08.13.2009 3:37 pm

In local town hall forums, it’s not easy being a St. Louis Green

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Maxine Johnson yells at the man who grabbed her sign

Though police activity at the town hall forums hosted by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan differed in severity, they share at least one thing in common: A…

Watch: Play-by-play of arrest at McCaskill’s forum in Hillsboro

By Jake Wagman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was pleased with her ability to gradually win over a potentially hostile crowd at her health care forum in Hillsboro on Tuesday afternoon.

There was some police activity, however, which McCaskill —…

Mixed emotions on the inaugural road to Washington

By Robert Cohen

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For Maxine Johnson of St. Louis, the excitement of going to Washington, D.C. to witness the inauguration of the 44th president was tempered by sadness.

Johnson’s mother, Helen Underwood, 78, was buried the day before buses pulled away from a Target…

In local town hall forums, it’s not easy being a St. Louis Green

Watch: Play-by-play of arrest at McCaskill’s forum in Hillsboro

Mixed emotions on the inaugural road to Washington

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