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What are girdling roots in trees? How can it be fixed? Ryan Lawn has the answers!

7 months 2 weeks ago
SPONSORED — Craig Calhoun and Tori Sears with Ryan Lawn stop by to share their tips on maintaining healthy plants this spring season. Ryan Lawn & Tree Hiring Event Saturday, March 28 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) 582 Goddard Ave. Chesterfield, MO 63005 Sponsored content disclaimer: The information and advice displayed in this story are [...]
Stephanie Knight

Vital Strandz is changing the hair care game!

7 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS – Michelle Borland with Vital Strandz stops by to share how they’re creating vegan and organic hair care products that are boosting women’s confidence. www.vitalstrandz.com
Stephanie Knight

Trump is forcing coal plants to stay open. It could cost customers billions.

7 months 2 weeks ago
In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open. Utilities, states and grid operators have said the aging plants are expensive, in bad repair and no longer needed to meet regional energy needs. But Trump’s efforts to save […]
Alex Brown

Afroman Wins: Jury Rules Mocking Cops Who Raided Your Home Is Protected Speech

7 months 2 weeks ago
As we wrote just yesterday, the defamation trial brought by seven Adams County, Ohio deputies against rapper Afroman was going about as well for the officers as their original botched raid on his home. Today we can report the inevitable conclusion: the jury sided entirely with Afroman, clearing him of all liability after just hours […]
Mike Masnick

Duckworth Again Calls to End Trump's Illegal and Unjustified War in Iran

7 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Foreign Relations Committees (SFRC)—once again slammed Donald Trump for launching an illegal attack against Iran without Constitutionally-required authorization from Congress, without any known imminent threat to our national security and without a plan to mitigate the instability that will come next as the Administration continues to spend more than

Durbin Talks Farm Economy With Illinois Farm Bureau

7 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today met with members of the Illinois Farm Bureau to discuss the current state of the farm economy as the military attacks on Iran, directed by President Trump, and the standstill of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have increased expenses for diesel and fertilizer. Durbin and the members of the Farm Bureau also discussed the importance of transportation

Liminal

7 months 2 weeks ago

In a liminal phase, we transition from one status to another, a condition of uncertainty and possibility. What was familiar passes away; what is to come has not yet arrived. […]

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Myranda Levins

Rep. Kevin Schmidt Donates His March Pay Raise To The CESNA Food Pantry

7 months 2 weeks ago
NEW ATHENS, Ill. – State Representative Kevin Schmidt (R-Millstadt) has been donating his legislative pay raise to different local organizations throughout his district for three years. He voted against politician pay raises and chose to give it back to the community to help families in need. This month he donated various items to the CESNA Food Pantry in New Athens to support “Blessings in a Backpack”- a mission to feed school children across the state. “Working together

SLHNA 2026 Scholarship Applications Now Open!

7 months 2 weeks ago
The St. Louis Hills Neighborhood Association will award two $750 scholarships to eligible students whose families are SLHNA members. Who can apply: • Child/legal dependent of a SLHNA member • […]
Katie McLaughlin

Attorney General Raoul Calls On EPA To Rescind New Policy That Weakens Federal Environmental Enforcement Protections

7 months 2 weeks ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind a new policy that would significantly weaken federal environmental enforcement and delay action against polluters. In a letter to EPA Commissioner Lee Zeldin, the coalition warns that the EPA’s December 2025 Compliance First memorandum would slow enforcement of environmental laws, create bureaucratic barriers to holding