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Mark Vittert's Reflections: Rarely does life imitate the movies

1 year 2 months ago
One of the best scenes in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was when Ferris handed over the keys to his friend’s dad’s super-fancy red sports car they were driving, to a fellow they believed to be a reliable parking attendant. The next time we see their car, it’s careening up the street and on a trip of its own. A pretty wild scenario that was, but not impossible.
Mark Vittert

Donation to Missouri AG riles plaintiffs in lead-poisoning suit against St. Louis company

1 year 2 months ago
Over the summer, Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined in the effort to try to convince a federal court to move a lead-poisoning lawsuit against a St. Louis company out of Missouri.  The litigation in question was filed by thousands of people from Peru suing Doe Run Resources Corp. over alleged injuries caused by its lead smelter in that country.  Bailey filed an amicus brief, signed by his solicitor general, arguing that the lawsuit should be handled by courts in Peru, where the plaintiffs…
Jason Hancock

Missouri education board returns 2 St. Louis-area school districts to local control

1 year 2 months ago
Two St. Louis-area school districts will return to full local governance after years of state education officials overseeing their boards. The Missouri State Board of Education decided Tuesday that Riverview Gardens School District and Normandy Schools Collaborative had shown enough progress to return to traditional school-board elections. The state currently has appointed board members at Riverview Gardens and Normandy to create administrative boards, which will dissolve at the end of June. Missouri…
Annelise Hanshaw