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Weingarten at SLPS
4:48 pm
Wed September 19, 2012

AFT president praises St. Louis schools' push toward accreditation

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
AFT national president Randi Weingarten in St. Louis on Sept. 19, 2012.

A collaborative effort among the administration, parents, and teachers of the St. Louis Public Schools toward regaining accreditation earned praise on Tuesday from the president of the a national teachers union.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, made St. Louis a stop on her national back-to-school tour. The St. Louis teachers are represented by an AFT local.

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Firefighter residency
4:00 pm
Mon September 3, 2012

St. Louis city, state will take residency law dispute to the Supreme Court

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
A dispute over a state law that allowed firefighters to leave St. Louis city after 7 years goes to the Supreme Court on Thursday.

The state of Missouri and the city of St. Louis will go in front of the state Supreme Court on Thursday to argue over who can decide where city employees live.

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