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Missouri PSC approves $140M rate increase for Ameren Missouri electric customers

2 years 5 months ago
Ameren Missouri’s nearly 1.3 million electric power customers will be paying more in the near future but exactly how much more, and when the rates will take effect, has yet to be determined, the Missouri Public Service Commission said in a news release Thursday. The commission approved a plan for the utility to increase revenues by $140 million annually. Each rate class will see the same percentage increase, but Ameren Missouri must file a particular rate schedule before the exact increase is…
Rudi Keller

Illinois Hospital First To Shut Down Completely After Ransomware Attack

2 years 5 months ago
You may have noticed that for-profit healthcare in the U.S. is already a hot mess, especially in the most already marginalized parts of the country. Giant, mismanaged health care conglomerates have long pushed their underfunded staffers to the brink, while routinely under-investing in necessary technical upgrades and improvements. It’s getting consistently worse everywhere, but in […]
Karl Bode

Republicans from Western states attack public lands plan in heated U.S. House hearing

2 years 5 months ago

U.S. House Republicans and GOP Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Mark Gordon of Wyoming teamed up Thursday to rail against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule to allow conservation leases on federal lands. Noem and Gordon joined the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee for about half of a 4 1/2 hour hearing […]

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Jacob Fischler

Modelo Tops Bud Light as America's Number One Beer

2 years 5 months ago
Bud Light has been dethroned. The beer that tastes like water has been beat in sales by Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager. But while Modelo overtook Bud Light in sales in the four weeks before June 3, according to NBC News, Bud Light still leads overall U.S. beer sales so far this year.
Monica Obradovic

St. Louis Woman Charged With Assault of Imo’s Employee

2 years 5 months ago
A St. Louis woman was charged Wednesday for allegedly throwing a credit card machine at an Imo’s Pizza employee after demanding a refund, according to police. Evelyn Williams, 30, now faces charges of assault, armed criminal action and second-degree property damage over the incident which occurred on April 30. 
Nina Giraldo