Bolivar Board of Aldermen streamline city?s budget cuts
\n(Bolivar Herald-Free Press © 02/03/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The Bolivar Board of Aldermen met for a two-hour work session\nWednesday, fine-tuning budget cuts and preparing to take action on\nseveral items at a 6:30 p.m. board meeting on Monday,");
document.write(" Feb. 6.\n\nTechnology as a service\n\nMayor John Best said he wants to avoid laying off any personnel and\nwould like to see if the city could trim in other areas, such as\npurchasing technology as a service. Pursuing a fiv...\n
Sales tax figures: Up and down
\n(Bolivar Herald-Free Press © 02/03/2012) (Registration Required");
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Sales tax revenues received in January are down by about 5.2\npercent for the month in Bolivar and up slightly ? by about 0.08\npercent ? in Polk County.\n\nBolivar\n\nRevenue from the 1-cent general tax was $144,487 in January, a\ndecrease of about $7,900.\n\nCity Clerk Kimberly Strader said a vendor double-reported or\ndouble-submitted sales tax receipts in December, though she does\nnot know by how much. ...\n
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document.write("Two gas stations raided
\n(Bolivar Herald-Free Press © 02/03/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Law enforcement raided two Polk County gas stations Tuesday\nafter a drug investigation overturned possible tax evasion\nactivity.\n\nHumansville Police Chief Darrell Lean said the Circle K in\nHumansville was searched Tuesday by the Humansville Police\nDepartment, Polk County Sheriff?s Office, Combined Ozarks\nMulti-jurisdictional Enforcement Team and the Internal Revenue\nService. That store and the Ci");
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A.P. Green planned to shutter Mexico plant
\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/03/2012)
10 YEARS AGO\n\n\nFrom the Tribune, Feb. 6, 2002: The A.P. Green firebrick plant announced it would close its doors in Mexico on March 31, putting 80-110 workers out of a job.\n\n\nRHI Refractories, which owned the plant, was in deep debt of $1 billio");
document.write("n caused by asbestos lawsuit claims.\n\n\nThe plant was established in 1915, and by 1927 had become the world?s largest. As many as 4,000 worked there during ...\n
Council hopefuls weigh in on business concerns
\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/03/2012)
Candidates to represent the Second and Sixth wards on the Columbia City Council discuss");
document.write("ed economic development and related issues with members of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce at the first public forum this year for council candidates.\n\n\nAt the Chamber-hosted forum, members questioned Second Ward candidates on their skills as money managers and their positions on expanding the Columbia Regional...\n
Green-Beckhams signing has Missouri on top of the");
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\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/03/2012)
Mark Schiefelbein/Springfield News-Leader\n \n \n The recruitment of Hillcrest receiver Dorial Green-Beckham went from hobby to\nobsession for many fans. Green-Beckham signed Wednesday to play at Missouri.\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\nSPRINGFIELD ? In Missouri, the decision of a teenage football player yesterday morning inspired...\n
Live video: Community Issues/Candidate Forum and live chat
\n(Columbia Daily Tribune © 02/03/2012)
It is the first forum for the five candidates on the April ballot for Columbia City Council. \n\n\nThree candidates have filed for the open seat in the Second Ward, which one-term Councilman Jason Thornhill is vacating. Those are Mike Atkinson, co-owner of The Candy Factory and a board member for the Central Columbia Association; Bill Pauls, a three-t");
document.write("erm appointee to the Parks and Recreation Commissi...\n
City Council candidates discuss citys economic health
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/03/2012)
COLUMBIA — Five City Council hopefuls faced questions from the Columbia Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.\n\nAbout 50 chamber members filled a conference room at the Walton Building, pr");
document.write("oviding a forum for candidates in the Second and Sixth wards to make their case for election April 3. Candidates answered questions about the city's economic health from the chamber’s Government Affairs Com...\n
Growth needs drive Boone County Family Resources property acquisitions
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/03/2012)
COLUMBIA ");
document.write("— Columbia's North Village neighborhood is a vestige of a time gone by. Many residents are fighting to keep it that way.\n\nHomes in the North Village — which has become a thriving arts district in the northeastern quadrant of downtown — date back to the late 19th century and now are interspersed with modern duplexes. Nearby, the formerly brick-paved Short Street has been ...\n
Susan G. Komen organization confronts backlash over Planned Parenthood cuts
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/03/2012)
NEW YORK — Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates are openly upset, and at least one top official has quit, reportedly in protest.\n\nMeanwhile, Komen has been deluged with negative emails and Facebook postings, accusing i...\n
W.Va. city wasnt told about systems installation
\n(Columbia Missourian © 02/03/2012)
South Charleston's mayor says a ventilation system at a hotel that leaked deadly carbon monoxide poisoning wasn't inspected because the city didn't know it had been installed.\n \n\nMayor Frank Mullens tells the Charleston Daily Mail ( http://bit.ly/AeefuV) the city");
document.write(" was never informed of the work. He says there's no record of a licensed contractor getting a permit to install the system.\n \n\nThe ...\n
Huckabee, Wagner Woo Supporters
\n(Creve Coeur Patch © 02/03/2012)
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee tapped core conservative issues in his endorsement of Congressional candidate and Ballwin resident An");
document.write("n Wagner on Thursday, rallying supporters in advance of Republican primaries in August.
