Two transgender boys are suing the University of Missouri over its decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors over concerns that a new state law could create legal issues for its doctors.
Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday unanimously approved rate hikes for four major natural gas utilities, but the little-known regulatory body’s decision was perhaps more notable for what it rejected.
The five-member board flexed its regulatory muscle, slashing the utilities’ requested rate increases by as much as 50%.
“This was an earthquake in Illinois utility regulation,” Abe Scarr, director of consumer advocacy group Illinois PIRG told Capitol News Illinois after…
I have a correction. A couple of days ago I posted a chart of childhood vaccination rates by state plotted against each state's vote for Donald Trump in 2020. Unfortunately, I used the wrong numbers—which by coincidence produced results similar to the correct numbers. Similar, but not the same. Here's the corrected chart: As with ...continue reading "CORRECTION: Childhood vaccination rates"
In a Thursday court order, Kyle Stone was found "incompetent to proceed" with a trial and remanded to the care of the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
As we have mentioned, this is a different year with a new pattern that has not been seen in several years. This El Niño pattern overall will bring fewer precipitation opportunities and potentially more mild air. But the devil is in the details, so let's dive in.
ST. LOUIS -- A first-of-its kind dataset is now available to the earth system science community. CONUS 404 is a high-resolution weather simulation that spans more than four decades over the continental United States. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research partnered with the US Geological Survey to develop this new resource, allowing researchers [...]
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