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Sen. Claire McCaskill said it’s unfair to hold presidential candidates accountable for “dumb things” their supporters say. McCaskill, a vocal supporter of presidential candidate Barack Obama, was responding to the reaction in the media to…
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According to a new survey from Politico.com, Democrat Barack Obama is leading Republican John McCain by a sizable margin in St. Louis County. Sen. Barack Obama holds leads in four key counties that will go…
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Gov. Matt Blunt today issued a fiery statement responding to remarks by a St. Louis University political scientist in a St. Louis Beacon article. Professor Ken Warren told the Beacon that “unequivocally that the racist…
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Tomorrow night, February 1, opponents of the Mayor Francis Slay’s decisions to demoted Fire Chief Sherman George, support the State takeover of the public schools, and veto a police Civilian Review Board will picket outside…
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Taking a crack at cronyism, gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) has a proposal that would end the patronage system in Missouri’s fee offices. The old, controversial system involved about 183 privately run offices that…
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The Obama campaign has created a new program to harness the financial power of even Barack Obama’s most modest supporters. As a member of the new Grassroots Finance Committee, everyday Americans can use their personal…
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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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If anyone in St. Louis should know anything about how to throw a proper protest it would be Percy Green. A veteran of civil rights fights in St. Louis since the 1960s, Green has been…
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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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