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Filed February 5, 2007 by Antonio French
On Friday the Board of Aldermen passed a bill that seeks to make it harder for brick thieves in the city.Calling St. Louis the "Used Brick Capital of the World", Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr., the…
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Filed December 14, 2007 by Antonio French
From KSDK.com: “Slay Says More Needs To Be Done To Address Racial Divide“ St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay told Channel 5 reporter Cordell Whitlock yesterday that he thinks Firefighters Union Local 73, which is white-dominated,…
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Filed December 31, 2007 by Antonio French
Breaking White Incumbency Before this year, there was one thing a white citywide elected official could always count on in St. Louis: they would probably never be knocked off by a black challenger. But on…
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Filed January 9, 2007 by Antonio French
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi swears in Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay for another term in the U.S. House. Joining the Congressman for this occasion in the U.S. Capitol were his father, former Congressman Bill…
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Filed October 19, 2007 by Antonio French
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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Filed October 3, 2007 by Antonio French
PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE During a panel discussion hosted by Congresswoman (and St. Louis native) Maxine Waters (D-CA) at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. last weekend, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons made…
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Filed May 2, 2007 by Antonio French
A move by St. Louis University to exert a greater degree of control over its student-run newspaper has many current and past SLU journalists worried.University officials met with the student staff of the University News…
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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 November 1, 2007 by Antonio French
Gov. Matt Blunt was questioned today in St. Louis about his administration’s regular destruction of government e-mails, which appear to in fact be public records, and the firing of one of his attorneys who apparently…
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Filed August 25, 2007 by Antonio French
Today in Sherman Park, Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay dedicated a grove of trees to slain police officer Norvelle Brown, who was killed a few blocks away from the park. Keep up with St. Louis politics…
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