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12th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition is Friday at the Fabulous Fox Theatre

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ST. LOUIS – On January 16, forty-two metro area high school acts competed in the semi-final round of the 12th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. The acts were divided into four categories (vocal, instrumental, dance and specialty) and adjudicated by fifteen St. Louis performing arts professionals, each representing the respective categories. The judges narrowed […]

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Blunt presses FCC nominee Gigi Sohn on failure to disclose information relating to Locast settlement

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WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt(Mo.) questioned Gigi Sohn, who has been nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, about information she withheld at a  previous hearing relating to the settlement reached between Locast, where she served as a board member, and television networks

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Friess: Politics, not science, drives mask mandate for school children

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RED BUD, Ill. — Randolph County Illinois Representative David Friess of Red Bud is criticizing Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s decision to lift his mask mandate for everyone except school children. The governor and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced plans to remove the mask mandate throughout the state beginning on February 28th with

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Gabriel Greminger graduates from the University of Mississippi

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UNIVERSITY, Miss. – A Sainte Genevieve resident was among the more than 600 students who graduated from the University of Mississippi in December 2021. Gabriel Greminger, a mathematics major, received a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Liberal Arts. “Congratulations to our December 2021 class of graduates who are distinguished by incredible achievements,

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Gov. Pritzker plans to lift statewide indoor mask requirement

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CHICAGO – With statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates declining faster than any other point in the pandemic, Illinois is on track to lift the statewide indoor mask requirement on Monday, February 28, 2022. Mask requirements will continue where federally mandated, such as on public transit and in high-risk settings including healthcare facilities and congregate care. Masking

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IMA calls for incentives to increase semiconductor and microchip production amid shortage

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) is backing legislation to incentivize the in-state production of semiconductors, microchips, and their component parts amid a nationwide shortage that is impacting the availability of goods ranging from automobiles to cell phones.   Named the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act, the legislation would provide various tax

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