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California Bill Would Require That AT&T And Comcast Make Broadband Affordable For Poor People

2 weeks 1 day ago
We’ve documented for decades how U.S. telecom is an uncompetitive mess dominated by politically powerful telecom monopolies that see no competition and effectively own Congress. As a result, the U.S. telecom and broadband market is an uncompetitive mess, with Americans still seeing higher prices, slower speeds, spottier access, and worse customer service than in many […]
Karl Bode

Clarkson Valley residents relieved as MoDOT begins removing controversial bump-outs

2 weeks 1 day ago
Bump-outs that the Missouri Department of Transportation installed along Clarkson Road and Long Road in Clarkson Valley late last year are now getting ripped out after residents' complaints. MoDOT said the bump-outs were intended as a traffic calming measure. Mayor Sue McNamara said when she noticed the bump-outs popping up last October, her and her husband's first thoughts were about bicyclists. "They have so many cycling events down there, and it narrowed the curb to the point where people who…
Laura Barczewski

Hailey’s story illustrates Missouri’s failure — doing too little to preserve families

2 weeks 1 day ago
The Missouri Children’s Division has accomplished something most of us would have thought impossible: They got all sides in the debate over abortion to agree. They agree about Hailey, the young mother profiled in an outstanding story in The Independent. They agree that the behavior of the Children’s Division in surveilling, harassing, traumatizing and sometimes […]
Richard Wexler

Scattered showers and storms Thursday, clearing for Friday and the weekend

2 weeks 1 day ago
ST. LOUIS - A mostly cloudy, damp day Thursday with scattered showers and non-severe storms spinning across the region. The rain will be most widespread through the morning before becoming more and more scattered in the afternoon. Top temperatures Thursday will be near 70 F. A cold front sweeps the chances of rain away overnight, [...]
Angela Hutti