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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed an amicus brief supporting the federal government in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Biden administration’s targeted cancelation of student loan debt to address the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, Raoul joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in arguing that the debt relief program is lawful and appropriate. Last year, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced plans to grant $10,000 in debt relief for borrowers under certain income thresholds, and $20,000 in debt relief to borrowers who met those income thresholds and also received a Pell Grant in college. This debt relief seeks to ensure that borrowers affected by the pandemic do not face catastrophic defaults at the conclusion of a nearly three-year pause in loan repayment obligations. “Higher education should be within reach for all Illinoisans without the fear that they will be saddled with lifelong

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EDWARDSVILLE - Sophomore guard Zay Hoover is emerging as a key component to the girls' basketball team at Edwardsville High, and played a key role in the Tigers' 39-25 win over Belleville West on Jan. 10, scoring 12 points in the win that took Edwardsville to 8-9 on the season. Hoover is currently averaging 4.6 points and 1.6 rebounds-per-game, going along with nine assists, seven steals and three blocked shots, also helping to play good defense in the win over the Maroons. In a postgame interview that followed the win over West, Hoover was very happy to get the victory. "I'm glad we were able to pull out the win," she said. The Tigers didn't enjoy a very good shooting night, missing several shots, but the defense helped gain the win, which was very satisfying indeed. "I was really proud of myself," Hoover said, "because usually, I'm not very aggressive on defense. So today, my goal was to attack the offensive players so I could get some steals and contribute to my team defensively."

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England has taken a big step toward crushing the digital divide with new rules requiring that all new home builds must include gigabit (1000 Megabits per second, Mbps) broadband. Estimates suggest that around 12 percent of the 171,190 new homes constructed in England last year didn’t have gigabit broadband capabilities upon completion. Amendments to Building Regulations […]

The trail of a child kidnapping in 2007 led to an apartment in Kirkwood where Shawn Hornbeck, missing for more than four years, was found too.

The Republican U.S. Rep. from a small Missouri town is now one of the most powerful members of Congress as the new chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. It makes key funding and operations decisions.

The stuffed potato from South America Bakery (4279 Keaton Crossing Boulevard, O'Fallon; 636-477-6688) is less a creative interpretation of a spud and more a feat of culinary majesty — one that would feel equally on brand billed as a deconstructed-reconstructed "baked potato" at an avant garde temple to molecular gastronomy as it does as a humble snack at a fast-casual O'Fallon strip-mall storefront. At first glance, this stunning tuber presents as a baked potato in shape, size and color. However, a closer look reveals that it is actually a lightly fried russet-shaped fritter composed of fluffy mashed potatoes that have been fashioned to look like its original form.

In plea deal the victim agreed to, Joshua Smith will get two years of probation for striking a man who was running from police with his SUV.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Wednesday approved its first abortion-related measures under a new Republican majority, eliciting strong support from GOP members and opposition from Democrats, who rejected the legislation as misleading and incomplete. Republicans, who secured a four-seat majority during the November midterm elections, said the bill setting medical standards on a national level […]

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Ringo Starr is ready to get back on the stage. The Beatles drummer just announced some spring 2023 dates with his All-Starr Band, made up of Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart and Gregg Bissonette. “It’s a…

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“Folks have become tired waiting for Congress to do something.”

“It gave us our family,” said Hay. “It gave us the opportunity to know our son, for him to know his siblings and him to know life outside of the hospital.”

The St. Louis Police Department needs help finding a missing man.

A person is in the hospital after a crash in Midtown Thursday morning.

Better grades, improved health and higher lifetime earnings are why Missouri should join the growing list of states that provide universal school meals to all public school students. In 2017, researchers at Syracuse University published a study on the impact of free school lunches on all New York City middle school students. The findings showed […]

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After a 50-year battle, John Fogerty has regained control of the worldwide publishing rights to his music with Creedence Clearwater Revival. Unlike artists who have sold their catalogs in recent years, the Rock…

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At 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, four teenage robbers held employees at the City Paws Clinic in south St. Louis at gunpoint just after closing, stealing money and medications.

After multiple water wells are shut down due to contamination, the city of St. Charles said it can't wait any longer to build new water wells.