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Filed January 4, 2008 by Antonio French
PubDef had a front-row seat to history last night. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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Filed April 3, 2008 by Ed Martin · 7 archived comments
http://www.pubdef.net/videos/ed-martin-mortgage-crisis.flv 7 Comments For This Post STLCo GOP Says: April 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am Nice to see the conservative perspective represented here. Ed Martin is RIGHT on! anon Says: April 3rd, 2008 at 2:21…
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Filed November 18, 2008 by Antonio French
Congress is debating a $25 billion loan proposal to give automakers part of the $700 billion originally allotted for the mortgage and banking sectors. “We are seeing a potential meltdown in the auto industry, with…
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Filed March 11, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 2 archived comments
UPDATE [7:29 PM]: CNN has projected Sen. Barack Obama as the winner of the Mississippi primary. This was considered an easy win for Obama due to high turnout among African Americans who, according to CNN,…
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Filed April 22, 2008 by Antonio French
[The BBC has disabled embedding on their video, so here's some video from MSNBC...]   Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Filed March 13, 2008 by Danielle Belton
Gov. Matt Blunt nominated two state representatives to the Missouri Ethics Commission Wednesday. Jeff B. Davidson, 51, of the 6th Congressional District and Jim R. Wright, 54, of the 2nd Congressional District were appointed to…
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Filed February 4, 2008 by Antonio French
Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronnie White today endorsed State Representative Margaret Donnelly for Missouri Attorney General. Judge White was the first African-American ever appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court. Rep. Donnelly is seeking…
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Filed August 18, 2008 by Antonio French
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new report released Friday showed that after 7,700 Missourians lost their jobs last month, the state’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 6.4 percent — the highest mark in at least…
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Filed April 2, 2008 by Danielle Belton
The American Civil Liberties Union is hosting discussion Wednesday on a Affirmative Action banning initiative that is being petitioned to get on Missouri’s November ballot. California businessman and anti-Affirmative Action Activist Ward Connerly is behind…
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Filed April 25, 2008 by Antonio French · 22 archived comments
According to numbers released today by the Missouri Office of Administration, the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County are heading towards more population losses. St. Louis City, which has seen a small population…
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