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Update on Multiple Overnight Investigations

3 months 1 week ago

Beginning around 5:30 p.m., District 3 officers responded to a shooting in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue near a series of condemned apartments. Officers located an adult woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Early information indicates an argument occurred between the victim and the shooter before shots were fired. The victim was transported to […]

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Mitch McCoy

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

3 months 1 week ago
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Nimrod with a comment about the lack of checks and balances for RFK Jr.: Observation If a member of organized crime were to manage to get themself elected President, they would probably try to delegitimize the legal system, law enforcement and government authority in […]
Leigh Beadon

This Weekend in History on March 14 and 15: Julius Caesar Killed

3 months 1 week ago
On March 14, 1883, Karl Marx died in London, closing the life of a thinker whose ideas helped reshape modern politics, labor movements, and debates about how economies should work. During his lifetime, Marx was best known as a journalist and critic of industrial capitalism, writing about how factory work, wages, and ownership were changing everyday life in Europe. After his death, his books and arguments—especially about class conflict and the power of economic systems to shape society—spread

UPDATE: Precautionary Boil Advisory lifted for part of south city

3 months 1 week ago
UPDATE: The precautionary boil order has been lifted as of Monday morning. According to officials, the water test concluded the water was not contaminated and is safe to consume. ST. LOUIS CITY - The City Water Division issued a precautionary boil water advisory for parts of St. Louis on March 15 after a 20-inch water [...]

Duckworth Votes to Pass Landmark Housing Bill to Being Housing Costs Down and Expand Affordable Housing Across the Nation

3 months 1 week ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting for the bipartisan 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act, which passed the Senate by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 89-10. The Senate-passed legislation would tackle our nation’s housing crisis by lowering costs for middle-class families, incentivizing municipalities to create more affordable housing, preventing private equity from buying

Senate Passes Durbin, Lankford, Quigley, Edwards, Pappas Resolution Honoring 175th Anniversary Of YMCA

3 months 1 week ago
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) celebrated the Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution to honor the YMCA ahead of the organization’s 175th anniversary. Headquartered in Chicago, the YMCA has about 2,600 locations, serving more than 10,000 communities across the country. The resolution was cosponsored by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Boozman (R-AR), Todd Young (R-IN), and Lindsey