07.21.2008 4:56 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Locked in a tough political battle in the city’s near-south side, State House hopeful Joan Landmann announced today the support of State Sen. Maida Coleman.
Landmann, an attorney, is squaring off against four other Democrats in the primary race to replace term-limited…

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07.15.2008 10:03 pm
A spokesman for state Sen. Chris Koster, D-Harrisonville, minced no words Tuesday night as he responded to a formal complaint filed earlier in the day against Koster with the state Ethics Commission.
The complaint was filed Tuesday by state Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St.…

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06.25.2008 3:25 pm
In a move not wholly unexpected, outgoing state Sen. Maida Coleman today endorsed state Rep. Robin Wright-Jones in the Democratic Aug. 5 primary to select Coleman’s successor.
“I recruited Robin to replace me in the state House when I ran for…

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06.16.2008 4:10 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri Democrats are hoping voters this fall will help them regain control of the governor’s office. 
For the moment, though, they’ll have to settle for a Republican acting governor who’s happy to share the spotlight with colleagues from across the…

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03.26.2008 10:44 am
Kevin Gunn’s appointment as a utility regulator advanced a step this morning despite lingering resentment from Senate Democrats.
Gunn’s nomination to the Public Service Commission won approval from the Senate Gubernatorial Appointments Committee on a 6-3 vote. The full Senate…

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03.25.2008 10:57 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It’s not overhauling Medicare or transforming the school-funding formula, but for State Sen. Maida Coleman, passing SB384 last year was a key victory.
It has not been easy for the veteran Democrat, in the last year of her term, to pass…

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02.12.2008 4:51 pm
State Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman, D-St. Louis, issued a statement this afternoon that expresses “alarm that the Special Administrative Board (SAB) of the St. Louis Public Schools today fired Superintendent Diana Bourisaw.”
Bourisaw was appointed superintendent by the elected Board…

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01.24.2008 1:33 am
State Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman, D-St. Louis — who survived her own short-lived foray in the statewide candidate world in 2006 — appeared to be among the few politicians in either party who seemed happy to be on the…

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