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08.30.2009 9:00 pm

Illinois is a vital component in transforming the Arch grounds

Photo by Bob Schorfheide

Photo by Bob Schorfheide

Ken Salazar was among the tourists who visited the Gateway Arch for the first time in July. He got the deluxe tour, inasmuch the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is a national park and Mr. Salazar, a former Democratic…

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07.11.2009 10:33 am

Obama makes Arch project, Metro East connection, a “priority” — sets 2015 deadline, will “move heaven and earth” to finish sooner

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Interior Sectretary Ken Salazer in front of Post-Dispatch Platform. Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in front of Post-Dispatch Platform. Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in town yesterday afternoon, ostensibly to talk about federal spending for job creation and economic recovery. But it turns out he had monumental plans,…

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07.09.2009 9:03 pm

Championing urban national parks

Laurie Skrivan/Post-Dispatch

Laurie Skrivan/Post-Dispatch

St. Louis is on today’s itinerary for Ken Salazar, the former Democratic senator from Colorado whom President Barack Obama appointed as the nation’s 50th Secretary of the Interior.

It’s a stop in a series of low-key visits the secretary is…

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