\n\n\nIn a speech that touched on issues ranging from the cost of gasoline to the curricula of public schools, Huckabee praised Wagner?s political and personal life.
\n\n\n?This is a ...\n
Blue Springs council made a dubious choice to fund transit ?education? effort");
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\n(East Jackson County Examiner © 02/03/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Blue Springs, MO — \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n To the editor:\n\n\n\n Lately we’ve been reading about the Blue Springs City Council’s vote to “donate” $17,958 to the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance, a transit advocacy organization.\n\n\n\n The council was told the $17,958 would be used for printing, educational vide...\n
Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/03/2012)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen?s local affiliates are openly upset, and at least one top official has quit, reportedly in protest.\n\n\nMeanw");
document.write("hile, Komen has been deluged with negative emails and Facebook postings, accusing it of ...\n
City to begin drafting annexation plan |
\n(Jefferson City News Tribune © 02/03/2012)
The Jefferson City Council is expected to approve a declaration of intent Monday to annex an area on the western side of the city.\n\n\nIn December, the City");
document.write(" Council?s annexation committee accepted a plan by city staff to move forward on an annexation proposal on the western side of the city. Staff began working to bring to the full council a plan of intent involving an area of 158.2 acres in the Apa...\n
Jefferson City looks at new after-hours ordinance |
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The city is considering new ways to regulate businesses that operate ?after hours.?\n\n\nAt the Jefferson City Public Safety Committee meeting Thursday, Drew Hilpert, interim city counselor, presented the proposed ordinance that would apply to businesses open between 1 and 4 a.m.\n\n Read additional details in our newspaper or e-Edition. Newspaper subscribers: Click on an e-Edition article and log in ...\n
Community leaders create historic moment
\n(Joplin Independent © 02/03/2012)
Updated: 2012-02-02 14:25:46\n\n\n\n\nAn historic event took place on January 19, 2012, when leaders from several community groups gathered and voted unanimously in favor of the Citizens Advisory Recovery Team?s (CART) recovery framework that lays the groundwork for the future of the area in the aftermath of the May 22, 2011 tornado. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Joplin City Council, the Joplin Schools Board of Education...\n
Officials: Hollywood Casino meant $60M jackpot for Kansas City-area firms
\n(Kansas City Business Journal © 02/03/2012)
Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway opens Friday.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nThe new Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, which opens Friday, already has proved to be a nearly $60 million jackpot for local design and construction companies,");
document.write(" officials say.\n\n\nA release from the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., said the casino is ?on track to be one of the single most eco...\n
Schools, public locations eagerly await connection to Google high-speed network
\n(Kansas City Business Journal © 02/03/2012)
Alyson Raletz\n Reporter - Kansas ");
document.write("City Business Journal\n \n Email\n | Twitter\n | Facebook\n \n \n \n\n \n\n?Will my school get Google??\n\n\nThat?s the question Kansas City government officials in Missouri have been fielding since Google Inc. announced in the spring that it w...\n
Congres");
document.write("s exempt from several federal laws
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
While Congress is moving to explicitly apply insider trading laws to its members, lawmakers are exempt from provisions of other federal laws.\n\nIn 1995, the House and Senate passed the Congressional Accountability Act, which did apply many civil rights, labor and workplace safety statutes to the legislative branch.\n\nCongress is still exempt from:\n\n-The Freedom of Information Act.\n\n-Investigatory su...\n
David Peaston
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
Enlarged Photo\n \n ST. LOUIS (AP) - Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.\n\nPeaston, 54, died Wednesday of complications from diabetes, his niece, Neuka Mitchell said.\n\nPeaston was born into a St. Louis family with deep musical roots.");
