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Multi-millionaire’s “Mega Tax” is mega bad news

September 26, 2011 Stacy Mergenthal Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Missouri region, Taxes Leave a comment

Multi-millionaire Rex Sinquefield is at it again, with four new mega tax proposals aimed at eliminating Missouri’s personal income tax. Sinquefield’s effort to single-handedly

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In August I went to prison

September 21, 2011 Barbara Finch Charity & Justice, Ideas, Missouri region One comment

No, I wasn’t sentenced; despite a handful of speeding tickets, I have managed to avoid the caprices of the criminal justice system.  I went

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Photographer’s notebook: a Labor Day tribute to hard-working people

September 1, 2011 Bill Kesler Economy, Employment, History, Labor and unions, Missouri region One comment

As I look at these photos from the 1970s and 80s, I am humbled by the strength and courage of these workers. They went

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Gateway Journalism Review: not the watchdog it once was

August 22, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Missouri region One comment

Media watchers used to look forward to the next edition of the St. Louis Journalism Review [SJR]. Its founder/publisher Charles Klotzer could be counted

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Photographer’s notebook: Elegy on a vanished Chrysler plant

August 22, 2011 Bill Kesler Business, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Missouri region Leave a comment

The Chrysler assembly plant in Fenton always loomed large on my daily commute, especially in the mornings when the early sun reflected on its

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Family farm: A photojournalist’s archive

July 7, 2011 Bill Kesler Economy, Environment, History, Illinois/Midwest, Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region One comment

The 160-acre family farm is a thing of the past. While just 40 years ago, many square miles of the Iowa landscape were divided

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Best and worst of times for St. Louis City parents of school kids

June 29, 2011 City Mom Education, Missouri region, Youth issues 6 comments

There is a widespread misperception that, unless it’s a Catholic school or very expensive private school, to send your children to school in the

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Heroin deaths rise: Afghanistan war is to blame

June 24, 2011 Mike Davis Crime/Violence, Illinois/Midwest, International, Missouri region, War 2 comments

Jessie Outhouse of East Alton, Illinois, was found dead on June 13th, 2011 from what is believed to be Madison Count’s 12th heroin overdose

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If Carnahan won’t, how about Kucinich?

June 2, 2011 Arthur Lieber Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There’s been much speculation about possible Republican and Democratic nominees in Missouri’s newly configured 2nd District. Republicans seem to have a beacon  always pointed

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Decorating one levee, blowing up another

May 30, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Environment, Ideas, Infrastructure, Missouri region One comment

The Monarch-Chesterfield levee, in suburban St. Louis, is about to get beautified by a creative, fun community project that could be a good starting

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