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Filed March 14, 2008 by Antonio French
It’s through the first round, State Senator Jeff Smith’s (D-St. Louis) measure that would increase access to early childhood programs at licensed child care facilities. Smith’s legislation creating the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program, a…
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Filed September 10, 2008 by Antonio French
I know it was inevitable, but it’s still sad.  To placate the right wing of the Republican Party, John McCain has proposed a new corporate tax cut as a means of promoting growth.  After years…
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Filed October 14, 2008 by Antonio French
From the Oct. 12, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times: John McCain is hammering Barack Obama about his ties to Chicago educator Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a group that used violence in the 1960s and…
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Filed October 3, 2008 by Antonio French
As the House seeks to take up a second vote on the $700 billion mortgage bailout plan, now is probably a good time to reflect. Good ol’ Ed Martin was saying it way back in…
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Filed March 20, 2008 by Antonio French
Who is the best dressed male politician in St. Louis? Lewis Reed Gregg Daly T.D. El-Amin Rodney Hubbard Mike McMillan Francis Slay View Results
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Filed October 27, 2008 by Antonio French
Federal agents have disrupted a plot to assassinate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate dozens of black students in Tennessee, the ATF said Monday. In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they broke up…
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Filed February 7, 2008 by Antonio French · 37 archived comments
The following statement comes from the Organization for Black Struggle: “All We Want is Justice!” That was the last statement made by Charles “Cookie” Thorton before he opened fire in Kirkwood City Hall. The tragedy in…
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Filed August 20, 2008 by Antonio French
A fourth of St. Louis Public School students missed the first day of school (7,000 out of a projected enrollment of 28,000). Governor Matt Blunt and the man he put he put in charge of…
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Filed October 29, 2008 by Antonio French
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will return to Missouri this Thursday. Obama will rally students and supporters in Columbia while Biden will talk with voters in Arnold. CHANGE WE NEED RALLY WITH BARACK OBAMA THURSDAY,…
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