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The State Board of Education Thursday approved new standards for the expanded Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests so that more students score at the "proficient" and "advanced" levels this year.The board unanimously approved the new…
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From yesterday’s USA Today: Democratic challengers in more than two-dozen House and Senate races are attacking Republicans in Congress for taking pay raises while voting against a minimum wage increase… In Missouri, challenger Claire McCaskill…
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Reminder: I will be co-hosting an event today called Tastes for Tunes: A Restaurant Event to Benefit KDHX Community Media. Restaurants throughout the St. Louis area will donate a percentage of their sales to benefit…
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Volunteers and supporters of the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures will gather to watch election returns starting tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. on the campus of Washington University at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education…
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Claire McCaskill, the new U.S. Senator from Missouri, thanked a roomful of ecstatic supporters, volunteers, campaign workers, and elected Democrats in the Majestic Ballroom of the Renaissance Grand Hotel tonight."The great state of Missouri has…
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During this week of Thanksgiving and “Black Friday” — the largest shopping day of the year, when many retailers finally go from debt (red) to profit (black) — some leaders are calling on the most…
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BREAKING NEWSA judge has just struck down Missouri’s law requiring voters to present a photo ID before they can cast a ballot. A restraining order has been issued preventing the Secretary of State’s office from…
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PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Friday afternoon, the day the Special Advisory Committee on St. Louis Public Schools recommended that an appointed three-person board run the city schools for the next 6-10 years, Mayor Francis Slay…
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DONE FOR A WHILE — Outgoing Senator Jim Talent said Monday he doesn’t intend to seek political office again in the near future, but wasn’t ruling out a later campaign farther down the road. “I…
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Below are answers from school district administrators to questions from St. Louis Board of Education member Peter Downs regarding items on the administration's consent agenda for April 18, 2006.Textbook items: (Numbers 4, 5, 11, 12,…
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