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Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

1 year 6 months ago
Eager to maintain a lucrative repair monopoly over its products, Apple has had a long history of bullying independent repair shops. Apple lobbyists have also falsely claimed that making its products easier and less expensive to repair would result in vast untold consumer privacy and security nightmares, turning states that consider “right to reform” legislation into lawless […]
Karl Bode

First week of Illinois veto session wraps up with little legislative movement

1 year 6 months ago
Illinois lawmakers are heading back to their districts after three days of legislative session in Springfield this week that saw little movement on several major initiatives. They will have a week off before returning to Springfield on Nov. 7 for the second of their annual two-week veto session during which they consider bills the governor vetoed since they last met in the spring. When they return, they’ll consider measures including reforms to the state’s nuclear policy and a potential extension…
Andrew Adams

Alton Owl's Club Fall Festival Promises to be a Hoot

1 year 6 months ago
ALTON - The Owl’s Club Fall Festival is sure to be a hoot with raffle prizes, food, live music and a full-service bar. The public is invited to party until midnight on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 at the Owl’s Club, located at 227 Blair Avenue in Alton. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Local rock band HOOKiE will play from 8 p.m. to midnight, and dancing is encouraged. “We’ll get people in, get people fed. Everybody’s happy,” said Chairman of the Board Tim Borman. “We’ll start drawing prizes, and once that band starts, it’s kind of like, okay, now everybody’s got something to focus on and can dance and have a good time.” Borman has been a member of the Alton Owl’s Club for 32 years. The men’s community social club also serves as an event center, which they regularly rent out. But the Fall Festival is a longtime tradition and “party for the Owl’s Club” that encourages people to stop by and see

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Remembering the CVPA school shootings one year later

1 year 6 months ago
Community members, students, and alumni of Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience mourned the lives lost one year after a school shooting in south St. Louis.
Kate Grumke and Will Bauer | STL Public Radio

'It's frustrating': New downtown hotel adding security measures after dozens of car break-ins

1 year 6 months ago
St. Louis police are investigating dozens of recent car break-ins downtown. Customers of a new downtown hotel committed to revitalization are among the victims. St. Louis police say dozens of vehicles were broken into starting Oct. 21. Over the past four days, more than two dozen cars were broken into outside the 21c Museum Hotel, which opened in August at 1528 Locust St. in Downtown West, in the converted former downtown YMCA building. J.P. Roberts, general manager of the 21c Museum Hotel, said…
Alex Fees