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10.14.2009 4:45 pm

Burris’s public option demand poses hurdle for Dems

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Sen. Burris

Sen. Burris

WASHINGTON — Illinois Sen. Roland Burris attracted a lot of attention, nearly all of it unwanted, when he took office this year thanks to his appointment by former Illinois’ scandal-tarred former then-governor, Rod Blagojevich.

Burris is attracting attention again for his demand that…

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03.13.2009 12:34 pm

Chicago Tribune fights to win back disgruntled reader

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It appears the Chicago Tribune is hell-bent on winning back one reader it recently lost to the Wall Street Journal, a paper the reader said “easily surpasses the Chicago Tribune.”

Chicago resident Coleen Davison’s letter to the WSJ praising…

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12.01.2008 8:24 am

Nixon to represent Missouri at meeting with Obama in Philly

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nixon

Nixon

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon will get his first chance to meet his new peers on Tuesday at a governor’s conference in Philadelphia.

Nixon will represent Missouri at an Independence Hall confab with president-elect Barack Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden.

They’ll meet to discuss the…

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11.28.2008 3:08 pm

Will Nixon — or Blunt — represent Mo. at meeting with Obama?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nixon, left, and Blunt

Nixon, left, and Blunt

The nation’s governors will have a chance next week to discuss their concerns with the new administration heading to Washington.

President-elect Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden will be in Philadelphia on Tuesday, in a meeting of governors…

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11.03.2008 8:23 am

Roe: Diner patrons turned Graves against federal bailout

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s good to be a bellwether state. Yet another national publication filed an election story from Missouri this weekend. This time it’s the Wall Street Journal taking a look at the lure of the diner in election cycles.

The story is…

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