06.09.2008 2:15 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Senate hopeful Robin Wright-Jones today announced the support of outgoing schools superintendent Diana Bourisaw.
“I support Robin Wright-Jones for her support of public education and the St. Louis public schools,” Bourisaw said in a release from the campaign. “These are…

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04.21.2008 3:06 pm
Rex Sinquefield’s objections notwithstanding, the House gave final approval in a jiffy today to a bill offering mega-tax breaks to a Canadian aircraft firm.
The vote was 125-16. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is having more…

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04.18.2008 1:26 pm
In a missive sent out today, mega-political contributor Rex Sinquefield offers his thoughts on the mega-tax break bill moving through the Legislature.
He doesn’t like it.
Sinquefield’s article, co-written with University of Missouri-Columbia economist Joe Haslag, takes aim at the…

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04.18.2008 7:15 am
Sen. Jack Goodman had planned to start work soon for a large law firm. He has been shutting down his private law practice in Mt. Vernon.
But now, he is in limbo, the unintended casualty of a Senate amendment attached…

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04.11.2008 3:34 pm
There were a lot of empty chairs in the House on Wednesday night when legislators killed the proposal to use tax credits to finance scholarships for special-needs children.
The school-choice movement had campaigned hard for the proposal, dubbed “Bryce’s Law”…

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