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A speech by Alisha Sonnier, SLPS Board of Education Member, and adapted for the St. Louis Observer
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St. Louis Observer: March 26, 2023
State tries to take control of SLMPD, struggles to control KCPD; staff shortages create crisis in Missouri mental health system; regional cost of food…
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St. Louis Observer: March 5, 2023
Lamar Johnson released from wrongful conviction; Circuit Attorney Gardner faces calls to resign; legislature aims for state takeover of St. Louis; East…
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St. Louis Observer: February 12, 2023
Missouri GOP continue legislative attacks on St. Louis; waitlist for public defender found unconstitutional; aldermen approve tenants' right to counsel…
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St. Louis Observer: January 20, 2023
Aldergeddon absentee voting starts next week; several wrongful death lawsuits filed against Missouri county jails; Northside Economic Empowerment Center…
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St. Louis Observer: January 6, 2023
Missouri executes Amber McLaughlin; freedom from wrongful conviction TBD for Lamar Johnson; unhoused St. Louisans sue state over tent law; guaranteed…
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St. Louis Observer: December 16, 2022
Lamar Johnson gets his day in court; new SLMPD police chief announced; guaranteed basic income program approved by STLBOA; Missouri GOP targets citizen…
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St. Louis Observer: December 2, 2022
Kevin Johnson executed despite defects in conviction; County plea bargaining process scrutinized; City neighborhood order of protection system…
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St. Louis Observer: November 18, 2022
Police bill of rights legal challenge dismissed; County judge denies motion to vacate death sentence; two transitional housing apartment buildings open…
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St. Louis Observer: November 11, 2022
Election Day wins & losses across Missouri; alderwoman introduces universal basic income program; Wash U students call for renewed Voting Rights Act…
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