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Judge Rejects Yet Another Attempt By Texas To Police Online Speech

TechDirt 🕸
10 months ago
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the legislature’s willingness to pass laws that clearly violate the First Amendment rights of websites. In the last three years, this is now the third law directed at website moderation practices to be thrown out by a district court as an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. You’d think maybe […]
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Saint Louis County Encourages Residents to Sign Up for Senior Property Tax Freeze

Flo Valley News
10 months ago

  Residents can now sign up for updates on the Senior Property Tax Freeze Program. Residents can sign up by visiting our Senior Property Tax Freeze webpage and clicking on the SUBSCRIBE button. There is significant interest in the program, with more than 100,000 residents expected tbe eligible. Saint Louis County wants to provide updates […]

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Granite City Mail Carrier Admits to Stealing from USPS Collection Box

Riverbender 🕸
10 months ago
EAST ST. LOUIS – Phillip E. Tucker, a 37-year-old mail carrier from Madison, pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing a Visa gift card from a collection box in Granite City. Tucker, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, admitted to the theft which occurred on May 6, 2023. The guilty plea was entered for one count of theft of mail by a postal employee, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison. "Mail carriers are entrusted public servants, and postal workers who steal from collection boxes willingly break that trust. I commend the investigators for holding this defendant accountable," said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe in a statement. Court documents revealed that Tucker used the stolen gift card on several occasions for personal purchases. The investigation was led by the USPS Office of the Inspector General, and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen Howard. Tucker is scheduled for sentencing at the federal courthouse

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This Day in History on September 6: The First Continental Congress Meets

Riverbender 🕸
10 months ago
Today, we take a look back at some of the most pivotal moments in history that occurred on September 6th. The First Continental Congress (1774) On September 6, 1774, the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies, this gathering was a crucial step in the colonies' quest for independence from British rule. The Congress aimed to address the colonies' grievances against the British government, particularly the Intolerable Acts that had been imposed earlier that year. This assembly set the stage for the American Revolutionary War and the eventual Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was a defining moment that paved the way for the birth of the United States of America. The Discovery of the First Asteroid (1888) On this day in 1888, German astronomer Carl Gustav Witt discovered the first asteroid, 433 Eros, from the Urania Observatory in Berlin. This discovery was groundbreaking as

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