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02.02.2010 1:01 pm

Comptroller’s savings plan: Closing City Hall early on Fridays?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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ST. LOUIS — City Hall could start the weekends early under a money-saving measure floated by Comptroller Darlene Green.

As reported earlier by the St. Louis Beacon, Green has proposed closing City Hall an hour early on Fridays to help close…

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05.29.2009 9:18 am

Aldermen add themselves to City Hall furlough list

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Not only have aldermen agreed to the furloughs proposed by the city’s Estimate Board, they also included themselves: In budget talks this week, aldermen added their own names to the list of employees taking unpaid time off.

Members…

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05.07.2009 9:47 am

Amid talk of furloughs, Slay preps for State of the City address

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Slay at his swearing-in last month

Slay at his swearing-in last month

ST. LOUIS — Less than a month after taking his third term, Mayor Francis Slay may provide more details of his administration’s plans for the near future in his annual State of the City address on…

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04.29.2009 9:03 am

Crowd — and teleprompter — ready for the president

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The president's teleprompter is set up at Fox High in Arnold

The president's teleprompter is set up at Fox High in Arnold

ARNOLD — Hundreds of supporters eager to see President Barack Obama were lined up outside Fox High School this morning, where the commander-in-chief is set to hold a town hall forum…

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04.24.2009 4:28 pm

City Hall leaders agree to personal furloughs — more to come?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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City Hall

ST. LOUIS — Days after the mayor warned of lean times ahead, he and two other key city elected officials have agreed to take personal furloughs — and are pushing for other employees to do the same.

Mayor Francis Slay, along…

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04.21.2009 9:26 am

Red carpet ready for inauguration day at City Hall

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The red carpet is ready at City Hall

The red carpet is ready at City Hall

ST. LOUIS — Workers are preparing the pomp at City Hall today, where Mayor Francis Slay and others will be sworn-in for their new terms.

Slay, re-elected by a sizable margin earlier this month, will…

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03.17.2009 12:26 pm

Coleman: I tried to convince McMillan, Green to run

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — In an interview today with the Post-Dispatch editorial board, Mayoral hopeful Maida Coleman — running as an independent candidates — says she tried to get both License Collector Mike McMillan and Comptroller Darlene Green to…

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01.21.2009 3:27 pm

After dark: Missouri Dems get loose at inaugural ball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
City Dem Chair Brian Wahby poses with U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan at the Inaugural Ball

City Dem Chair Brian Wahby poses with U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan at the Inaugural Ball

WASHINGTON — Missouri Democrats enjoyed a party last night that had been eight years in the making.

With their party finally back in the White House, Barack…

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01.18.2009 10:34 am

Live from D.C., St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON - -St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is in D.C. for the inauguration, stopping by an open house in the Capitol Hill office of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill on Saturday.

Among others joining her was Mattie Moore, a Mccaskill…

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12.31.2008 9:19 am

Comptroller taps Ronnie White to chair “Green Team”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
White, left, and Green

White, left, and Green

St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green has tapped former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronnie White to serve as her honorary campaign chair, the campaign announced yesterday.

“The Green Team is back together for another great campaign,” Green said in statement.…

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