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2006
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The effort to recall 3rd Ward Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. is on hold as the recallers and election officials wait for a judge to decide the legality of an Election Board practice of allowing aldermen…
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Is the Board Ready to Fire Williams? By Antonio D. French The Post reports this morning that Mayor Francis Slay and board member Robert Archibald think four of the seven members of the St. Louis…
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The chief financial officer of the St. Louis Public Schools had some more bad news for the school board at last night's meeting. The roughly $2 million shortfall for the 2006-2007 budget is actually more…
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In 2002, the SLPS were provisionally accredited. If it had not been for the impending end to the desegregation program within the district, the district would have been unaccredited at that time, but instead was…
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State Auditor candidate Sandra Thomas sat down with PUB DEF for a few minutes this morning to talk about her campaign and her vision for the office. Thomas, who is a CPA and currently the…
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The very popular Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) will be in St. Louis again this weekend to support fellow Democrat Claire McCaskill in her very tight campaign against incumbent Sen. Jim Talent.There will be a public…
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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…
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State Rep. Juanita Head Walton (D-81) will be hosting a free Credit Scoring Seminar next weekend at the University of Missouri St. Louis. A poor credit score can cost people thousands of dollars in higher…
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Kristen Hinman has a very good article on Superintendent Dr. Diana Bourisaw's new directive to her staff to ensure that all participants in the district's basketball program are eligible to play according to the state's…
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A story in today’s Post-Dispatch recounts much of what has already been reported on this and other websites about allegations of fraud, poor management and collusion by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now…
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