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Missouri’s Department of Social Services sued for alleged Sunshine Law violations

2 years 5 months ago

A software company that successfully sued the state and was awarded $23 million last year has filed a new lawsuit against Missouri’s Department of Social Services, alleging the agency “knowingly and purposefully” violated open records law. According to the lawsuit filed Thursday in Cole County, Florida-based HHS Technology submitted a request for records to the […]

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Clara Bates

Powell on the Ropes

2 years 5 months ago
Today on TAP: A prime casualty of the crisis set off by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank could be Fed Chair Jay Powell—all too appropriately, and none too soon.
Robert Kuttner

Four Explorers Sign To Play Sports In College - All Are Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Athletes Of The Month For Marquette

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ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School added to its impressive list of college signings the past couple of weeks. Four more athletes committed to continuing their academic and athletic careers at the next level. All are Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Athletes of the Month for Marquette. The four student-athletes are: Dre Davis - Lewis and Clark Community College - Soccer Dre, a three-sport athlete for the Explorers plays soccer, basketball, and tennis. Dre has been a Riverbender.com Athlete of the Month three times already, twice for soccer and once for basketball. He was a captain on the soccer team in his junior and senior years and also voted all-conference both those seasons. He was voted all-sectional his junior year and was an honorable mention his senior year. Dre said that Marquette is a really great place and that he's loved his time there. He wanted to thank all his teachers and coaches that invested in him. He chose LCCC because he wanted to stay local and

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Yes, Section 230 Should Protect ChatGPT And Other Generative AI Tools

2 years 5 months ago
Question Presented: Does Section 230 Protect Generative AI Products Like ChatGPT? As the buzz around Section 230 and its application to algorithms intensifies in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s response, ‘generative AI’ has soared in popularity among users and developers, begging the question: does Section 230 protect generative AI products like ChatGPT? Matt Perault, a […]
Mike Masnick

Hospital dresses up newborns as 'Cute clovers' for St. Patrick's Day

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ST. LOUIS -- The newborns at St. Luke’s Hospital are wearing green for St. Patrick's Day. These "cute clovers" are from the Birth Care Suite and Special Care Nursery. The hospital is known for dressing babies up for holidays and special occasions. They have been doing it since 1997. The costumes are made by nurses [...]
Joe Millitzer

Free Senior Resource Fair at Civic Center

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Free Florissant Senior Citizens Resource Fair         Open to all Seniors April 11 Mayor Tim Lowery has announce the City of Florissant Senior Citizen Office will be hosting a “free” Senior Citizen Resource Fair for all North County Senior Citizens. The 2023 Senior Resource Fair will be Tuesday, April 11, from 9 – 11 a.m. […]

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Elon Musk Still Loves ‘Shadow Banning’ Those He Doesn’t Like

2 years 5 months ago
Late last year, we wrote about the extremely misleading discussion around “shadow banning” on Twitter. The history of the term is important, as it originated as a tool to defeat trolls, and it had a very specific definition: making users who were deemed problematic to a site think their posts were still getting through, when […]
Mike Masnick

Were FHLB loans a missed red flag before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed?

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I've been trying to figure out exactly what warning signs regulators supposedly missed in the months before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and I haven't come up with much. The $15 billion hole in SVB's bond portfolio was mildly concerning, but no more than that since it didn't affect SVB's books. The outflow of deposits seemed ...continue reading "Were FHLB loans a missed red flag before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed?"
Kevin Drum

Daily Deal: Project Management Institute Training Bundle

2 years 5 months ago
Project Management Institute Training Bundle has 2 courses to help you become a project management expert. The first course focuses on the basic principles and the lifecycle of project management. You’ll learn about group interactions, managing cost factors, managing risk factors, and more. The second course focuses on Agile project management. It’s on sale for […]
Gretchen Heckmann

St. Louis jury orders freight firm to pay $15M to mother of man who drowned in Mississippi River

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A St. Louis jury on Wednesday ordered a river freight firm to pay the mother of a man who drowned on the Mississippi River $15 million. Casey Redmond, who was working for St. Louis-based Osage Marine Services, fell into the Mississippi and drowned on Dec. 15, 2019, court records say. His body hasn't been found. A lawsuit filed in 2021 by Redmond's mother, Candace Love, alleged that Osage assigned Redmond to work with a supervisory employee who tested positive for drugs immediately after the incident,…
Jacob Kirn