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A group of local elected officials gathered in front of City Hall today to call attention to a bill in the Missouri legislature which seeks to give the City of St. Louis control over its…
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Aldermanic President Lewis Reed is calling on the mayor to immediately fire his head of the city’s IT Department. Reed’s demand follows a report aired last night on KSDK Channel 5 showing over the past three…
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Prominent St. Louisians David Steward, founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr., are among Ebony Magazine’s “Power 150″ list of the Most Influential Black Americans of 2008. The…
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First the New York Times, now the Associated Press via the Boston Herald. From yesterday’s Herald: Few brotherhoods are as strong as the one among firefighters, who depend on one another just to stay alive.…
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PubDef is launching a new 30-minute news magazine to air on KDHX-TV Channel 21 on Charter Cable in St. Louis City. We are currently looking for contributors, cameramen and interns. Please send resumes to editor@pubdef.net.…
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Lt. Governor Peter Kinder was the sole Republican survivor of Tuesday’s blue sweep of Missouri’s statewide offices. As he assumes the role of leader of his party, his success should be taken as a lesson…
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Following Governor Matt Blunt and other party leaders who had also endorsed other candidates, Senator Kit Bond has now thrown his support behind his party’s presumptive Presidential nominee, John McCain. Senator Kit Bond released this…
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JEFFERSON CITY — We heard an interesting rumor today in Jefferson City — at a John Edwards rally of all places (check back later for video). If Senator Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination for…
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A change is coming, yet again, for St. Louis City Schools. The St. Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board has approved the plan for school reconfigurations, building closures and the school calendar for the 2008-2009…
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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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