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FCC Hits Robocall Scammers With $300 Million Fine That Still Somehow Means Nothing

2 years 10 months ago
Every six months or so the FCC announces it has taken some major new step to thwart annoying robocalls. Yet Americans still receive more than 4.5 billion such calls every month, the vast majority of FCC fines are never collected, scammers elude meaningful accountability, and the problem persists. Last week for example, the FCC announced […]
Karl Bode

St. Louis schools face one of the steepest post-pandemic climbs anywhere

2 years 10 months ago

When she enrolled her fourth grader at a St. Louis public school last fall, Krystal Barnett knew she was doing something that has become increasingly rare. Abandoned by thousands of families and dogged by a well-earned reputation for poor performance, the local school system shrank over the past few decades to a fraction of its […]

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Kevin Mahnken