of people who have effectively shut it down by doing donuts in their muscle cars, climbing the arches, and strolling across the bridge viaduct in mass ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

Virginia Politicians Are Suing Books They Don’t Like

3 years 10 months ago
Civil asset forfeiture has shown us the government has a weird way of instigating lawsuits. In rem forfeiture cases allow government agencies to file suits against objects, rather than the people they’ve been seized from. This leads to some very amusing case names (even if the underlying process verges on legalized theft), like South Dakota […]
Tim Cushing