Advocates urge passage of coal ash removal bill
May 26, 2019SPRINGFIELD — A bipartisan group of legislators and environmental advocates on May 21 urged the passage of a bill to ensure safe closure of toxic coal ash pits and financial protections…
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Competing St. Louis reform plans emerge to address city, county issues
May 22, 2019Amid the first federal corruption indictment against a St. Louis County executive, bankruptcy predictions for the City of St. Louis, and threats of succession by at least one county…
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Metro East news briefs
May 22, 2019State, counties, and maybe feds offer help for flooded area “The water is receding and the sun is shining. Better days to come!” Mayor Rick Eberlin posted to Facebook, as Mississippi…
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Metro East news briefs
May 16, 2019Comprehensive Downtown Alton renovation planned Alton would become the “Healthiest and Happiest City on the Mississippi River” by 2029, under a comprehensive, long-term Downtown…
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Breach spotlights critical role of levees in Southwestern Illinois
May 15, 2019Metro East water users are no longer under a conservation order, but the breach of a Mississippi River levee that damaged a critical water intake facility last week has focused new…
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SIUE STEM Center urban gardening program helps girls grow
May 14, 2019A little rain couldn’t dampen the excitement surrounding a field trip to Edwardsville’s Watershed Nature Center on Tuesday, April 30. Educators brought samples of the Center’s…
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Business owners wage preemptive fight against video gambling tax hike
May 13, 2019SPRINGFIELD — Randy Rehmer, owner of Waterloo’s Double R Bar just south of East St. Louis, says raising taxes on video gambling will eat at the $70,000 he makes each year off the…
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Fairview Heights opens ‘full spectrum’ rec center
May 8, 2019The city long known as the “Shopping Hub of Southwestern Illinois” is opening a $21 million recreation complex that officials hope will provide not only an attractive amenity for…
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