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Filed October 14, 2008 by Antonio French

From the Oct. 12, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times: John McCain is hammering Barack Obama about his ties to Chicago educator Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a group that used violence in the 1960s and…

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Political Candidate Filing Ends Today at 5:00

Filed March 25, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 7 archived comments

DOWNLOAD THE FINAL LIST OF ST. LOUIS CITY CANDIDATES HERE. GET THE FINAL LIST OF STATE CANDIDATES BY CLICKING HERE. UPDATE @ 5:38 PM: Tom Villa did not file for the 5th senate district. The…

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Sales Tax Increases in City

Filed February 6, 2008 by Antonio French

The City of St. Louis will balance its budget with a tax increase. Sounds like everything Republicans say about our Democratic city is not all untrue. While many different elected officials and editorials spoke out…

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Reed Pleads Hardship to MoEthics

Filed January 25, 2008 by Antonio French

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed was in Jefferson City yesterday asking the Missouri Ethics Commission to let him keep his over-the-limit campaign contributions. From the Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz blog: Reed was elected president of…

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VIDEO: Missouri Officials for Obama

Filed January 27, 2008 by Antonio French

More than a dozen Missouri elected officials, including U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, former U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan, and Congressman Russ Carnahan, gathered today to announce Senator Barack Obama is returning to St. Louis next weekend.…

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Clay: Northside Neglect is Real, Team 4 is Real

Filed March 9, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 7 archived comments

To a gallery of more than 100 people Saturday, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a native St. Louisian, asked, “What can the state, the city, the Mayor, the federal government do to fix this problem?” The…

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Kinder seeks ban on lawmakers working as political consultants

Filed July 2, 2008 by Antonio French