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		<title>School Board to &quot;Examine Options&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the elected school board of SLPS: Peter Downs, President of the St. Louis Board of Education, today expressed disappointment that Cole County Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan upheld the State&#8217;s takeover of St. Louis Public Schools. &#8220;We were all aware that Judge Callahan had a record of ruling against education for children in Missouri, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge: SLPS Takeover was Lawful</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Missouri Board of Education: In a ruling issued today, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan gave state education officials a clear victory involving last yearâ€™s decision to strip the St. Louis Public Schools of accredited status. â€œWe are gratified with todayâ€™s decision by Judge Callahan,â€ said Commissioner of Education D. Kent King. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooper to Resign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Post-Dispatch reports today that Representative Nathan Cooper (R-Cape Girardeau) will resign from the legislature within weeks. The resignation comes after Cooper pleaded guilty to visa fraud and making a false statement to the Department of Labor. Cooper used his power as an immigration lawyer to obtain and falsely extend visas for foreign truck drivers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Party&#8217;s Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio D. French</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Supreme Court has restored limits on campaign contributions. But it has left up in the air, at least for now, if those large donations must be returned â€” something that is next to impossible to fully occur considering how much money candidates have already spent (Pssst, if you haven&#8217;t already spent it, do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blunt Appoints Wimes to Bench</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio D. French</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release from Gov. Matt Blunt&#8216;s office&#8230; Gov. Matt Blunt today appointed Jackson County Drug Court Commissioner Brian Curtis Wimes to Circuit Judge of the 16th Circuit &#8211; Division 18 to replace Judge Jon Gray, who retired. Judge Gray was appointed by then-Gov. John Ashcroft to circuit judge in 1986 and was the first African [...]]]></description>
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