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CLAY COUNTY, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Governor J.B. Pritzker’s emergency powers to issue executive orders to close businesses or order people to stay at home expired 85 days ago on April 8th, 2020, a judge in Clay County Circuit Court ruled on Thursday afternoon. The ruling did not find the state has no power to forcibly close businesses or to restrict a citizen’s movements, but rather that those powers are derived from the Illinois Department of Public Health Act, not under the Illinois Emergency Management Act. Pritzker’s administration has at times cited both portions of state law to enforce his orders....

For more than 100 years, Jelly Belly has been a leading name in the jelly bean industry, with flavors like Buttered Popcorn, Toasted Marshmallow and Bubble Gum. And now? Beer. Jelly Belly debuted Draft Beer as its newest flavor on Saturday. While the news comes only one month after the December release of its Tabasco Dark Chocolate flavor, the latest addition to the Jelly Belly family is one that has been three years in the making. “Our fans have been asking for a beer Jelly Bean for years,” Rob Swaigen, Jelly Belly’s vice president of marketing, told TODAY.com. “It took...

We may have reached an apex in Royal Wedding hysteria. A 25-year-old accountant has found Kate Middleton's face in a jelly bean. Yep. Wesley Hosie and his girlfriend, Jessica White, noticed that a mango bean in the jar they had purchased from the Jelly Bean Factory featured an uncanny resemblance to Prince William's future bride, the Telegraph reports.

Thompson stands tall at six-foot-five (or taller), and it appears that slumbering giant has awoken. Perhaps it's because he's campaigning among his fellow southerners. Or perhaps it is because of the positive reviews he received from last night’s debate. Or perhaps it is just because it’s crunch time. No matter what it is, Thompson is showing some spark. “I am delivering the message that I am the consistent conservative, and I am making my stand in South Carolina!” he said today at a campaign stop in the Palmetto State. -snip- Thompson then kicked up the dirt on the argument that...

Can anyone direct me to a thread if it exists about the Jelly Bean Summit. I recieved an e mail from Steve Elliot from Grassfire.org and the link to his blog had ads covering the content. So I tried searching FR and Google. The results would not take me anywhere and turned off my power (webtv.net) The other sites other than Elliots used titles including the words "liberal view". I still could not link to any of these results. What if anything is this JellyBean summit that Bush attended.

 Jeff Gannon - -A Voice of the New Media - The voice goes silent. -- Jeff Gannon  ran an independent news service. He got White House credentials, and was targeted by the Boston Globe in a hit piece because he isn't a "real," that is to say, "anti-administration" journalist.   Online Reporter Quits After Liberals' Expose     White House Fights Back - and Wins (Rush Limbaugh Issues Defense of Jeff Gannon)    Conservative Reporter Resigns Amid Controversy (NPR joins all-out war on conservative reporters)  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338350/postshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338316/posts    Representative Louise Slaughter's Dan Rather Moment --  this is the age of Google and...