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Filed December 5, 2007 by Antonio French
From a report Tuesday by Fox 2 reporter Paul Schankman: From 2001 to 2006, the average number of households on food stamps in the city of St. Louis went up 35%. In St. Louis County,…
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Filed September 19, 2007 by Antonio French
Yesterday evening, Multimedia KSDK, Inc. filed a complaint with YouTube about our posting of a video contrasting a September 13 story by reporter Mike Owens which ended with a promise to air a tape of…
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Filed May 6, 2007 by Antonio French
The St. Louis University Board of Trustees voted last night to grant school administrators the go-ahead to replace the existing University News charter. This vote comes as a defeat for newspaper staff and editors who…
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Filed November 5, 2007 by Antonio French
The final touches are being put on a new documentary, co-produced by local filmmaker Larry Bastain (brother of State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin), which takes a closer look at the often violent lives of many of…
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Filed December 1, 2007 by Antonio French
The Clinton campaign may have dodged an embarrassing protest by a group opposed to one her biggest local supporters, Mayor Francis Slay, but the New York senator’s support for the Iraq War is bringing out…
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Filed August 19, 2007 by Antonio French
The term of St. Louis Public Schools’ chief executive officer may be even shorter than many predicted. Governor Matt Blunt’s appointment to the Special Administrative Board of the city schools, Rick Sullivan, has yet to…
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Filed December 31, 2007 by Antonio French
Slay to Black St. Louis: I Don’t Need You. For many, the humiliating demotion of the city’s first black fire chief was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. But the “Wutcha gonna do…
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Filed May 3, 2007 by Antonio French
Following the resignation of Missouri Department of Agriculture director Fred Ferrell, Governor Matt Blunt has nominated Platte City resident Katie Smith to become the next director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Ferrell resigned this…
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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 July 7, 2007 by Antonio French
Longtime “Blairmont” watchdog Michael Allen sat down with PubDef Friday to discuss Governor Matt Blunt’s veto just hours earlier of the giant economic development bill that included a $100 million tax credit for one man,…
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