document.write(" His mother, gospel si...\n
Fury over soccer deaths leads to new clashes, threats to Egypt's government
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
CAIRO _ Thousands of angry sports fans besieged the Egyptian Interior Ministry on Thursday to avenge 74 deaths in riots over a soccer match the previous night, as political forces seized on the tr");
document.write("agedy to renew demands for the ouster of the military-appointed interim government.\n \n As Egypt declared three days of mourning for the victims of the riots, many of the country's senior politic...\n
Gardening 2012: ‘Color is the magic word’
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
The spotlight in garden shops this");
document.write(" year is on color — including easy, long-lasting blooms, bright, healthy vegetables and great native plants.\n\nIf you dream in color, your dreams are about to come true: This year’s garden is going to be splashed with every color in the rainbow.\n\n“Color is the magic word” for new plant introductions these days, according to Michael Dirr,...\n
KC cracks down harder on scrap metal thefts
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
Kansas City has tried in recent years to stop scrap metal thieves from selling their ill-gotten gains, but that hasn’t stopped them.\n\nSo the City Council approved additional restrictions Thursday to further deter the costly thefts and help law enforcement track the crimes as quickly as possible.\n\n“We need to do it because our ordinance doesn’t do anything about catalytic conve...\n
NFL gives 49ers $200 million loan for new stadium
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
NFL owners approved a $200 million loan on Thursday to help the San Francisco 49ers build a new stadium in Santa Clara.\n\nIn December, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority unanimously approved an $850 million construction loan for the stadium, which will cost approximately $1.02 billion. The rest of the cost will be covered by a h");
document.write("otel tax and Santa Clara's redevelopment funds.\n\nWith Thursday's loan fr...\n
Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby M");
document.write("aracana stadium - this nation's temple to the sport.\n\nBut Santos says he'll never set foot in the place again.\n\nRio de Janeiro is giving the stadium's neighborhood a $63.2 million facelift as it prepares to host the 2014 World...\n
Taxi drivers say KC regulations cut their pay
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
A group of cab drivers");
document.write(" has sued Kansas City municipal government, alleging its taxi regulations are discriminatory, unfair and unconstitutional.\n\nThe lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court, argues that Kansas City’s taxi regulations favor a monopoly of nine cab companies and effectively prevent driver-owned companies that would improve quality and professionalism and perhaps even lower cab ...\n
W.Va. city wasn't told about system's installation
\n(Kansas City Star © 02/03/2012)
South Charleston's mayor says a ventilation system at a hotel that leaked deadly carbon monoxide poisoning wasn't inspected because the city didn't know it had been installed.\n\nMayor Frank Mullens tells the Charleston Daily Mail ( http://bit.ly/AeefuV) the city was never informed of the work. He says there's no record of a licensed contractor getting a permit to install the system.\n\nThe leak Tuesd...\n
Nixon appoints associate circuit judge
\n(Kearney Courier © 02/03/2012)
Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Karen L. Krauser, currently the deputy chief assistant prosecuting attorney for Clay County, as the new associate circuit judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit. She replaces Donald T. Norris, who recently retired. \n\nKrauser has served as an assistant prosecuting attorney since 2002 and as");
document.write(" the chief deputy since 2008. During her tenure with the office, she has prosec...\n
Sutton Bus Loop: What Should Go Here?
\n(Ladue-Frontenac Patch © 02/03/2012)
What the Sutton Bus Loop will look like in two years remains unknown.
\n\n\nMaplewood City Council briefly discussed the bus loop during a work session on Monday before de");
document.write("ciding to table the discussion for a future meeting. The area is located between Hazel and Maple avenues on Sutton Boulevard.
