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Big Telecom’s Quest To Ban States From Protecting Broadband Consumers Continues To Go… Poorly

2 years 11 months ago
We’ve noted several times how the Trump FCC spent four years being little more than a giant rubber stamp for the nation’s biggest telecom monopolies. That included rubber stamping mergers before even reading the details, gutting FCC consumer protection authority, and demolishing decades-old media consolidation rules crafted with broad bipartisan consensus. The Trump GOP and Congress killed efforts […]
Karl Bode

In a city with rampant pedestrian and cycling crashes, cyclists are still blamed for their own deaths

2 years 11 months ago

A tragic, fatal accident occurred on April 14, 2022 in St. Louis, just south of Dogtown. A westbound box truck struck and killed a cyclist at the intersection of Tamm and Manchester. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the fatal incident and only had one question about what might have led up to the crash – […]

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Aubrey Byron

3 big reasons why the Biden climate agenda is floundering

2 years 11 months ago

President Joe Biden’s climate agenda took a hit this month when the Interior Department said it would open 144,000 acres of federal land up for oil and gas development to comply with a court order to restart fossil fuel development. The announcement marked yet another setback for a presidential climate plan that was once seen […]

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Jacob Fischler

National Council for Mental Wellbeing Honors Centerstone's Kathy Raney

2 years 11 months ago
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, congratulates its longtime staff member Kathy Raney, a care coordinator in Illinois who has received the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s 2022 Peer Specialist of the Year Award. The honor was given April 12 at NatCon22 just outside Washington, D.C. The Peer Specialist of the Yard Award recognizes professionals with lived experience who work in mental health and addiction recovery, using their wisdom and strength to help peers on their own road to recovery. Raney has been in recovery for more than 20 years. At Centerstone, she provides direct care and supervision in rural Illinois, sharing her story to help others and providing guidance to help clients overcome barriers to health care access. She received her Wellness Recovery Action Plan certification in 2004 and her Certified Recovery Support Specialist certification in 2014. “Kathy’s story is compelling, and her work is eve

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Friday could be the warmest day of 2022

2 years 11 months ago
St. Louis weather from FOX 2 Meteorologist Jaime Travers: ST. LOUIS - A few showers linger north of St. Louis Friday morning as a warm front continues lifting north. Otherwise, the St. Louis area has mostly cloudy skies Friday morning which will give way to partly cloudy conditions in the afternoon with temperatures in the 80s. So [...]
Jaime Travers