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Court rules against Missouri man serving 40+ years on a 23-year prison sentence

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A Missouri man fighting a calculation that could keep him in state prison for more than 40 years on a 23-year sentence lost the first round of a court battle seeking to be released. On Friday, Cole County Circuit Judge Brian Stumpe refused to order the Missouri Department of Corrections to change how it calculated […]
Rudi Keller

US Education Department paid up to $38M to civil rights workers on leave, watchdog says

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released Monday.   The department spent between roughly $28.5 million and $38 million on the salaries and benefits of the hundreds of Office for Civil Rights, […]
Shauneen Miranda

Madison County Clerk Candidate Kurt Prenzler Argues for Election Integrity and "Pro-Taxpayer" Promises

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MADISON COUNTY - Kurt Prenzler (R) has entered the race for the County Clerk’s position in Madison County. Prenzler previously served as the county treasurer and County Board Chairman. Now, he’s running against incumbent County Clerk Linda Andreas (R) in the Republican primary on March 17, 2026. Prenzler explained that he is focused on transparency, election accuracy, and lowering property taxes. “I do think that the biggest issues are election integrity and also

ICE, CBP Brag About Stealing A Legally-Impossible $14,000 From US Citizens At The Minneapolis Airport

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Let’s just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because they’re currently at the top of Trump’s shitlist. Prior to last month’s escalation (and subsequent murder) because some white MAGA shitbird became famous for supposedly uncovering a whole lot of Somali-based fraud in Minneapolis, Minnesota, it’s possible ICE would […]
Tim Cushing

Mary Lamie, William Bell Elected as VP, Treasurer for St. Louis Workforce Development Board

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The St. Louis Workforce Development Board has elected new officers for 2026, with the vote taking place during the board’s January 27 meeting, according to an announcement from the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE). Charlotte Hammond, president and CEO of Challenge Unlimited, was elected Board Chair. Hammond has led the organization since […]

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Tom Finan

Trump urges US House to avert ‘another long, pointless and destructive’ shutdown

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on the government funding package that will end the ongoing partial government shutdown once it becomes law.  The Senate voted Friday evening to approve the legislation after President Donald Trump and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., brokered a deal to remove the full-year […]
Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa

Duckworth Joins Schiff, Colleagues in Raising Alarm on EPA's New Rule Abandoning Federal Water Pollution Protections

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) and 14 of her colleagues in opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) proposed rule which threatens to undo significant progress made to restore the quality of our nation’s waters. The new rule limits the definition of waters, including removing coverage for waters that are not wet fo

Duckworth Statement on Voting Against DHS Funding Extension

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement on today’s vote in the Senate: “Trump’s lawless agents are out of control. The American people are crying out for accountability after watching Border Patrol and ICE terrorize our streets, snatch up and detain kids, rip families apart and even publicly execute two U.S. citizens in broad daylight—with zero consequences. Congress cannot let this reign of terror continue. “It