Tag Archive | "Health"
New Ad Hits Talent on Stem Cell
A new ad featuring actor Michael J. Fox will soon be hitting televisions across the state. The ad, paid for by U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, again links the upcoming Stem Cell initiative to the heated campaign for U.S. Senate. “Unfortunately Sen. Jim Talent opposes expanding Stem Cell research,” says Fox, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. [...]
Continue reading...VIDEO: McCaskill Calls Attacks "Sad"
Thursday, October 12, 2006
The debate before yesterday’s debate centered around a television ad that was being run by U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill’s campaign and featuring a young veteran telling how difficult it was for him to receive medical care after he returned home from Iraq. The “Josh” ad, as it has become known, featured Kansas City native Josh [...]
Continue reading...VIDEO: McCaskill Visits Senior Center
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill visited a northside senior center tonight to talk health care. The Democrat was joined by Comptroller Darlene Green and soon-to-be State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed, who hosted the event at the Homer G. Phillips Senior Living Community in the Ville neighborhood. Several dozen elderly African-American men and women listened as McCaskill talked about [...]
Continue reading...Washington Post on Stem Cell Debate
Monday, October 9, 2006
The Washington Post has posted an in-depth video report on Missouri’s Stem Cell Initiative. Click here to watch the video by Judy-Anne Goldman. Thanks to FiredUpMissouri.com for the link. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
Continue reading...Blacks Aren’t Getting Very Much From Well-Funded Stem Cell Supporters
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Several African-American elected officials and community leaders have asked supporters of the extremely well-funded Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures why so little of their budget is being spent with and on the black community. “As we head into the final days before the November election, I believe that more emphasis should be given to the inclusion [...]
Continue reading...Tilles Park Ballot Forum Tonight
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The Tilles Park Neighborhood Association will sponsor a State and Local Ballot Issues Forum tonight at 7 p.m. at the St. Louis Police Officers Association Hall, 3710 Hampton. The event is open to the public and will be moderated by Dave Drebes, publisher of the Arch City Chronicle. Proponents and opponents of Constitutional Amendment 2 (the [...]
Continue reading...VIDEO: Jim Talent Interview
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Republican Sen. Jim Talent, in the middle of a very close campaign with Democrat State Auditor Claire McCaskill, took a few minutes yesterday to sit down with PUB DEF to discuss what he sees as the choice facing Missouri voters in November. He also answers why he’s taken the position he has on [...]
Continue reading...Clay to Host Field Hearing Tomorrow
Thursday, August 31, 2006
St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay and Republican Congressman Jon Porter from Nevada will convene a congressional field hearing Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Washington University Medical Center. According to a press release from Clay’s office, the subject of discussion will be how the creation of a proposed national electronic health records network could “prevent thousands of [...]
Continue reading...Stem Cells and Blacks
Monday, July 31, 2006
The Gateway Green Alliance and the Universal African Peoples Organization will be hosting a forum Wednesday on the debate surrounding the Stem Cell Initiative. “Will the Stem Cell Initiative that Missourians vote on in November be beneficial or harmful for black Missourians?” This will be the focus of a panel at 7:00 p.m. on August [...]
Continue reading...Senate Passes Interstate Abortion Bill
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The U.S. Senate passed a bill yesterday that would make it a crime, punishable by up to a year in jail, to transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion. Locally that means that teens from East St. Louis, Belleville, or Centralia, for instance, would have more limited access to St. Louis abortion [...]
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