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Filed October 11, 2006 by Antonio French
BREAKING NEWS The Missouri Supreme Court issued a ruling today allowing the proposal which seeks to raise the state’s tobacco tax more than 400% to pay for health services to stay on the November ballot.…
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Filed November 9, 2006 by Antonio French
UPDATE: Coleman has retained her leadership position. Democrats in the state legislature are in Jefferson City today to meet and select their leaders. For some time it has been rumored that State Sen. Maida Coleman,…
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Filed November 3, 2006 by Antonio French
A report by the blog ePluribus Media outlines over $30,000 in campaign contributions from executives and political action committees related to UniGroup, Inc., a Fenton-based firm that owns some of the nation’s largest moving companies…
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Filed August 11, 2006 by Antonio French
School Board president Veronica O’Brien was denied a restraining order today against fired Vashon basketball coach Floyd Irons and his friend and supporter, Demetrius Johnson. O’Brien had alleged that the two — along with several…
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Filed August 10, 2006 by Antonio French · 121 archived comments
STLSchools.org will be regularly updated again starting on August 28, the first day of the 2006-2007 school year.Until then, post your own SLPS news stories in the comments section of this post. 121 Comments: Anonymous…
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Filed August 22, 2006 by Antonio French
Several citywide elected officials joined today to bring attention to the effort to get St. Louis kids to attend the first day of school on August 28. Gathered in the rotunda of City Hall, the…
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Filed September 22, 2006 by Antonio French
The Arch City Chronicle beat us to reporting (doesn't happen very often) the latest rumor which is making its way around city political circles: 6th Ward Alderman Lewis Reed will be challenging Jim Shrewsbury in…
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Filed June 14, 2006 by Antonio French · 3 archived comments
VIDEO: Board gets on board to help save Cleveland High, will maintain and secure By Antonio D. French As was expected, the St. Louis School Board voted last night to move the students and staff…
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Filed October 3, 2006 by Travis Reems
Last Thursday, district officials met with the community in a townhall meeting to discuss the future of Cleveland Highschool. This past summer, the school was temporarily closed due to health concerns, and the Junior Naval…
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Filed November 8, 2006 by Antonio French
Claire McCaskill has declared victory in her race for U.S. Senate. Check back for video… Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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