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Everyone knows the way to an alderman’s heart is through their stomach. So when the city’s legislative body meets this morning, breakfast will be provided by none other than Attorney General candidate Jeff Harris. If…
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The wake for my grandmother, 21st Ward Committeewoman Myrtle French, is tonight from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Randall and Sons Funeral Home, 4600 Natural Bridge Ave. The funeral services will be tomorrow at…
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Very few of the tens of thousands of people who attended this week’s V.P. Parade know anything at all about its history. Local Civil Rights legend Percy Green sat down with PubDef.net yesterday to discuss…
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From PresidentReed.com: ST. LOUIS — President of the Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed today announced Richard K. Gaines as his selection to the three-member team charged with leading the Transitional School District of the City…
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We’re a little late posting this video, but about a week ago fellow blogger Steve Patterson, of UrbanReviewSTL.com, had another confrontation caught on tape. This time with lobbyist and taxicab commissioner Lou Hamilton. If you…
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Braving the winter weather last night, a group of young local attorneys and Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, the local spokesperson for the Barack Obama for President campaign, came out to raise some money…
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BILL HAAS — 206 — 19.43%TERRY KENNEDY — 853 — 80.47% “It’s tough to beat an incumbent. God must have another plan,” said Bill Haas. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related StoriesGreen…
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Click here to view the agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the State Board of Education. Early on the very full agenda is a report on St. Louis Public Schools by DESE Commissioner Kent King. And…
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Blame it on Imus. The debate over the use of the so-called “N-word” is back in the national discussion. Who can say it? Should anyone say it? Why is it apparently alright for some people…
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Two events will seek to educate the public today on the recently-signed legislation creating the $95 million Distress Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit. The first, hosted by Old North St. Louis Restoration Group, is a…
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