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Op-Ed: Missouri businesses are paying the price for copper and fiber theft

2 months 3 weeks ago
Driven by rising demand and increasing global prices for copper, theft of critical communications infrastructure has emerged as a nationwide crisis. Missouri should take note as legislators across the country increasingly take action to protect this important equipment from criminals…
By Jake Morabito | American Legislative Exchange Council

Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation

2 months 3 weeks ago
Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice — confirming what anyone with a passing familiarity with antitrust law already knew: companies deciding they don’t want their brands plastered next to […]
Mike Masnick

Three Accused of Defrauding the Elderly via Gold Bar Scam

2 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS – Three people accused of involvement in a conspiracy that stole $8 million from elderly victims have been federally charged in St. Louis and arrested. Raj Chauhan, 33, Monarch Sachdev, 28, and Elon Harper, 27, were each indicted on Feb. 4, 2026, with one count of wire fraud. Chauhan was the final defendant to appear in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, where he pleaded not guilty Friday. All three were arrested in February outside Missouri: Harper was arrested in Maine, Sachdev

Judge keeps Missouri’s new congressional map in effect despite referendum campaign

2 months 3 weeks ago
Submitting signatures to force a referendum on a state law is not enough to suspend a new state law, a Cole County judge ruled Friday in a decision that means Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map is in effect. The referendum petition submitted by the political action committee People Not Politicians could still put the law on […]
Rudi Keller