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Star Tribune cuts jobs, pursues nonprofit ownership structure
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Daily Herald: Illinois grant helps preserve Elgin’s ‘Butter Capital’ legacy through digital archives. “The Gail Borden Public Library District recently announced that a vital piece of local heritage, The Elgin Dairy Reports (1892-1903), have become fully digitized and freely accessible. Following a year of meticulous preservation work funded by a state grant, this one-of-a-kind historical […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/04/daily-herald-illinois-grant-helps-preserve-elgins-butter-capital-legacy-through-digital-archives/
Daily Herald: Illinois grant helps preserve Elgin’s ‘Butter Capital’ legacy through digital archives. “The Gail Borden Public Library District recently announced that a vital piece of local h…
Holy mackerel. Spotted this story about our billionaire-owned local paper this morning while pawing through the Business section.
"The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation Church and School shooting."
Minnesota Star Tribune cuts jobs and pursues nonprofit ownership structure
By Christopher Vondracek
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-star-tribune-cuts-jobs-and-pursues-nonprofit-ownership-structure/601852356?utm_source=gift
Stars and Stripes: Plaintiffs sue Pentagon, allege illegal limits on Stars and Stripes. “Two plaintiffs said in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that recent Pentagon actions targeting Stars and Stripes violate federal law and should be blocked.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/04/stars-and-stripes-plaintiffs-sue-pentagon-allege-illegal-limits-on-stars-and-stripes/
In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook her
'Click the link to watch bodycam footage of Henry Nowak bleeding to death while police handcuff him'
Why on earth would I want to do that you fucking ghouls?
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