GODFREY - Governor Pritzker today joined leaders from Lewis and Clark Community College to announce upcoming renovations to five historic buildings located on the school’s campus. The project includes a complete renovation of the Main Complex, which includes 5 historic buildings (Baldwin, Caldwell, Wade, Fobes, and Reid) at approximately 170,000 square feet. The renovations are partially funded by a $37.5 million investment through Rebuild Illinois, Governor Pritzker's bipartisan capital plan and the first in nearly a decade, as well as an additional $12.5 million local match from the school. “Throughout my governorship, I’ve been proud to increase state support for Lewis and Clark and all our community colleges, and to make college more attractive and more affordable for students,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Serving 15,000 students, Lewis and Clark is exactly the kind of institution we should be investing in to fuel economic opportunity in this region
For a few years now, the Australian government has been seeking to outlaw online anonymity. This effort has moved forward under the delusional belief this will somehow result in a new era of online civility, something that has been repeatedly disproven by similar private sector efforts, like Facebook’s real name policy (and the downstream utilization […]
ALTON - Picture This & More, a professional custom framing business in Alton, is marking the one-year anniversary of their location on Broadway. Owner Quint Long said the new location has brought in more foot traffic and helped the company become part of a business community. Picture This & More was previously located at the Piasa Shopping Center on Delmar Avenue and has served the Alton community for over 30 years. Long bought the business from a retired couple eight years ago and moved to 17 East Broadway last year to contribute to the downtown Alton revitalization effort. “We were just wanting to jump on board with the revitalization of the downtown-Broadway corridor,” Long said. “John Simmons had a plan to bring more art-related, tourist-related businesses to downtown, and they kind of courted Picture This & More, and here we are.” Long said business has been booming since moving to Broadway. “The first year has been very exciting,” Lon
About the only positive thing you can say about famed play/movie writer David Mamet deciding to file an amicus brief in support of Texas in that state’s appeal of a district court correctly tossing the state’s social media content moderation bill as unconstitutional is… that it has fewer swear words than your typical Mamet production. […]
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The U.S. Forest Service usually closes Snake Road for the spring migration from March 15 to May 15. Due to the warmer weather and increase in reptile and amphibian activity, the road was closed on March 5.
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