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Gun-Control
2:48 pm
Sat March 30, 2013

Officials, Religious Leaders And Others Rally For New Gun-Control Measures

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Pro gun-control supporters rally at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, March 30.
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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay speaks during a gun-control rally at Kiener Plaza on Saturday, March 30.
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Pro-gun advocates hold signs at the back of large crowd gathered at Kiener Plaza for a gun-control rally on Saturday, March 30.
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From a podium at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, Democratic Mo. State Rep. Stacey Newman asked a crowd of gun-control supporters to hold up their phones and punch in a new contact, the switchboard for the U.S. Senate.

She told them to call every day, ask for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and demand that they vote in favor of universal background checks for gun sales.

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Politically Speaking
4:02 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

Politically Speaking: Mayoral Results, Democrat Days and Kinder's Lawsuit

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Slay's victory speech plays at Reed's watch party.
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Every week, St. Louis Public Radio’s Chris McDaniel joins the St. Louis Beacon’s Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum to talk about the week’s politics.

On this week's episode: The results from the mayoral primary are in. Why did Reed lose? Did Slay win by as much as he had hoped? Then Jo shares some stories from Democrat Days and we close it out with Lt. Governor Peter Kinder's lawsuit.

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Mayoral Race
1:08 am
Wed March 6, 2013

Slay Poised To Make History

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Mayor Slay.
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Mayor Slay talks to supporters.
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Slay's televised victory speech at Reed's election night party.
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Reed gives his campaign speech.
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Francis Slay is now poised to win a fourth term as mayor of St. Louis.

Slay walked away with the Democratic primary on Tuesday, beating Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed and former Alderman Jimmie Matthews.   Slay received 54 percent of the vote, Reed 44 percent and Matthews a little over one percent.

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