Mark Schlinkmann
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Reporter, StL Post-Dispatch, covering politics & government since 1984. Previously covered Mo state politics for 10 years for KC Star/Times. South StL native.
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Joined December 2009
Could red-light cameras return to some St. Louis intersections? https://t.co/zwvykZbYSD via @stltoday
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The St. Louis mayor's office says the city is exploring "automated enforcement solutions" to discourage dangerous driving.
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Paul Beckerle, former St. Louis alderman, dead at 66 https://t.co/PIH453MUKJ via @stltoday
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Loop Trolley to get $1.26 million after regional board approves federal grant https://t.co/o1QKnK98gN via @stltoday
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The board of the East-West Gateway Council of Governments on Wednesday voted 15-5 to OK a $1.26 million federal grant to aid the Loop Trolley.
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HNTB recommended to design MetroLink fare collection gates https://t.co/m1bc2rcBho via @stltoday
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Kansas City-based HNTB, the only firm to submit a bid to design the new MetroLink fare collection gates, would be paid $6.9 million under a proposal submitted by Metro Transit
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Loop Trolley starts anew in St. Louis; even its riders disagree on its worth https://t.co/inQxHkRolJ via @stltoday
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The Loop Trolley, which reopened Thursday, will operate through Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Cori Bush trounces Steve Roberts in 1st District U.S. House race https://t.co/8WuO6vnOBZ via @stltoday
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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush had campaigned as an uncompromising progressive as likely to make her case in the streets as at the negotiating table.
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Cori Bush has big lead over Steve Roberts in early vote tally https://t.co/8XPIqgr06C via @stltoday
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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush had campaigned as an uncompromising progressive as likely to make her case in the streets as at the negotiating table.
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Bush enjoys big fundraising advantage over challenger Roberts https://t.co/y2rLWdumdd via @stltoday
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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush says her 2020 upset win was no fluke and says her record warrants a second term; opponent Steve Roberts says Bush hasn’t made an effective transition
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Three members of ‘the squad’ stump for US Rep. Cori Bush in St. Louis https://t.co/CGSkd9Wjy9 via @stltoday
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Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib of the group of progressive congresswomen appear with their St. Louis colleague at three events Friday.
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Kummer added to St. Louis aldermanic president ballot; rival sues to remove him https://t.co/38fzKkuH1q via @stltoday
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St. Louis election officials announced that Kummer, an entrepreneur, had enough signatures of registered voters on his petitions, joining Aldermen Megan Green and Jack Coatar on the special Sept. 13
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Third candidate turns in signatures to run for St. Louis aldermanic president https://t.co/W5hhzw6koS via @stltoday
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Mark Kummer, an entrepreneur and political newcomer, on Friday became the third candidate to file for St. Louis aldermanic president. If election officials verify he turned in enough valid signatures
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New agency on St. Louis police misconduct OK’d despite officer groups’ opposition https://t.co/DsAV6GepJg via @stltoday
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St. Louis aldermen on Friday passed legislation setting up a new civilian oversight agency to investigate police misconduct allegations despite opposition from three police employee organizations.
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St. Louis aldermen pass $1M abortion fund, await legal challenge from Schmitt https://t.co/7w6D1PFpIf via @stltoday
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St. Louis officials approved spending federal pandemic aid to provide transportation, child care and other logistical help for city residents getting abortions in Illinois and other states where the...
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St. Louis aldermen pass $1M abortion fund, OK new police oversight agency https://t.co/QgoJ4K6oZq via @stltoday
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Ex-FBI agent tapped to head new St. Louis agency to probe police misconduct https://t.co/4gpWENCrIs via @stltoday
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Matthew Brummund, who worked 20 years in the FBI’s St. Louis division, is the newly-hired commissioner of the city’s Civilian Oversight Board and would shift to heading a proposed new
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St. Louis aldermen advance bill for new agency to probe police misconduct allegations https://t.co/OPHcvDPJ7P via @stltoday
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The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted 14-3 on Wednesday to give preliminary approval to a new agency to investigate police misconduct. But critics said more work is needed on
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St. Louis fiscal body backs $1M fund to help women get out-of-state abortions https://t.co/wXSSzruR5J via @stltoday
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The Board of Estimate and Apportionment’s 2-1 endorsement of a $1 million fund to help St. Louis women get abortions in Illinois and other states where the practice remains legal
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Jack Coatar joins Megan Green in qualifying for St. Louis aldermanic president race https://t.co/oIkIgWSWto via @stltoday
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The city Election Board on Wednesday verifies that Coatar got enough valid signatures. Political newcomer Mark Kummer says he’s circulating petitions to try to qualify for the Sept. 13 primary
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Election of new 11th Ward alderman leaves St. Louis board 3 short https://t.co/lp9CDSi4pQ via @stltoday
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Jimmy Lappe, an official with Missouri Jobs With Justice, ran unopposed in Tuesday's special election to fill the remaining 9 months in the term of Sarah Wood Martin, who resigned
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St. Louis mayor joins Biden, others to tout new federal gun law https://t.co/7r4vwyr0Xs via @stltoday
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Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, the co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was part of a crowd invited to the White House Monday to watch the president highlight the new federal
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