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Statements Issued After Legislature Passes State Takeover Bill Of St. Louis Metropolitan Police

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Mayor Jones Issues Statement On Bill Passage To Strip St. Louis Control Of Metro Police Department ST. LOUIS – Today, the Missouri Legislature passed a bill that would strip St. Louis City of its local control over the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Mayor Tishaura O. Jones issued the following statement in response: “There is one thing that the bill sponsors and I agree on - that this bill is not a crime plan,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “My administration and I have spent the last four years addressing the realities of crime in our city. We continue to improve 911 response times, we’ve introduced call diversion programs, we’ve invested in community organizations that address the root causes of crime, and all this has resulted in a historic decrease in crime. All this bill does is halt and reverse our progress in service of allowing a small number of non-city-residents to pat themselves on the back because they succeeded in taking

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Trump’s Stagflation

1 month 2 weeks ago
Today on TAP: It’s not easy to engineer the combination of rising prices and falling economy output, but Trump is well on the way.
Robert Kuttner

Missouri House approves $1.3 billion tax cut plan

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Wide-ranging legislation that would lower tax rates for individuals and businesses passed the Missouri House on Wednesday. The 100 to 53 vote saw three Republicans joining with the Democrats in opposition. It now heads to the Senate for consideration.  A key provision in the bill is a gradual reduction in the state income tax from […]
Jason Hancock

RFK Jr. Blames Malnutrition For Measles Outbreak’s Severe Illnesses And Deaths

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Let’s stipulate something before we dive into this post so that there is no misunderstanding: the rise of the anti-vax movement did not begin with Donald Trump’s foray into American politics. It’s been around since well before 2016, slowly but surely gaining momentum among a strange combination of West Coast liberal elites and a certain […]
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Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages)

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Become a language expert with the Babble Language Learning deal. However you choose to access your 10K+ hours of online language education, you’ll be able to choose from 14 languages. Want to try your hand at all of them? Knock yourself out — you’ll have a lifetime to get it done. And you can tackle […]
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