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Mayor Jones offers encouragement during Girls Inc. visit
ST. LOUIS – Mayor Tishaura Jones spent part of her weekend visiting Girls Inc. in St. Louis, a nonprofit that provides education and cultural programs in safe environments for girls. While visiting, Jones gave young girls some encouraging words and insight about her humble beginnings, motherhood and becoming the first Black mayor of St. Louis […]
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Editorial: St. Louis mayor talks about transparency, but her record suggests the opposite | Editorial
By the Editorial Board At first glance, it appeared that inexperience and perhaps laziness were the main culprits behind City Hall’s repeated failures to comply with Missouri’s Sunshine Law. But on closer examination, there appear to be systemic attempts to sidestep the law in St. Louis. The pattern merits a thorough examination by Attorney General […]
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Mayor’s order of support for trans citizens contrasts with the state’s cruelty
Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. By the Editorial Board This newspaper has consistently criticized Missouri’s Republican political leaders for a blatantly unconstitutional state law declaring certain federal gun restrictions unenforceable in the state. That’s simply not how it works; federal law supersedes. It would be inconsistent, then, to suggest that St. Louis could […]
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