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CHICAGO (WMBD) -- Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias announced on Thursday that $420,000 in grant money will be going to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to support prison libraries. According to Giannoulias, 28 prison libraries in Illinois will receive $15,000 to purchase reading materials, including books, magazines and newspapers, or [...]

My sister is back from a vacation to Merrie Olde Englande and she brings catblogging home with her. This is Budge, the resident cat at Norwich Cathedral. My sister reports that Budge is very sociable, though I'm sure he has a hidey hole somewhere when he doesn't want to be disturbed. He has an Instagram ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 6 October 2023"

Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen is being immortalized with a new Funko Pop. Pop Eddie Van Halen with Guitar is a collectible of the late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with his signature black and…

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Today on TAP: Several items to contemplate over the holiday weekend

In August we wrote about a rumored plan of Elon Musk to remove headlines from the TwitterCards (are they now X-cards? who the hell knows?), basically making the site completely useless for news consumption. At the time Musk claimed it was somehow more aesthetically pleasing. Because that’s what everyone looks for in their news links: […]

The Cardinals were far from the league's most efficient team when their season wins are compared to their total payroll. But they're also far from the worst. Here's a look at this MLB season in terms of cost per win.

Nuso, a University City-based provider of cloud communications software, has expanded its geographic footprint with the acquisition of a firm in the United Kingdom.

A Boeing supplier completed a second round of layoffs on Friday as part of the plan to close its Hazelwood plant in late 2024.

Hey, have Republicans released the video yet of Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling that fire alarm? Just asking.

Andrew Lester, a Northland man accused of shooting teenager Ralph Yarl who went to the wrong address, is now demanding a jury trial.

This is a common lament on lefty Twitter: Dear Joe Biden: you are WINNING on policy. You are HELPING voters. But you are LOSING media, and because of that, you are LOSING the hearts and minds of voters. pic.twitter.com/7fjL6xoPo5 — Will Stancil (@whstancil) October 6, 2023 I get the frustration over the headlines, but there's ...continue reading "Economic reporting is not biased against liberals"

NEW YORK CITY — States and cities are taking advantage of expedited work authorizations for a flood of new migrants, seeking to match them with jobs so they can support their families while they wait for asylum hearings. Allowing migrants to work might enable many of them to leave shelters in cities that were already strained […]

The post States hope finding jobs for migrants will help clear shelter overload appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Amy and Matt Herren serve terrific wood-fired pizza at 1929 and excellent boiled-and-baked bagels at C&B.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fans are getting a preview of the upcoming expanded remastered edition of the band's 2010 album, Mojo. The rocker’s estate just released Petty's cover of the Sonny Boy Williamson II song…

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Former officer/current prisoner Derek Chauvin decided to personify endemic police racism by pressing his knee to the neck of an unarmed black man for nearly ten minutes. This display of power continued for three minutes after another officer told Officer Chauvin he could no longer detect a pulse. This act saw Officer Derek Chauvin join […]

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker announced today a $16,063,450 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program to help the state’s small municipal and co-op utilities improve power grid reliability and help mitigate the impacts of extreme weather on Illinois families. Illinois is among the 11 states, two territories, and 20 Tribal nations that were selected for the program’s eighth round of funding last week. “As we face extreme weather and natural disasters with increasing frequency, it is crucial that we modernize and fortify our power grid to withstand the climate change crisis,” said Governor JB Pritzker . “This investment in our state’s power grid will propel our clean energy objectives, uplift our most disadvantaged communities, and support our clean energy workforce to build a more sustainable Illinois for generations to come.” “Strengthening our power grid

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