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Dave Roberts recommends that I take a look at Nat Bullard's deck of climate-related charts, and naturally I did. Here's a chart that should be familiar: The price of solar has plummeted over the past decade. But as conservatives are constantly reminding us, the sun doesn't always shine. Then what? The price of battery storage ...continue reading "It’s not just solar that’s getting cheaper"

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) announces record-high final enrollment numbers for the 2024 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Period. According to federal CMS data, 398,814 Illinoisans enrolled in ACA Marketplace plans during Open Enrollment from November 1st through January 16th. Nationally, the total number of people who signed up for ACA Marketplace coverage topped 21.3 million. * "Here in Illinois, we’ve seen a record-high 16% jump in ACA Marketplace enrollment over last year, revealing that Illinoisans are taking advantage of the opportunity to enroll in comprehensive health coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act,” said IDOI Director Dana Popish Severinghaus. “We remain committed to helping Illinoisans without health insurance get high-quality coverage that fits their needs and budget.” Popish Severinghaus said now that Open Enrollment is over, the Get Covered Illinois team will

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) — a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees—delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor about the recent Iran-backed attack on a U.S. base in Jordan that killed three American servicemembers. In her remarks, Duckworth warned her Republican colleagues who have made reckless, irresponsible comments that risk escalating tensions and putting more of our troops in harm’s way to remember the true cost of war—not just in dollars and cents, but in the sacrifices and blood of our troops. A full video of Duckworth’s remarks on the Senate floor can be found using the link here. Key quotes: “Since Sunday, I don’t think I’ve gone a waking hour without thinking about the brave servicemembers who lost their lives. Their names were Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders and Sgt. Breonna Alexsondria

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Forty-five days after a police SUV crashed through the brick front wall of Bar:PM, two city officials showed up at the scene and made in-person attempts to de-escalate tensions with the bar owners and their landlords who own the building. Frank Oswald, the St. Louis building commissioner, showed up with one of his aides, offered an apology, and hand-delivered a letter stating that the damaged building would not be condemned nor would the owners be forced to pay fines while it awaits repair. He also…

From Riverfront Times:  Ernestine Stewart has lived in her home for 42 years and used to only see racoons in more rural areas of the county. Now her north city neighborhood boasts entire racoon families that make it difficult to walk to her front door thanks to the untamed lawns of developer Paul McKee’s vacant […]

Since 2000, the share of the population with a BA or higher has gone up 39%. But the share of the labor force with a BA or more has gone up 45%. At the end of last year, 72% of those with college degrees were in the labor force. Only 57% of those with only ...continue reading "Raw data: College degrees in the labor force"

EAST ST. LOUIS – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Public Safety Enforcement Group announced on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, that it has arrested 33-year-old Brandon M. Lee of Belleville, for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony) in a fatal shooting at an East St. Louis barbershop. ISP agents were requested by the East St. Louis Police Department to assist with a homicide investigation that occurred at a barbershop in the 7400 block of State Street in East St. Louis. On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, Lee turned himself in at the East St. Louis Police Department. The victim, 36-year-old Jabril I. Ross of East St. Louis, had been shot at the barbershop and later pronounced deceased. ISP said after a thorough investigation, with assistance from the East St. Louis Police Department, the case was presented to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric. The above mentioned charge was filed against Lee on January 29, 2024. No further information

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Join St. Louis Best Bridal for a fabulous happy hour while planning your big day! Grab your crew and meet the best wedding professionals from all over St. Louis.

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While you may not be able to live like a rock star, perhaps you can rent from a rock star. According to Realtor.com, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are leasing an…

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Contegra Construction Co. has completed its second large distribution center for NorthPoint Development at the 3,000-acre, master-planned Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC) in Edgerton, Kan. Located at 30700 W. 183rd Street, Inland Port 9 was constructed with tilt-up concrete panels and features a 40-foot clear height, 100 dock doors and four drive-through doors. It includes […]

GRANITE CITY – Granite City High School announced this week that three members of the high school band were selected to the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State Conference where they rehearsed with the finest high school musicians from Illinois. The three students who earned All-State honors include: Aaron Brinker: Trombone Bailey Hanks: French Horn Victoria Robinson: Euphonium Rehearsals culminated with the All-State Concert & Honors Concert, held at the Peoria Civic Center Arena on January 27, 2024. This is the highest honor a high school musician can receive. The Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) is an organization established to provide music making opportunities for the most talented music students in the state. Outstanding students undergo a rigorous audition procedure based on musical etudes and scales in order to be selected to participate in the District Festival in November. Students receiving high scores at the ILMEA District

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A Spanish Lake man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend and injuring her mother in a 2021 shooting at a Jennings home.

Funeral services were held Monday (Jan. 29) for Fred Jaeckle, a former manager at S. M. Wilson & Co. and a respected leader in the St. Louis construction industry. Mr. Jaeckle, 79, passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 23, of pancreatic cancer. He died just nine days after his wife of 49 years, […]

At least 85 journalists and media workers have been killed since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Above, journalists from Al Jazeera and other outlets working in Gaza in 2008. Gaza Journalists - Flickr - Al Jazeera English by Al Jazeera English is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Almost four months into the Israel-Gaza war, the grim death toll of journalists, among other civilians, continues to grow. The international press still is shut out of Gaza.

Freedom of the Press Foundation Deputy Director of Advocacy Caitlin Vogus spoke to The Grass is Greener on radio station WXRW in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about the abysmal state of press freedom in Gaza and what the Biden administration must do to pressure Israel to safeguard reporters’ lives and the public’s right to know about the war.

As Vogus explained:

Journalists … play an integral role in documenting war crimes, in documenting human rights violations, in documenting even legitimate military action. Protecting journalists in Gaza and allowing the press access to Gaza is important not just because we think it’s required by international human rights law, but also because it protects the world’s right to know about what’s happening there and to document all of those stories that otherwise we would never find out about.

The Grass is Greener also spoke to Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters Without Borders USA. Weimers discussed RSF’s recent investigations regarding the potential targeting of journalists in the war, and Israel’s and the United States’ records on press freedom.

Listen to the whole interview here.

Lewis Reed, former president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, has been making the most of his time in federal prison, picking up new handyman skills and even driving newly released inmates around Arkansas and Tennessee in a prison-issue vehicle. Reed, you may recall, was hit with a federal indictment in the summer of 2022 after taking very-well documented bribes from local businessman Mohammed Almuttan.

A trooper with the MSHP investigated the incident but the reason the accident happened remained unclear.

Eckert’s, a family farm in Belleville, Illinois, welcomes you to the Cozy Cider Cabin. Open from Jan. 10 to Feb. 25, the wintery pop-up bar boasts a mountainside-cabin atmosphere with […]

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