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About a dozen teenagers attended a free hip-hop journalism seminar today at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. Instructor MK Stallings taught the students composition, reporting and interviewing techniques. The seminar was sponsored by…
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Former State Senator and former St. Louis City Comptroller John Bass passed away yesterday. In a message on her website, Bass’ granddaughter, Kacie Starr Triplett, said Bass loved St. Louis and enjoyed being a public…
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While the parents, media and lawmakers look for someone to punish for the suicide of Megan Meier, others wonder how Internet postings could possibly drive someone to suicide. “What if the boyfriend was real?” asked…
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State Representative Margaret Donnelly is receiving support from some pretty well-known women in her fight for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. ST. LOUIS – The Donnelly Campaign today announced the endorsement of several prominent…
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Press release from the Missouri Democratic Party… Blunt’s 2nd Quarter Finance Plan: Sell State Government for $478,250 in Campaign Contributions Jefferson City, MO — Less than a year after getting rid of campaign contribution limits…
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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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Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed Matthew Potter, Deputy Democratic Director for the St. Louis City Election Board, to the Board of Governors for Truman State University. Potter, 33, holds a bachelor’s degree in English from…
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Four races.$11.5 million in the bank.And it’s only October. Click here to see a larger webpage version. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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Mayor Francis Slay, Police Chief Joe Mokwa and State Rep. Rodney Hubbard are among the supporters listed today for Derio Gambaro, Governor Matt Blunt’s latest appointment to the State Board of Education. “Derio Gambaro has…
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The Post-Dispatch reports today that Representative Nathan Cooper (R-Cape Girardeau) will resign from the legislature within weeks. The resignation comes after Cooper pleaded guilty to visa fraud and making a false statement to the Department…
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