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Big Telecom, Robocallers, Love Brendan Carr’s Plan To Lobotomize The FCC

6 months 3 weeks ago
Last month Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr announced his “DELETE, DELETE, DELETE” initiative. It’s basically a plan to lobotomize FCC corporate oversight and consumer protection at the behest of industry giants, dressed up as very serious, very efficient adult policymaking. Carr’s trying to pretend this is a serious democratic process, so he opened a public […]
Karl Bode

Missouri Democrats filibuster GOP effort to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave

6 months 3 weeks ago
Missouri Democrats stonewalled a Republican effort to roll back a voter-approved paid sick leave law, blocking action in the Senate for more than nine hours before GOP leadership adjourned the chamber around 1 a.m. Thursday. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, a Republican from Jefferson City, would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law requiring most employers to provide paid sick time off for hundreds of thousands of qualifying workers starting May 1. Bernskoetter said Proposition…
Clara Bates

Thursday. April 17 - Jail reform advocate is "hopeful, but focused"

6 months 3 weeks ago
Janis Mensah is the former vice-chair of the St. Louis Detention Facilities Oversight Board, and is scheduled to go on trial next month for charges stemming from a 2023 arrest at the City Justice Center. Mensah says police beat them unconscious while waiting to see a detainee, but police say Mensah ignored orders and refused to leave. Mensah spoke with STLPR’s Lacretia Wimbley about the need for greater transparency at the jail, where 19 detainees have died since 2020.

Missouri Democrats filibuster GOP effort to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave

6 months 3 weeks ago
Missouri Democrats stonewalled a Republican effort to roll back a voter-approved paid sick leave law, blocking action in the Senate for more than nine hours before GOP leadership adjourned the chamber around 1 a.m. Thursday. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, a Republican from Jefferson City, would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law […]
Clara Bates

Missouri Democrats filibuster GOP effort to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave

6 months 3 weeks ago
Missouri Democrats stonewalled a Republican effort to roll back a voter-approved paid sick leave law, blocking action in the Senate for more than nine hours before GOP leadership adjourned the chamber around 1 a.m. Thursday. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, a Republican from Jefferson City, would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law […]
Clara Bates