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State regulators are once again considering massive electric utility spending plans that would affect the state’s climate goals – and 5.4 million electric customers’ monthly bills – after rejecting previous versions late last year.
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Two Republican-dominated states — Missouri and Louisiana— and five individuals claim the government is violating the First Amendment by systematically pressuring social media companies to take down "false and misleading information."
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Two wildfires consumed more than 1,000 acres of the forest on a windy and record-setting 80-degree day in February. The forest’s management plan that includes setting some fires on purpose helped minimize the damage.
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Cell phone apps allow citizen scientists to collect observations of plants and animals on a huge scale, but the data from these apps can be biased.
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An indictment unsealed Thursday in the U.S. Court for the Southern District of New York alleges the strip mall's owner used a “sham company” to attempt to lure a rush of investors that would artificially inflate the property's value and potentially make him millions.
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A new Illinois law states constitutional challenges to state laws and actions can only be filed in Cook or Sangamon counties.
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While Republicans hold a minority in Illinois, the party has a stronghold in the southern part of the state.
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High-cost consumer loans with interest high as 200% have plummeted since an Illinois law passed in March 2021 put a ceiling on interest rates at 36%.
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The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured.
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Cockfighting, the practice of fighting roosters, is a federal crime and illegal in all 50 states. But in Oklahoma, there’s an effort to lower the penalties for cockfighting that breeders say simply protects their right to raise roosters.
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The Prosecuting Organizing Table, a coalition of racial justice groups, has released the first of a slew of reports aimed at holding prosecutors in St. Louis and St. Louis County accountable.
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The Madagascar hissing cockroach is split in half, with two distinct colorations. Butterfly House scientists are trying to learn more about the rare mutation.