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Missouri Legislature Back on Its Bullsh*t With School Book Bans

2 years 10 months ago
A bill passed through the Missouri State Legislature will disallow material with “explicit sexual material” to be provided to students. If such material is found, violators could be charged with a class A misdemeanor, resulting in a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of $2,000. Senate Bill 775, which will go into effect on August 28, specifically targets books, magazines, videos or online content that visually depicts sexual material, acts or genitalia in public and private schools.
Benjamin Simon

5K Run Spotlights North St. Louis Developments

2 years 10 months ago
There is nothing quite like a ground level view of successful community building in North St. Louis. That’s the point of the fifth annual Trap Run 5K and Festival on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 hosted by Northside Community Housing Inc. The event will wind its way through North St. Louis streets on […]
Dede Hance

What is 'quiet quitting' and why is it trending?

2 years 10 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Recently, TikTok users have been making videos about #QuietQuitting, but the trend's name can be misleading. Career coach Allison Peck, who has over 430,000 followers on TikTok, said quiet quitting is when people coast at work. They aren't putting their 100 percent effort into work. "People are not going above and beyond [...]
Monica Ryan

Redevelopment firm plots $21M innovation center in Alton (Photos)

2 years 10 months ago
AltonWorks, which is targeting projects to restore downtown Alton, said Monday it plans to establish the Wedge Innovation Center. The facility, which is described as an incubator and co-working space for startups and later stage companies, will be located in the Wedge and Elfgen buildings that span the 600 block of East Broadway in downtown Alton.
Nathan Rubbelke

G.T. Cozad III Joins Midwest BankCentre’s Legal Board of Directors

2 years 10 months ago
G.T. Cozad III, president of Cozad Commercial Real Estate, Ltd. and Cozad Property Management Co., has been elected to the legal board of directors of Midwest BankCentre. Cozad’s real estate expertise will help Midwest BankCentre accelerate its progress toward the shared prosperity it is creating through high-impact local community banking. He leads Cozad’s brokerage, property […]
Dede Hance

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 10 months ago
This is a midnight picture taken from Les Halles of the Palais Royale with the moon rising behind it. The camera is obviously on full telephoto. I was out with the tripod that night, which led to an unfortunate incident. A pair of Italian teenagers saw that I was taking a picture of la luna ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

Devin Nunes Claims The Right To An ‘Unimpaired Reputation’ Is A ‘Sacred Right’; Oh And Also Needs To Cough Up Info On How He Got Hired

2 years 10 months ago
Former Congressman, now Trump lackey TruthSocial CEO, Devin Nunes hasn’t had very much success with his long list of lawsuits against critics and the media. In just the past few months he’s lost multiple such cases. Of course, that hasn’t stopped him from soldiering on. One of the bigger cases he filed was against reporter […]
Mike Masnick