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There will be in-person and virtual town halls.

A couple of weeks ago we were at the San Antonio Regional Hospital in Upland, where Marian was taking care of some administrative business for a relative. I stayed in the car and randomly shot pictures, including a series of high-shutter-speed photos of the fountain out front. This is one of them.

While the repeated freak outs over TikTok tend to be bipartisan, they’re often motivated by different things. The Trumpist right generally doesn’t like TikTok because Chinese people made a product that’s better and more successful than U.S. tech platforms (the latter point being obvious if you spend thirty seconds comparing the Facebook/Instagram and TikTok video […]

Amazon said it is investing $1.2 billion to “upskill” more than 300,000 employees by 2025, so they can move into higher-paying, in-demand jobs.

Today on TAP: With his domestic agenda still bottled up, it’s time for some unconventional moves.

SPRINGFIELD – The indoor mask mandate has expired in Illinois and State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) along with State Representatives Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur); and Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) are calling on House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch to end the mandate on the House floor. “Today, we again entered the Illinois House chamber without a mask and again we were escorted off the House floor. While the indoor mask mandate in Illinois is over; it is very much alive in the Illinois House of Representatives. We are told the indoor mask mandate is no longer necessary and so it is being lifted statewide, and according to the CDC, mask requirements are no longer necessary for most of the country. So, why is the Illinois House keeping the mask mandate in place? The reason is simple. Control. The authoritarian leftists have turned masks into a symbol of subjugation. They are keeping the mask rule simply because they can. The majority party has no data to back

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Today on TAP: With his domestic agenda still bottled up, it’s time for some unconventional moves.

EAST ALTON - The East Alton 13 School District Board of Education has appointed Mario D. Sherrell as the district’s next Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Sherrell, currently the Executive Director of Educational Improvement for the Mascoutah School District will begin his tenure with East Alton on July 1, 2022. The Board of Education retained the Illinois Association of School Boards to lead a nationwide search for the next superintendent. The Board, assisted by the Association, conducted a thorough vetting process which included stakeholder input and interviews by the staff, community, administration, and all Board of Education members. At the conclusion of its process, the Board unanimously (7-0) approved Mr. Sherrell. Kim Handler, school board president, had the following to say about Mario: “Our district is thrilled to welcome Mario Sherrell. We believe his experience, education, and passion make him the perfect fit for EASD13. We look forward to his leadership.”

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Def Leppard will be playing stadiums this summer, but fans of the band will have the chance to see drummer Rick Allen performing in much smaller venues in three U.S.…

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The House gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill that would allow newborns to remain with their incarcerated mothers for the first year and a half of the baby’s life. …

Tatum's son Deuce toured St. Louis locations that are near his dad's heart in celebration of Tatum's 24th birthday.

Founded in 2009, Graphite Lab is an independent video game studio that has been hired by major publishers like Disney and Hasbro.

Officer Morrison served the Ballwin community for 35 years. He died at home Wednesday.

Letter To The Editor: In late January, Macoupin County IL Democratic Party voted unanimously to support a proposed change to the IL State Constitution which reads: "WHERAS, the proposed Section 25: Workers’ Rights would state: (a) Employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. No law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and workplace safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent employees requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment.” MCDP Chair Pam Monetti said, “We

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The victim died in a room at the Hollywood Casino Hotel in 2019 of fentanyl and ethanol intoxication.

There may be many good reasons to ban Russian state-sponsored media propaganda from a site or a pay TV service. But there is definitely one very bad reason to: because random governments ask you to. And, yet, that’s exactly what Meta/Facebook has done. Former UK politician Nick Clegg, who was recently promoted into the top […]

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I suppose it was inevitable: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing creators of nonfungible tokens and the crypto exchanges where they trade to determine whether some of the assets run afoul of the agency’s rules, according to people familiar with the matter. ....As part of its review, the SEC is seeking information on ...continue reading "The era of crypto-CDOs is coming fast"

With the sale, which reportedly was expected to fetch as much as $1 billion, the Emerson subsidiary will operate as an independent company.

It will break ground in May on 22.3 acres in Swansea, at the corner of Frank Scott Parkway and Llewelyn Road.