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Filed April 17, 2008 by Antonio French · 3 archived comments
The Special Administrative Board of St. Louis Public Schools has selected a firm to head the search for district superintendent. At its regular board meeting Thursday night, the SAB approved the hiring of ProAct Search…
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Filed August 28, 2008 by Antonio French
DENVER — T-shirts, buttons, posters — whatever it is, as long as it’s got Barack Obama’s face on it, it’s going to be a big seller here in Denver. Most Commented Stories
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Filed January 22, 2008 by Antonio French
On the day before the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, Senator Barack Obama addressed the congregation of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related StoriesMichael Eric…
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Filed March 6, 2008 by Antonio French · 7 archived comments
The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity will hold a field hearing entitled “The Use of Federal Housing and Economic Development Funds in St. Louis: From ‘Team 4′ Into the Future” at noon on Saturday,…
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Filed March 19, 2008 by Antonio French · 16 archived comments
Around noon on Tuesday, March 19, State Representative Rodney R. Hubbard*, his brother Rontonyo Hubbard-Bey, and local businessman Sam Salama went to have lunch at Johnny’s Restaurant and Bar, 1017 Russell, in Soulard. Shortly after…
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Filed October 6, 2008 by Antonio French
Fresh off his widely praised debate performance last week at Washington University in St. Louis, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Joe Biden will return to Missouri this week to spend two days holding events that will…
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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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Filed March 24, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 1 archived comment
The latest in a YWCA Racial Injustice series will tackle a controversial initiative proposed to end Affirmative Action programs in Missouri Tuesday. Fronted by California businessman Ward Connerly, this latest push is part of an…
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Filed October 23, 2008 by Antonio French
A recent New York Times/CBS poll found that for the first time, white voters are evenly divided between John McCain and Barack Obama, and Obama is faring better than his party’s recent candidates among that…
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