Wisconsin has one of the most egregiously gerrymandered state legislative maps in the country. In 2022 Republicans captured 64% of Wisconsin's Assembly seats even though they won only 47% of the vote. In April Democrats won an election that gave them a majority on the state Supreme Court, and they have now filed petitions to ...continue reading "Republican justice unhappy at taking what she used to dish out"
An audit, that was supposed to take less than a year to complete, will likely end up taking three times as long for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, according to Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick.
The review is part of an overall citywide audit that the St. Louis Board of Aldermen requested in 2018. All of the audits on the city’s various departments are complete – except the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, Fitzpatrick said.
“It has just been delay after delay after…
As a writer of opinion pieces, sometimes you go hard in the paint and the result isn’t precisely what you expected. Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote about Netflix’s announced decision to dip its toe into the video game market. At that point, word had gotten out about it all, though that word can […]
Residents all over the St. Louis area are fearful of the effects of trees in a storm. We’ve all seen videos of trees falling on houses and cars and tragically, in some cases, people.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday vetoed a measure that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the “right of first refusal” for transmission line construction.
This would have given Ameren, the electric utility that serves much of downstate Illinois, authority to build new transmission lines without going through a competitive bidding process under federal regulations for any projects approved by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO,…
Communities across Illinois that lack access to nearby stores that sell high quality food may soon see that change.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a bill that sets up a program to distribute $20 million for grants and technical assistance for grocery stores as well as funding research into food insecurity.
The grants will go to grocery stores that are independently owned, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, co-ops and grocery stores owned by units of local government.
The program's…
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