\n\n\nThe city already paid to remove the bus loop's pavement in the fall, and next year's fiscal bud...\n
The Front Page, Feb. 3, 1959
\n(Marshall Democrat-News © 02/03/2012)
[Order this photo]\n\nSome of the");
document.write(" headlines on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1959:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n * Tight Game is Won by Vikes Over Eagles\n\n\n\n\n * Blair Recommends $50,000 for Sleeping Cabins At Arrow Rock\n\n\n\n\n * Remodeling At Red Cross Begins\n\n\n\n\n * LWML To Conduct Institute Feb. 9\n\n\n\n\n * State School Given $536,494 in Governor's Recommendation\n\n\n\n\n * City Council Opens Many Varied Bids\n\n\n\n\n * Thre...\n
Fired Leadwood police officers appeal termination
\n(Park Hills Daily Journal © 02/03/2012)
LEADWOOD - Two Leadwood police officers who\nwere fired Tuesday night are appealing their termination.\n \n \n \n \n\nSeparate hearings were scheduled this morning at city hall for Beau\nReichenbach and Reggie Jaco. The board voted Monday night in\nexecutive session to put the two officers on three days of\nsuspension, followed by termination. Mayor Dennis Parks and\nA...\n
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document.write("NRAD BOARD PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH MISUSING OFFICIAL INFORMATION
\n(Platte County Citizen © 02/03/2012)
Northland Regional Ambulance (NRAD) District Board of Directors President Kevin Rawlings was charged Wednesday with misusing public information that authorities say helped him net $144,000 in a land transaction last spring between himself and the district.\nPlatte County Prosecuting Attorney ");
document.write("Eric Zahnd said Rawlings was charged by Platte County prosecutors on \n\nFeb. 1, the day after The Citizen?s w...\n
St. Louis Rams get $124M plan to upgrade dome
\n(Rolla Daily News © 02/03/2012)
Rolla, Mo. — \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis C");
document.write("onvention & Visitors Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday that calls for $124 million in improvements to the Edward Jones Dome in hopes of making sure the city doesn't lose another NFL team.\n\n\n\n The commission had faced a Wednesday deadline to deliver ...\n
Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization. Besides $400,000 in smaller donations from 6,000 people, Planned Parenthood is receiving $250,000 from a family foundation in Dallas and a $250,000 pledge announced Thursday by New Yor...\n
Republican AG candidate visits Cape
\n(Southeast Missourian © 02/03/2012)
Ed Martin, Republican candidate for Missouri Attorney General, speaks Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 to supporters in Cape Girardeau.\n(Fred Lynch)\n[Click to enlarge] [Order this photo]Ed Martin, who announced his intentions last month to run for Missouri attorney general, made a stop in Cape Girard");
document.write("eau on Thursday to host an hourlong discussion with fellow Republicans that largely centered on President Bar...\n
Applicants for Zone 1 vacancy detail their plans and recommendations
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/03/2012)
Seven applicants for the vacant Zone 1 City Council position made their pitch Thursday night as council membe");
document.write("rs listened.\n\nEach of the seven ? applicant Jeff Paul was not present ? was given five minutes to speak about why he or she should fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Nick Ibarra.\n\nMary Collette spoke first via phone because she is in Mexico. She said that she had lived in Zone ...\n
E-Verify
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I am glad I live in the southern part of Missouri and do not have to make a decision about the ?illegal? issue. Down south we are not required to ?screen? people. In fact, you are not required to have a driver?s license, nor are you required to pay [personal] property taxes, and you are not required to have car insurance. Once you leave Springfield it is a different world. In the south, if you do ...\n
Group to fight urban deer hunting in southeast Missouri
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/03/2012)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) ? An organization has formed to oppose deer hunting in the southeast Missouri community of Cape Girardeau.\n\nThe Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/Af6y4G ) reports that the group calls itself Cape Friends of Wildlife.\n\nIt formed after the Cape Girardeau city manager appointed a seven-person committee in November to consider allowing trained bow hunters in the city limits ...\n
Sales tax revenue reviewed at bars, eateries after smoking ban
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/03/2012)
A snapshot of bar and restaurant sales tax revenue has added fuel to the ongoing debate about the impact of Springfield's new smoking ban.\n\nThe analysis, conducted by Finance Director Mary Mannix-Decker at the request of several City Council ");
document.write("members, used sales tax information produced by the Missouri Department of Revenue.\n\nIn a memo to the council, Mannix-Decker said she reviewed sales tax colle...\n
Springfield smoking ban targeted by group hoping for repeal
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/03/2012)
