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STL city, county key to MO win for Clinton Hillary Clinton was engulfed in support and love during a surprise campaign visit to the O’Fallon Park YMCA in North St. Louis on Saturday, March 12.
The Urban League’s Ferguson effect Lasting positive change stemming from unrest detailed at 98th Annual Dinner By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American
night, including Ohio and Florida. Late returns from St. Louis County and city – both favored Clinton by 55 percent to Bernie Sanders’ 44 percent – finally won Missouri for Clinton by a whisker. Statewide, voter turnout set a new record for a presidential preference primary, with more than 1.5 million people (or 38.86 percent of registered Missouri voters) casting
The Ferguson unrest was top of mind for Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis President and CEO Michael McMillan at the organization’s 98th Annual Dinner on Monday, March 14 at the Grand Marriot. As he updated more than 1,200 n “It is our guests on current and collective upcoming initiatives responsibility and programming – and two awards – to make sure presented Ferguson was presented America as a catalyst for sees what a community renewal. “We will make sure city can go that this community through and has a beacon of hope come out in what was a sign of better than it urban decay and racial relations problems,” was to start McMillan told the with.” crowd, which included many of the St. Louis – Michael area’s civic, corporate, McMillan community and faith leaders. Following the August 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown Jr. and the ensuing protests, Ferguson became a national symbol of systemic racism within municipal courts and the dysfunctional relationship between African Americans and law enforcement. McMillan pointed out that that racially
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Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and Sen. Booker visits help propel her narrow victory By Chris King Of The St. Louis American Though Hillary Clinton would finally win the Missouri presidential preference primary by just over 1,500 votes, or 0.2 percent, in unofficial results, the campaign closed down the local
watch party before all election returns were in without celebrating victory on Tuesday. But the crowd – which included, at various times, aldermanic President Lewis Reed, attorney general hopeful Jake Zimmerman and state Rep. Stacy Newman – had plenty to celebrate, as Clinton won a series of key states earlier in the
Sanders supporters vow to continue the ‘revolution’ Bernie Sanders supporter Bruce Franks Jr., an activist running for state representative, watched disappointing election returns at the local campaign watch party at Bootlegging BBQ on March 15.
In unofficial results, upstart loses Missouri by only 1,500 votes By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American The hopeful buzz was still in the air at Bernie Sanders’ watch party in Midtown St. Louis until about 11:30 p.m., when the final numbers came in. Hillary Clinton had pulled ahead in the tight presidential primary race by 1,500 votes or 0.2 percent. Someone at the party, hosted by Bootlegging BBQ, immediately cursed St. Charles County, but those residents were not to blame. St. Charles supported Sanders 55 percent to Clinton’s 45 percent. It was St. Louis County and city – both which favored Clinton 55 percent to Sanders’ 44 percent – that finally pushed her over the top. The Missouri Secretary of State said the results
‘If the family is struggling, the child is struggling’ Superintendent Zone offers non-academic supports to SLPS’ neediest schools By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
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remain unofficial, and the certification process takes about four weeks. Ferguson activist and minister Cori Bush, who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri as
a Democrat, watched the TV screens in disbelief. See SANDERS, A7
The “Superintendent Zone” in Saint Louis Public Schools was put in place to respond to unmet student needs outside of academics. “If the family is struggling,” said Stacy Clay, assistant superintendent for Support Services, “we know the child is going to struggle,” In 2014, Clay said, the district looked at academic performance, mobility rates, homeless students in transition, attendance rates and suspension rates to determine See SLPS, A7