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Godfrey Mayor Vetoes New Grocery Tax Proposal

4 months 1 week ago
GODFREY, Ill. — Mayor Michael J. McCormick vetoed Ordinance #27-2025, passed during the village board meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 2, 2025, citing concerns about overtaxing residents of Godfrey. In a letter to the Village Trustees, McCormick referenced Illinois statutes 65 ILCS 5/6-4-2 and 65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-35 as the basis for his veto. He emphasized his conservative approach to taxation, stating, “I cannot support something like this” that would impose a 1 percent grocery tax on residents. The ordinance sought to implement a 1 percent tax on groceries, a measure that some communities in the area have been extending. However, McCormick noted that Godfrey previously raised sales taxes on other items instead of groceries, aiming for a fair balance. He expressed confidence that eliminating the grocery tax would not harm village services, as the other sales tax increase would compensate for the lost revenue. “This is the first time I have ever vetoed anything,”

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Hummingbirds in Missouri: When do they migrate south?

4 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Over the next several weeks, hummingbirds will migrate south from Missouri in search of warmer climates for the fall and winter months. These tiny travelers will gradually leave the Show Me State, marking the end to their spring and summer stay. Hummingbirds generally begin their annual journey down south from late-August to [...]
Joey Schneider

Batchtown Man Arrested For Home Invasion and Domestic Battery

4 months 1 week ago
HARDIN - On August 9, 2025, at approximately 5:38 p.m., the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance reported in the 3100 block of Blue Ridge Road in Hardin. Deputies arrived promptly at the residence to investigate and conduct interviews. Following the investigation, Micah J. Hamilton, 44, of Batchtown, was arrested on multiple charges, including home invasion causing injury, domestic battery causing bodily harm, domestic battery involving physical contact, and two counts of criminal damage to property. Hamilton was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Greene County Jail. Authorities have not released further details regarding the incident. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

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The Censorship Crybabies Are Now The Censors: FDA’s Vinay Prasad Uses Copyright Claims To Silence Critic

4 months 1 week ago
It’s always fascinating to watch supposed “free speech warriors” reveal their true colors the moment they get a tiny bit of power. We’ve been covering the ongoing saga of various COVID contrarians who spent years falsely claiming they were “censored” by the Biden administration, only to see the Supreme Court definitively reject those claims in […]
Mike Masnick

When hospitals and insurers fight, patients get caught in the middle

4 months 1 week ago
Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her plan would cover her husband’s post-surgery care. Many of her calls never got past the hold music. When they did, the hospital told her to call her insurer. […]
Bram Sable-Smith