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What are Missouri Amendments 7 and 8?

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Missouri voters will decide on a host of ballot questions next month, including proposed amendments that would create a new endowment fund and another that would establish the right to have county sheriffs elected.
Mark Zinn

Meta’s Settlement Isn’t Tech’s “Big Tobacco” Moment

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I’ve written a few times now about why Meta’s big “settlement” with the states is a bad deal. It’s Meta seeking to control how the rest of the internet is regulated in a way that, as Eric Goldman’s op-ed we republished explains, is anti-competitive. It’s also bad for kids (while everyone is pretending it protects […]
Mike Masnick

Sentencing Rescheduled For 2 Charged In Jerseyville Battery, Mob Action Cases

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JERSEYVILLE – Sentencing hearings have been rescheduled for two adults who pleaded guilty in connection to a Jerseyville public battery and mob action incident earlier this year . A substitution of attorney was filed on Sept. 22, 2026 in the case against 18-year-old Hayden Womack, removing attorney Eric Pistorious and assigning attorney Robert Elovitz to represent Womack. Womack’s sentencing hearing, originally scheduled for Sept. 28, 2026, was also rescheduled to 1 p.m. on Nov.

The Eardley Agency Male Athlete Of The Month: Redbirds' Landon Mayer Returns To State After Dramatic Lockport Finish

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ALTON - Alton’s Landon Mayer secured the final state qualifying spot on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, after a six-hole playoff at the Lockport Sectional, advancing to the Class 3A IHSA boys golf state finals for the second time. Mayer finished ninth with a 73 and will compete Friday, Oct. 10, 2026, at The Den at Fox Creek Golf Course in Bloomington. His qualification marks the fourth consecutive year an Alton boys golfer has advanced to state. Landon Mayer is an Eardley Agency LLC Male Athlete

Republicans tout tax cuts ahead of midterm elections

4 weeks 1 day ago
(The Center Square) – With early voting having already started for the upcoming midterm elections, congressional Republicans are touting the tax policies in their so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act that became law last year.
By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square