Opponents of the expanded smoking ban that took effect in June say th");
document.write("ey?ve gathered more than enough signatures to put a repeal of the ordinance before Springfield voters.\n\nThe group Live Free Springfield, which campaigned against the smoking ban before it was passed in April, has been circulating petitions seeking a repeal since November.\n\n?As of right now we have over 4,000 signatures,? said spo...\n
Susan G. Komen for the Cure co");
document.write("nfronts backlash over grant cuts to Planned Parenthood
\n(Springfield News-Leader © 02/03/2012)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen?s local affiliates are openly upset, and at least one top official has quit, reportedly in protest.\n\nMeanwhile, Komen has been deluged with negative emails and Facebook postings, accusing it of k...\n
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\n(St. Joseph News Press © 02/03/2012)
Editor?s note: The deadline has passed for submitting letters concerning the Feb. 7 Buchanan County sales tax issue. We invite and encourage your letters on other topics. Letters should be limited to 200 words and include a phone number for verification.\n\nSpending is the real problem\n\nI think it?s time Buchanan County realizes that ");
document.write("revenue is not the problem but spending is. If they would stop giv...\n
Pats' Belichick wins coach of year award
\n(St. Louis Post Dispatch (Sports) © 02/03/2012)
New England coach Bill Belichick won The Associated Press 2010\nNFL coach of the year award Wednesday, the 3rd time he has earned\nthe honor. Belichick, who also won in 2003");
document.write(" and 2007, now trails\nonly Don Shula, a 4-time winner of the award. Belichick led the\nPatriots to a 14-2 record, best in the league, and received 30\nvotes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly\ncover the NFL.\n ...\n
Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
Susan G.");
document.write(" Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity,\nfaced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut\nbreast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's\nlocal affiliates are openly upset, and at least one top official\nhas quit, reportedly in protest.\n \n \n \n \n\nMeanwhile, Komen has been deluged with negative emails and\nFac...\n
Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
Ukrainian nuclear experts say Japanese evacuated from around the\nstricken Fukushima nuclear plant should be able to return to their\nhomes _ unlike the Chernobyl site, which remains inside a wide\nno-go zone a quarter-century after the accident there.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe public may eventually be able to visit the Fukushima\nDai-ichi nuclear power plant, where three re...\n
Chicago cabbies will get hearing on fare increase
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
Chicago cabbies will get a city hearing on their proposal to\nraise fares by 22 percent even though they didn't collect the\nrequired number of signatures on their petition.\n \n \n \n \n\nIn a news release, the Department of Business Affairs and\nConsumer Prote");
document.write("ction and Alderman Anthony Beale say the hearing will\ntake place in about six or seven months.\n \n ...\n
Document shows NYPD eyed Shiites based on religion
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
The New York Police Department recommended increasing\nsurveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques,\nbased solely");
document.write(" on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for\nsigns of Iranian terrorists, according to interviews and a newly\nobtained secret police document.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe document offers a rare glimpse into the thinking of NYPD\nintelli...\n
Dome officials present plan to keep Rams in St. Louis
\n(St. Louis Pos");
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ST. LOUIS ? The public agency that manages the\nEdward Jones Dome proposed a $124 million overhaul of the\n16-year-old facility, while St. Louis city and county officials\nstressed that no new public money would go to the team without\nvoter approval.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission delivered the\nplan to the St. Louis Rams, meeting a de...\n
Ellisville backs sale tax measure pushed by Chesterfield
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
ELLISVILLE ? The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved\na resolution in support of state legislation that would change the\nsales tax redistribution system in St. Louis County.\n \n \n \n \n\nEllisville is a point-of-sale city, meaning that it generally\nhas a prosperous retail component. Each year the percentage of\nsales tax revenue the city chips i");
document.write("nto a po...\n
Governor's budget director says state gaining ground but struggling
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS ? The governor's budget\ndirector assured Southwestern Illinois mayors on Thursday that the\nstate's dire financial and budgetary woes are improving.\n \n \n \n ");
document.write(" \n\n\"We're not about to go off the cliff anymore, but we have a ways\nto go,\" said David Vaught, director of the Governor's Office of\nManagement and Budget.\n \n \n ...\n
Illinois budget director assures local mayors that state's economy is improving
