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09.29.2009 1:59 pm

At City Hall, surprise move sidelines smoking ban bill once again

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — After a twenty-minute grilling from colleague Stephen Conway, Alderman Lyda Krewson was poised for a long hearing today in defense of her bill to ban indoor smoking in the city.

Instead, she got an early — and unexpected —…

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07.09.2009 8:52 am

Third — and final? — City Hall hearing on smoking ban today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Butts out in St. Louis?

ST. LOUIS — Will St. Louis ever pass a smoking ban?

It looks increasingly unlikely, but, if it is to happen this year, the necessary action may come out of a hearing at City Hall today…

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06.12.2009 1:29 pm

St. Louis smoking ban continues to move ahead — maybe

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — As Congress approves unprecedented tobacco regulation legislation, lawmakers at St. Louis City Hall are still working on their smoking ban proposal.

Hearings set for this week were canceled — Mayor Francis Slay says it was because the measure does not have…

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06.05.2009 10:40 am

City Hall to hold hearings next week on smoking ban bill

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Time to butt out?

Time to butt out?

UPDATE: Hearings have been taken off the calendar — not rescheduled yet.

ST. LOUIS — Alderman Lyda Krewson will pitch her smoking ban proposal to fellow lawmakers at a pair of City Hall hearings next week.

Alderman Gregory…

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05.01.2009 8:52 am

Alderman introduces wait-and-see smoking ban proposal

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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ST. LOUIS — Get ready for another round of debate on indoor smoking.

St. Louis Alderman Lyda Krewson has on today’s board agenda a bill that would ban smoking at restaurants, bars, businesses, casinos and other public buildings.

But there is a…

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12.11.2008 2:26 pm

“Obama Boulevard” passes committee, sparks divisions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The push to dedicate a city street to the president-elect passed its first hurdle today, but further roadblocks could lie ahead.

A divided City Hall panel gave preliminary approval to the plan, which would designate Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis as…

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08.08.2008 10:59 am

Slay to call for tougher Metro security after wave of attacks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mayor Francis Slay will join the city’s new acting police chief at City Hall today to call for tougher security at MetroLink stations. MetroLink file photo

The push comes after a wave of assaults near the Delmar Loop, detailed in a story by Post-Dispatch…

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06.13.2008 3:30 pm

Slay opens Balaban’s again — for a night, and a profit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When Balaban’s restaurant closed earlier this year, the city’s epicurean set mourned the loss of a culinary institution. Balaban's

Now, the Central West End staple has found cause to entertain again, at least for one night. On June 27, Balaban’s will…

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05.22.2008 7:29 am

Storch courts supporters in enemy territory

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As the campaign chief for State House Democrats, Rep. Rachel Storch has spent the last several months recruiting candidates in vulnerable Republican districts.

Then she got an opponent of her own — and got to work.

Storch was feted Tuesday night at a…

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05.21.2008 3:45 pm

Krewson, Williams launch anti-panhandler effort

Special to the Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Alderwoman Lyda Krewson, D-28th Ward ward, will join city Treasurer Larry Williams and Tricia Roland-Hamilton, president of the Central West End Association, at an event Friday that will launch their “Real Change” campaign to discourage panhandling for money.

The…

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