06.26.2008 9:23 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
During the legislative session, State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin was leading the charge to remove more than a century of state control over the city police department. 
Now, El-Amin, saying that crime in some parts of St. Louis is out of control,…

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05.06.2008 4:04 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin today announced the support of U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay and Alderman Frank Willamson.
Incumbent state legislators usually don’t take the time to shore up endorsements - that’s because, unless they are afflicted by scandal or are seen as…

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05.01.2008 4:22 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Rep. T.D. El-Amin will take an alternative method to work later this month, part of a pedal push to raise cancer awareness.
El-Amin will ride his bicycle from St. Louis to Jefferson City, in an honor of his younger brother,…

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03.14.2008 6:14 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
What’s that famous Mark Twain line - “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated?”
Make that double for the city school that bears his name, which this week escaped the district chopping block.
The Special Administrative Board now running the…

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02.27.2008 4:54 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wags like us weren’t the only ones scratching their heads over the committee assignment of a bill that would end state control of the St. Louis police department.
The measure, sponsored by State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin, was set for a…

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02.26.2008 1:44 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Midway through the first day of filing, and already there are a few races that catch the eye.
In the 63rd House district - which covers a chunk of the city’s midsection — Tishaura O. Jones, whose pop is ex-Comptroller Virvus…

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02.04.2008 2:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis legislators may have found an unlikely ally in their quest to regain control of the police department: Rural colleagues worried about Big Brother on animal farms.
State Rep. Talbdin El-Amin and others held a press conference this morning, discussing their…

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