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS ?");
document.write(" The Illinois Governor's\nbudget director assured Southwestern Illinois mayors today that the\nstate's dire financial and budgetary woes are improving.?\n \n \n \n \n\n\"We're not about to go off the cliff anymore, but we have a ways\nto go,\" said David Vaught, director of the Governor's Office of\nManagement and Budget.\n \n \n ...\n
Judges hear pros, cons of NorthSide TIF
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? The long legal saga of developer\nPaul McKee's plan to remake much of the near north side took a\nsmall step forward Wednesday morning.\n \n \n \n \n\nThat's when a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals\nheard oral arguments in the lawsuit over nearly $400 million in tax\nincrement financing designed to kick-start the $8 billion,\ntwo-square-mi...\n
Komen caught in mix of controversy
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity faced an\nescalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut\nbreast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.\n \n \n \n \n\nThe seven Komen affiliates in California announced their\nopposition to the new policy, affiliates in Ark");
document.write("ansas and\nConnecticut expressed frustration, and at least one top official\nhas quit...\n
Providence mayor warns of possible bankruptcy
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
Mayor Angel Taveras painted a bleak picture Thursday of the\ncity's finances, saying Providence faces \"devastation\" and could go\nbankrupt if retiree benefits a");
document.write("ren't cut and tax-exempt institutions\nlike Brown University don't pay more in lieu of taxes.\n \n \n \n \n\nTaveras said he cut a projected $110 million deficit for the\ncurrent fiscal year to less than $30 mi...\n
R&B singer David Peaston dies at age 54
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
Singe");
document.write("r David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the\nlate 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.\n \n \n \n \n\nPeaston, 54, died Wednesday of complications from diabetes, his\nniece, Neuka Mitchell said.\n \n \n \n \n\nPeaston was born into a St. Louis family with deep musical\nroots. His mother, gospel...\n
Surest signs Blues are back? Missouri lawmakers, kin got free tickets
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? If you want to see who's hot on the\nice, just look at how many politicians got tickets to see the\naction.\n \n \n \n \n\nFor free, of course.\n \n \n \n \n\nWith the World Series and college football swept away with the\nleaves of autumn, Missouri lawmakers ? who enjoy no restrictions on\nthe amount of gifts they can rec...\n
Task force seeks to reduce wrongful incarcerations
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has asked a new task force to\ndevelop ways to prevent wrongful incarcerations after a report by\nthe St. Louis Post-Dispatch found several cases in which someone\nwas charged and jailed based on misidentification.\n \n ");
document.write(" \n \n \n\nThe city's chief performance officer, Eddie Roth, told the\nPost-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/xjgIaM) that last mont...\n
Team's tab on Dome could be $64.5 million
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
ST. LOUIS ? The money to renovate the Edward\nJones Dome could come partly from higher fees for tickets ");
document.write("and\nparking.\n \n \n \n \n\nThose are among the possible sources of public funding listed in\na financial plan the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission\nhas sent to the Rams. The plan is meant to explain how to pay for\n$124 million in renovations to the Dom...\n
Treasurer candidates call for Wahby to step down as chair of St.");
document.write(" Louis Democrats
\n(St. Louis Post-Dispatch © 02/03/2012)
UPDATED at 2:05 p.m. with comments from Brian\nWahby.\n \n \n \n \n\nST. LOUIS ? Brian Wahby, chair of the city's\nDemocratic Central Committee, has long been a powerbroker in city\npolitics.\n \n \n \n \n\nBut when he announced a run to replace much-maligned city\nTreasurer Larry Williams, his opponents cried foul. To chair the\ncity'...\n
City considering high-tech solution for meter reading
\n(Steelville Star Mirror © 02/03/2012)
Water loss has been an ongoing concern for the city of Steelville and one possible solution discussed in recent city council meetings has been the installment of new radio-read-style meters.\n\n\n\n\n City Comptroller Jennifer Basham reported that the concept has been considered since information received from the Missouri Rural");
document.write(" Water Association (MRWA) showed that, after about 10 yea...\n
NFL approves $200 million loan for 49ers stadium
\n(Vandalia Leader © 02/03/2012)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- NFL owners approved a $200 million loan Thursday to help the San Francisco 49ers build a stadium south of Santa Clara.\nThe team plans to bid for future Super Bowls for ");
document.write("the 68,000-seat stadium, which will be built adjacent to the 49ers' facility.\n\"It's huge,\" 49ers CEO Jed York said of the league's approval. \"We've been at this since 1997. We'll have shovels in the ground soon....\n
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