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When Dr. Cole Woodcox of The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation announces the group’s annual list of “Most Endangered Historic Places” next week, he will do so in front of a building which is surely…
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A recap of Mayor Francis Slay’s week… On Friday, Francis jabbed the American for “bad reporting”. Then Francis said he’ll support Police Chief Joe Mokwa even if his officers won’t. And yesterday, Francis said Fire…
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Missouri State Rep. Rodney Hubbard backstage with Hip-Hop Summit co-founder Russell Simmons. Hubbard with Oscar-winning actor Forrest Whitaker at the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) dinner. Hubbard with U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Hubbard…
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After promising that on Friday we’d hear a tape of a allegedly crooked real estate seller “saying he makes regular payments of cash to the local alderman,” KSDK ran a short follow-up that did not…
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Here are some photos from last night’s mixer of Young Democrats. We only sprinkled in a few embarrassing shots. The rest are for our blackmail file (Look out, Wahby!). FLICKR: Click here to see all…
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A PUB DEF VIDEO REPORT A representative from the Missouri School Boards Association conducted a workshop this evening for members of the St. Louis Board of Education to discuss successful practices of functioning school boards.…
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The Association of Black Students at Washington University is holding a closed meeting today to discuss the recent racial incident on campus. When reached for comment, ABS President Sarah Johnson said, “I will not make…
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Katherine Wessling and David Lee Jackson, Jr. easily won seats on the St. Louis Board of Education tonight with 37 and 30 percent of the vote respectively. Proposition P also passed easily with 70 percent…
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In her weekly e-newsletter, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Diana Bourisaw announced this week that 76 of the district’s 96 schools have reached attendance goals she set shortly after assuming the post in July. “Earlier…
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