These days everyone seems to be talking about AI, and the Copyright Office is no exception, although it may make sense for it to speak here because people keep trying to invoke copyright as a concept implicated by various aspects of AI, including, and perhaps especially, with regard to “training” AI systems. So the Copyright […]
CHICAGO -- President Joe Biden is set to visit Illinois next week. President Biden's travel details are still unclear at this time, but he's expected to tout his agenda and likely have a fundraiser on Thursday, Nov. 9. The president will travel to rural areas over the next two weeks to highlight how two specific [...]
Iggy Pop sings on a new cover of the Depeche Mode song "Personal Jesus." The recording is featured on a new album by producing veteran Trevor Horn called Echoes: Ancient…
Gun N’ Roses brought their tour to LA's Hollywood Bowl on Thursday, November 2, and treated the crowd to something special. In addition to their usual hits, like “Paradise City,” “Welcome…
War wants to get you in the holiday spirit. The '60s legends just released their first holiday tune, “(Yes It’s) Christmas,” with a Dolby Atmos mix. You can listen to "(Yes…
Prosecutors argued that Williams' actions constituted first-degree murder because he deliberated before returning to the neighborhood and opening fire.
MGP Ingredients launched a succession plan with the planned retirement of its CEO at year's end. His successor will come from a St. Louis-based subsidiary.
Three companies in the same downtown St. Louis office building have renewed long-term leases over the past year, choosing to stay in their current offices and footprints after examining options elsewhere.
Washington University has named a leader of a new $15 million drug development accelerator that seeks to commercialize drug candidates from the university’s research efforts.
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College is seeing a turnaround in enrollment trends for the 2023-2024 academic year. “We are excited to see enrollment figures increasing again, as we continue to develop new opportunities to impact access and agility for students and to serve the community’s needs” said L&C President Ken Trzaska. Tenth day enrollment figures for Fall 2023 showed increases across the board, including total student headcount (5.6 percent), credit hours (8.9 percent) and both high school partnership (dual credit students in the high schools – 7.2 percent) and non-high school partnership students (4.8 percent, compared to the previous fall. Student headcount totaled 4,196. Spring 2023 also saw increases compared to Spring 2022. Total headcount was 4,007 students, up 9.6 percent from the previous year – with credit hours at 32,869, an increase of 5 percent. Notably, part-time students (2,852) and part-time credit hours (16,061)
Andy Karandzieff has seen all kinds of chaotic driving in front of his restaurant, Crown Candy Kitchen. There have been people chasing each other at high speeds as they fly past a stop signs and a driver who hit a school bus. Once, two drivers decided to run a stop sign and collided in front of the historic Old North restaurant.
I saw yet another article today about the "deeply unpopular" Joe Biden. You know what that means: I'm going to put up the latest version of The Chart: Are you tired of seeing this? Tough. I'm going to keep posting it over and over and over until either (a) the nonsense about Biden's unpopularity stops, ...continue reading "President Biden is not especially unpopular, part 1 million"
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) announced today fines totaling $231,900 for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, for violations of the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act (NATA) requirements for health insurers to post up-to-date, accurate, and complete provider directory information. Earlier this year, following a targeted market conduct examination of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, the Department fined HCSC for violating NATA and ordered the company to take corrective action, including updating provider directories and making the information clearer to consumers. * Market conduct examinations allow the regulatory agency to review insurance companies' compliance with state and federal laws. The health insurer’s delayed compliance with implementing changes to its provider directories to address the NATA violations resulted in the new fine. “Consumers rely on their health insurance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives approved funding today for interior programs and public health and safety, including several local projects championed by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12). Bost secured $3 million for three projects strengthening water treatment and sanitation at facilities in Dietrich, Centralia, and Teutopolis. "Being a governing conservative means fighting for our Southern Illinois values while delivering real results for the people you represent,” said Bost. “That’s why I’m proud the House approved funding I requested to improve sewer and water treatment projects in Dietrich, Centralia, and Teutopolis. These are important steps forward for the many thousands of rural Southern Illinoisans who rely on these facilities for public health and sanitation.” The Southern Illinois projects funded by the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill include: $1 million for Dietrich, IL, for a sanitary sewe
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