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Filed September 19, 2007 by Antonio French
As dozens, if not hundreds, of St. Louisans head down to Jena, Louisiana today to support the Jena 6, and anti-war protestors settle into the third day of their week-long 24-hour protest outside the St.…
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Filed December 14, 2007 by Antonio French
The opponents of the takeover of St. Louis Public Schools are having another fundraising concert tomorrow to raise money to fund their legal fight. The benefit concert for the “Save Our Children’s Education Fund” will…
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Filed October 23, 2007 by Antonio French
It must be nice to have a television station do your spinning for you. Pop Quiz: KSDK is for Mayor Slay what Fox News is for ________. Correct answer wins a no-bid contract! Related Stories:…
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Filed September 21, 2007 by Antonio French
Crime may have shot up 20% last year, at least $40,000 in cash may have disappeared from the police vault, the number of rapes may have been systematically underreported, the Police Officers Association may be…
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Filed December 21, 2007 by Antonio French
For today’s photo caption contest, we’ll have a little good-natured fun with State Senator (and candidate for Attorney General) Chris Koster* and state rep candidate Don Calloway. As usual, only contestants who log-in to post…
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Filed May 11, 2007 by Antonio French
Petitioners from the Gateway Green Alliance have acquired enough signatures to require an audit of the City of St. Louis. Missouri law requires a number of signatures on such a petition equal 5% of the…
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Filed August 14, 2007 by Antonio French
KWMU reports that President George W. Bush signed legislation last week that re-names the University City post office after Harriett Woods, the former Missouri Lieutenant Governor who passed away in February. Earlier this year we…
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Filed December 12, 2007 by Antonio French
Jamala Rogers from the Organization for Black Struggle was the first person to testify at yesterday’s hearing of the House Committee on Slavery Impact. The committee, which is considering State Rep. T.D. El-Amin’s resolution calling…
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Filed May 27, 2007 by Antonio French
Call it taking care of their own. Or perhaps, an investment in their own futures. Whatever you call it, state legislators buried a nest egg in the controversial MoHELA bill signed into law last week.…
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Filed August 16, 2007 by Antonio French
A group of St. Louis legislators, including State Reps Jamilah Nasheed, Jeanette Mott Oxford and Rodney Hubbard*, State Senator Harry Kennedy, Aldermen April Ford Griffin, Dionne Flowers, Freeman Bosley, Sr., Jeffrey Boyd, Marlene Davis, Terry…
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