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ChatGPT can help find the racy passages in popular fiction

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Bridgette Exman, an assistant superintendent in Mason City, Iowa, describes how she tried to comply with her state's new law banning books in schoolrooms that contain “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act”: We created a list from several lists of commonly challenged books, then deleted from our list any book challenged for reasons ...continue reading "ChatGPT can help find the racy passages in popular fiction"
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Madison County Treasurer Reminds Taxpayers Of Second Installment Of Real Estate Taxes Due Soon

2 years 7 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County Treasurer, Chris Slusser, is reminding taxpayers that the second installment of their real-estate tax bill is coming due. “With the holiday weekend approaching, I want to remind everyone that the second of four tax installments will be due Wed, Sept 6,” Slusser said. “The Treasurer’s office is open for business Mon-Fri from 8:30am-430pm, but will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Mon Sept 4. Slusser reminds taxpayers of all payment options: at one of the participating collector banks or credit unions throughout the county, by mail, through your financial institution’s online bill pay service, the Treasurer’s website at www.madcotreasurer.org , by phone at 1-844-919-4300, or in person at the Treasurer’s Office in Edwardsville. If paid by mail, letters must be postmarked on or before Sept 6. “No penalty will be applied for payments mailed and postmarked by the due date,” he said. “I

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