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There’s nothing new about cop shops letting their tech providers write their press releases for them. Law enforcement officers love power but often think nothing of surrendering their autonomy to the providers of the snooping tools. For years, Harris Corporation — the maker of Stingray devices — told cops what they could or couldn’t say […]

In a sweeping rebuff of four different utilities, Illinois regulators have sharply curtailed record rate hikes proposed for more than 4 million gas customers across the state, while also blocking most spending on a controversial pipe-replacement program that has fueled a heating affordability crisis for consumers in recent years. Under the rulings by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Thursday, customers of Peoples Gas, Nicor Gas, Ameren Illinois and North Shore Gas will still incur a rate increase, putting more stress on already struggling families – a pattern consumer advocates have said they are determined to stifle in coming years. Nonetheless, the decisions significantly limited the size of the rate hikes that the utilities threatened to inflict on consumers, and they collectively signaled that the regulatory climate in Illinois may be shifting decisively in the direction of stronger consumer protections. In each of the cases, the ICC’s reduction to the rate hik

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Eric Clapton’s iconic “The Fool” guitar has sold for big bucks at auction. The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar, which Clapton first played onstage while touring the U.S. with his…

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Secretary of State Jay Aschcroft will try again to salvage the ballot summary he wrote for abortion rights initiative petitions with an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. Ashcroft’s language has been savaged in opinions from two courts, most recently when the Western District Court of Appeals ruled his summaries are “replete with politically partisan language.” In a Thursday interview with The Independent, Ashcroft said notice will be filed with the state’s highest court seeking a review…

Bob Dylan has come out in defense of Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner, who earlier this year was removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame board in response to comments he made…

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An 18-year-old Ferguson man on Thursday was charged with murder in the shooting death of a Clayton man who came outside to find the teenager tampering with his car.

WOOD RIVER - Riverbend Family Ministries (RFM) is thrilled to announce an impactful donation of $50,000 from Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery. This generous contribution will directly support the vital operations of RFM’s Client Service Department, dedicated to providing personalized support to individuals and families in crisis throughout Madison County. This gift will play a vital role in delivering personalized support for children, youth, and families who’ve experienced trauma, most often due to violence, addiction, poverty, and homelessness. RFM’s Client Service Department supports clients and their families with resources such as rental and utility assistance, job coaching, interview skills, resume writing, financial fitness, social service navigation, rehabilitation connections, laundry, showers, and more. RFM is also home to 9 additional non-profit agencies, providing convenient access to additional resources and support services clients may require. All service

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The last time we saw El Niño was in the winter of 2018 to 2019, and even that year's El Niño was substantially weaker than the one we're seeing now.

This Thanksgiving, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is encouraging everyone to consider a vegan lifestyle and is giving away free vegan roasts near their new Thanksgiving billboard. The distribution of vegan roasts is scheduled for November 17 at noon.

This is apropos of nothing in particular, but I felt like checking out annual increases in wealth for the top 1%. You can think of this as "extra" income, above and beyond what people spend, or as annual savings. Here it is: The annual wealth increase of the top 1% has increased about 150% since ...continue reading "It’s good to be rich"

At this point you need to assume that organizations still advertising on exTwitter know that they’re supporting a new fascist movement… and are okay with it. Yes, many advertisers on exTwitter have pulled the plug on advertising on the site. And even the ones that Linda Yaccarino has been able to coax back appear to […]

A committee, which includes Green, unanimously approved the $7.9 million accounting system contract that has since ballooned to more than twice that amount.

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Eighty-four employees of NextGen Healthcare Inc.’s St. Louis office are being laid off as a result of the company being recently purchased by a private equity firm.

Judas Priest is giving fans another preview of their upcoming album, Invincible Shield. The rockers just dropped the track “Trial By Fire,” the second song from the album following “Panic Attack,” which was released…

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The Missouri League of Women Voters, NAACP and two voters sued to overturn the law last year.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), founder of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, and U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Ethylene Oxide Task Force, today issued the following statement on the report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) evaluating the public health impacts of the ethylene oxide (EtO), a cancer-causing agent, emitted from the now-closed Sterigenics medical sterilization facility in Willowbrook, Illinois. The report, which was released today for public comment until January 3, analyzed EtO concentrations measured in Willowbrook from November 2018 to March 2019. In the report, ATSDR concluded that, prior to February 15, 2019, long-term breathing of air within one mile of the Sterigenics facility is a concern

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