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Jaquin Holmes has had his share of frustration with the way municipal courts in St. Louis County operate. During a meeting of the Ferguson Commission last…
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Back when he was living near Dallas, Texas, as a child, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and his family used to pile into his father’s Oldsmobile and, in their…
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At first glance, state Sen. Bob Dixon wouldn’t be an obvious choice to spearhead legislation responding to the unrest in and around Ferguson.The…
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Legislation is advancing through the Missouri General Assembly to make it easier to dissolve St. Louis County’s municipalities.State Rep. Bob Burns’ bill…
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Just after the sun set on Nov. 24 — the day that then-Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson’s fate would be disclosed to the world — Missouri's Gov. Jay…
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Ferguson resident MeldonMoffitt is part of a hardy group of protesters known as the Lost Voices, mostly young people willing to sleep on the street to get…
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This week, St. Louis Public Radio's education reporter Dale Singer joins Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies as we welcome back state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, to the show.The Politically Speaking podcast is diverging from our usual alternating schedule of Republican and Democratic guests. Instead, we are focusing on opposing views on one of the region's hottest issues: the transfer of students from the Normandy and Riverview Gardens school districts -- both unaccredited -- to neighboring districts.
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This week, St. Louis Public Radio's state Capitol reporter Marshall Griffin joins Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies to talk with state Rep. Clem Smith.The Velda Village Hills Democrat represents a number of small municipalities in St. Louis County, including most of the cities within the embattled Normandy School District.
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(Updated 10 a.m. Friday, May 16)The Missouri House has passed the so-called student transfer fix, sending it to Gov. Jay Nixon one day before the end of…
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The Missouri House has given final passage to legislation that would limit labor unions' ability to deduct dues and fees from the paychecks of public…