2006

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Two days before Election Day, then-U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill met with a small group of black elected officials representing an area of north St. Louis City and was asked to make…

A story in today’s New York Times calls attention to the shift on K Street following last week’s elections. Quoted in the story is Steve Elmendorf, a longtime aide to former St. Louis Congressman Richard…

Most Many of the employees of St. Louis Public Schools did not get paid today as scheduled. District spokesmen Johnny Little and Tony Sanders have not returned repeated calls, but sources in the district say…

The Missouri Republican Party sent out a press release this afternoon attacking State Senator-elect Jeff Smith, a Democrat, on his decision to oppose Gov. Matt Blunt’s appointment of Donayle Whitmore-Smith to the State Board of…

The following is by Nick Clement from the most recent SLS Watch e-newsletter:At the St. Louis School Board administrative meeting Tuesday night, Bob Archibald and Ron Jackson objected to Diana Bourisaw's plans to make a…

The controversial former chief academic officer for the St. Louis Public Schools has made a sudden departure from her current post in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports today that Lynn Spampinato has taken…

Spampinato's $1 million miscalculation By Antonio D. French Dr. Lynn Spampinato's tenure as chief academic officer of the St. Louis Public Schools ended six months ago, but the effects of some of her controversial decisions…

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s office has contacted the directors of the St. Louis City Election Board and told them that a letter they sent out last week to thousands of new voters registered by…

From the press release:Unable to sellout a full stadium, the St. Louis Rams and their fans faced the possibility of not having their kickoff game for the 2006-7 season televised. A big Rams fan, U.S.…

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