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Old Bakery Beer Company to Host Riverbend Earth Day Event

2 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON - This weekend, Old Bakery Beer Company will host the 14th annual Riverbend Earth Day event, complete with vendors, live music, environmental education and more. From 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2025, community members can stop by Old Bakery Beer Company in Alton for a day full of sustainable, environmental fun. Lauren with Old Bakery Beer Company expressed her excitement to welcome the community in. “It’s free to come. Enjoy the live music. See the environmental organizations,” Lauren said. “Of course, we’ll have beer and food and all that jazz available for purchase that day, as well.” Lauren explained that OBB previously served as the rainout location for the Riverbend Earth Day event. After hosting for several years in a row, they eventually took on the duties of sponsoring the event, too. On April 19, Beth Bombarra will provide live music from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., followed by Universal Groove Society

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Big Telecom, Robocallers, Love Brendan Carr’s Plan To Lobotomize The FCC

2 months 3 weeks ago
Last month Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr announced his “DELETE, DELETE, DELETE” initiative. It’s basically a plan to lobotomize FCC corporate oversight and consumer protection at the behest of industry giants, dressed up as very serious, very efficient adult policymaking. Carr’s trying to pretend this is a serious democratic process, so he opened a public […]
Karl Bode

Missouri Democrats filibuster GOP effort to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave

2 months 3 weeks ago
Missouri Democrats stonewalled a Republican effort to roll back a voter-approved paid sick leave law, blocking action in the Senate for more than nine hours before GOP leadership adjourned the chamber around 1 a.m. Thursday. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, a Republican from Jefferson City, would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law requiring most employers to provide paid sick time off for hundreds of thousands of qualifying workers starting May 1. Bernskoetter said Proposition…
Clara Bates