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Alton Pride Hosts Third Annual Festival

9 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON - Over 80 vendors and hundreds of community members turned out for Alton Pride’s third annual festival. From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, community members could celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with live music, vendors, food trucks and more in downtown Alton. Anne McCoy, one of the board members with Alton Pride, noted that the festival has expanded since its first year in 2022. “It’s grown a lot. We expect that it's going to just keep getting bigger,” McCoy said. “It's always about connecting communities. We're just trying to bring everybody together and let everybody know they're welcome.” Attendees enjoyed performances by Porch Cafe, Mz Goldie, Izzy Salhani and several drag queens. McCoy said the festival began with a “very welcoming and affirming” speech by Alton Mayor David Goins. The Pride Festival is the biggest event that Alton Pride sponsors, but they have several other events and promotions throughout

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This Week In Techdirt History: September 14th โ€“ 21st

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Five Years Ago This week in 2019, an appeals court issued a worrying ruling about handing IP addresses to the FBI, while the DOJ was trying to get Apple and Google to hand over names and phone numbers of 10,000 app users. A better appeals court ruling also arrived, saying that the CFAA can’t be […]
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Howโ€™s your credit? Signals are mixed these days.

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The Wall Street Journal has a story today about consumers becoming delinquent in paying their bills. The story isn't wrong: both credit card and auto loan payments have transitioned into delinquency (30 days late) at increasing rates over the past couple of years. The data comes from a quarterly Fed report, and the problem is ...continue reading "How’s your credit? Signals are mixed these days."
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