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Filed March 6, 2008 by Antonio French
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Filed January 5, 2008 by Antonio French
In today’s New York Times (hat tip to the Arch City Chronicle for first noting it), former Riverfront Times reporter Malcolm Gay pens an article on the City of St. Louis’ ongoing racial problems following…
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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 July 25, 2008 by Antonio French
Cedric the Entertainer, Rodney Hubbard
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Filed October 6, 2008 by Antonio French
Following the scandal-ridden resignation of Joe Mokwa, the governor-appointed St. Louis Police Board has selected Colonel Daniel Isom as the new police chief. Here is the official announcement from Police Board President Chris Goodson: Members…
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Filed January 30, 2008 by Antonio French
Robin Carnahan is out. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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Filed August 18, 2008 by Antonio French
Retired employees of St. Louis Public Schools have made a third request for the $20 million owed to their pension fund for 2008. In a letter dated August 6, Andrew Clark, executive director of the…
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Filed February 3, 2008 by Antonio French
Ofttimes, torches are not passed on, but rather pried out of the hands of past generations. In 1960, Missouri’s own former President Harry S. Truman held a news conference to explain why he resigned as…
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Filed April 3, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 2 archived comments
Members of a coalition to combat an anti-Affirmative Action petition called for voters not to “be fooled in April” by individuals getting signatures for the initiative. The Working to Empower Community Action Now (WeCAN) coalition…
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Filed March 28, 2008 by Danielle Belton
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers backed down from conducting their man-made flooding, the “spring rise” of the Missouri River, for now. Missourinet is reporting that both the governor and Attorney Jay Nixon’s calls for…
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