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Splash Pad Moving Forward At Lions Club Park In Jerseyville

2 years 9 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - A splash pad is officially coming to Lions Club Park in Jerseyville following unanimous City Council approval of a proposal from Water Odyssey for splash pad features/controllers/equipment. This is the latest in a series of improvements planned for Phase 2 of the Lions Club Park Improvements Project. Tyler Hermens, director of the Jerseyville Parks and Recreation Department, said at the meeting that “there’s a lot of moving parts with this project,” including several grants that have made it possible. “We have a $600,000 grant from the state of Illinois to potentially bid out the entire project and the construction,” Hermens said. “What this allows us to do, with the American Water $250,000 grant we received, this gives us the opportunity to pre-purchase the equipment and have that fabricated behind the scenes while we’re working on a final design and Department of Public Health permit. “With our Parks and Rec staff,

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Federal defense bill advances without compensation for St. Louis victims of nuclear waste

2 years 9 months ago

WASHINGTON โ€” The U.S. Senate took an important step Tuesday toward passing the nationโ€™s annual defense policy bill, but the legislation did not include provisions aimed at compensating victims of radioactive contamination in St. Louis and around the country. The reliably bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the same hard-right opposition in the U.S. House […]

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Ashley Murray

A House committee displays its partisan pettiness for all the world to see

2 years 9 months ago
This is just a bit of trivia, but Bob Somerby mentioned something odd today about the House committee that the odious Elise Stefanik sits on. Here's what their website looks like: All the Republicans get nice color photos. The Democrats get crammed into a tiny space with just their names. Seriously? Unless there's some obscure ...continue reading "A House committee displays its partisan pettiness for all the world to see"
Kevin Drum

How the Grinchโ€™s Intellectual Property Stole Christmas

2 years 9 months ago
The estate of Dr. Seuss is obviously no stranger to playing the intellectual property maximalist, having appeared on our pages many times in the past. But more specifically for this post, the estate has also, ironically enough, been more than happy to stomp on the Christmas joy of others in favor of jealously guarding its […]
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