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Alton Postpones Changes To Public Comment Rules

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ALTON – Alton officials are changing their plans to shorten public comments at future city meetings. Committee of the Whole members voted unanimously on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026 to postpone a resolution which included sweeping City Code changes regarding public comments at Committee and City Council meetings. The resolution originally called for all public comment time limits to be shortened from five minutes to three minutes per person, and shortened even further to two minutes per

Why Winter Feels Slower Than Other Seasons

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At 4:30 p.m., it can feel like the day has already been used up. You glance at the clock, you’ve done a normal amount of work, and yet everything seems to move in slow motion—your energy, your plans, even your patience. It’s not just imagination. Certain months really do feel slower, and there are several reasons your brain and body push that impression to the front. The “slow” feeling is real—even if the clock doesn’t change A day is still 24 hours.

This Day in History on January 28: Challenger Disaster Shocks America

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On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart just over a minute after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board and halting NASA’s shuttle program in shock. The disaster mattered immediately because it ended lives in full public view and forced the United States to stop and reassess a flagship technology it had come to trust. It still matters today because it changed how complex systems are managed, how risks are communicated, and how spaceflight is designed and

Immigration drops shift population, political power to Texas and Florida

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A drop in immigration amid President Donald Trumpโ€™s enforcement crackdown led to historically slow population growth in the United States last year. Activity at the southern border is at a historic low. The population change reflects the last months of the Biden administration, when immigration controls began to tighten, and the first months of the […]
Tim Henderson

Today's Weather: Mostly Sunny and Chilly

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This morning starts cold with temperatures near 7 degrees, feeling bitterly cold at around 2 degrees as the day begins partly cloudy. By afternoon, mostly sunny skies will prevail with a high of 31 degrees, although it will feel very cold at 24 degrees. Winds will come from the west at around 8 mph, gusting to 14 mph, keeping it crisp but dry. As evening arrives, expect partly cloudy skies with temperatures dropping quickly into the low 20s and continuing to feel quite cold. Overnight, it will

Brendan Carr Pretends To Care About Competition, Helps Larry Ellison Undermine Netflix Warner Brothers Merger

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Our shitty autocrats are nothing if not predictable. As we just got done noting, the Trump administration and their right wing extremist billionaire friend have joined forces to wage war on Netflix’s attempted acquisition of Warner Brothers. Larry wants Warner Brothers (and CNN) as part of his obvious effort to build a new autocrat-friendly propaganda […]
Karl Bode