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Illinois offers $15K down payment aid to first-time buyers

3 months 1 week ago
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker launched IHDAccess Home on Wednesday. It’s a new statewide program offering up to $15,000 to help first-time homebuyers cover down payments and closing costs. The initiative expands the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s mortgage options.
Kimberly Young

A New Project for Spring from Pretty Together

3 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS – Liz Sloan and Jennifer Richmond of Pretty Together are a back in our studio with a fresh new project for Spring. Botanical casting is a technique for creating detailed, lasting art by pressing real plants, flowers, and foliage into wet clay to form a mold. This mold is then filled with plaster [...]
Varkita Quinn

Leavenworth officials approve permit for CoreCivic to reopen prison after ‘agonizing’ yearlong fight

3 months 1 week ago
LEAVENWORTH — CoreCivic will reopen its private prison in Leavenworth to house immigration detainees after city commissioners approved the company’s special use permit on Tuesday, the result of a process one commissioner called “agonizing.” Two people were arrested and multiple people were ejected as they shouted profanity during an hour of public comments and 30 […]
Morgan Chilson

A DOGE Bro Allegedly Walked Out Of Social Security With 500 Million Americans’ Records On A Thumb Drive And Expected A Pardon If Caught

3 months 1 week ago
From the very beginning of the DOGE saga, many of us raised alarms about what would happen when a bunch of inexperienced twenty-somethings were handed unfettered access to the most sensitive databases in the federal government with essentially zero oversight and zero adherence to the security protocols that exist for very good reasons. We wrote […]
Mike Masnick

Missouri House passes bill limiting judges’ power to rewrite ballot summaries

3 months 1 week ago
A bill to protect ballot summaries written by politicians from judicial revision passed the Missouri House on Wednesday, as lawmakers moved to restore a law struck down earlier this year by the state Supreme Court. The legislation would give the secretary of state three chances to revise ballot summaries found to be insufficient or unfair […]
Rudi Keller

Daily Deal: The 2026 Ultimate Web Development And Coding Bundle

3 months 1 week ago
Learn key concepts, from data preprocessing to building and evaluating models, with hands-on projects to cement your skills with the 2026 Ultimate Web Development and Coding Bundle. The 13 courses cover C++, Pythong, HTML5, Git and GitHub, Power BI, MySQL, and more. It’s on sale for $40. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and […]
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Why People Fear Change Even When It's Good

3 months 1 week ago
A funny thing happens when something improves: people often tense up instead of relaxing. The new job offer is better, but you hesitate. The healthier routine works, but you miss your old habits. Even good change can feel like stepping onto a moving escalator—your brain knows it’s safe, but your body still braces. Change is not just a practical event. It’s an emotional one. It asks you to let go of what you know, even if what you know isn’t great. That’s why peopl

Bethalto Police Highlight Illinois Electric Scooter Laws

3 months 1 week ago
BETHALTO - The Bethalto Police Department is reminding residents that Illinois state law governs the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters in the village, after the department received calls about the rules as warmer weather approaches. The Village of Bethalto “has no ordinance regulating the use of electric bicycles or electric scooters; therefore, the law would revert to the Illinois State Statute,” according to information shared by Bethalto Village. Bethalto Police

Heavy Winds Spark Extensive Damage in St. Clair County

3 months 1 week ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY - Substantial damage was reported on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after a storm moved through southeastern St. Clair County, and the National Weather Service in St. Louis planned to send a damage assessment team later in the day to determine whether a tornado touched down. The St. Clair Emergency Management Agency reported damage from the early Wednesday morning storm on March 11, 2026, in rural Marissa, Lenzburg, and St. Libory. National Weather Service in St. Louis Lead Meteorologist