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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 August 23, 2008 by Antonio French
Barack Obama’s campaign announced to the world at 2:00 in the morning, and by text message, that Senator Joe Biden is Obama’s pick for Vice-President. It was a great choice. Joe Biden offers the best…
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Filed January 27, 2008 by Antonio French
Congressman Lacy Clay is scheduled to speak this morning at the Community Church of God on behalf of Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The north St. Louis County church is led by Rev. Douglas Parham, a…
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Filed February 27, 2008 by Antonio French · 2 archived comments
A Washington University fraternity will be hosting a panel of state legislators this week as part of their student political awareness campaign. As part of their yearlong “I Will…” awareness project, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity…
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Filed January 7, 2008 by Antonio French
As you may have heard, Hillary Clinton “had a moment” at a campaign event today. It was Tom Hanks (in “A League of Their Own”) who said, “There’s no crying in baseball.” Is the same…
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Filed April 8, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 8 archived comments
State Rep. Connie Johnson is under investigation by the city Election Board for possibly living outside of her district. KMOX Radio reported Tuesday that the Missouri Senate candidate met with the Board to discuss allegations…
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Filed March 20, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 12 archived comments
Democratic candidate for attorney general, Rep. Jeff Harris is taking his fight against factory farms, and his Democratic opponents, to the web. Harris launched a video on the internet Thursday highlighting large factory farms moving…
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Filed March 11, 2008 by Danielle Belton
If you’ve got child support issues, we know just the hearing you should attend. The Family Court Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri is taking public testimony about child support guidelines from 1 to…
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Filed February 21, 2008 by Antonio French · 9 archived comments
Apparently administrators at St. Louis Public Schools were the last to hear that the we’re in the middle of a winter ice storm. Less than two hours after school started this morning, they’ve announced kids…
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