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Missouri Voters Will Decide a Bevy of Ballot Issues This Year

Plus: A goodbye and a thank you from your purveyor of Potpourri.

This election cycle brought about an unprecedented flow of initiative petitions -- 143 to be exact. Even though an innumerable amount of trees were sacrificed in paperwork, only four items have any chance of making it to the ballot. Earlier in May, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that various groups had turned in signatures for the following ballot initiatives: It’s not known yet whether any of these items will actually be put up for a vote. For one thing, several of the items, including the cigarette tax increase and the payday loan measure, are tied up in litigation. Arch City Chronicle writer Dave Drebes indicated earlier this month that the cases may be heard later in June. The other wrinkle is that the proposals need a …

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Nate Birt

9:27 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012

Jason, you're a credit to your industry. Keep up the good work, and have a blast at your new gig.   more ›

Update: Follow Along As Steelman and Akin Debate

We're live blogging the debate between GOP Senate candidates Sarah Steelman and Todd Akin sponsored by the 'St. Louis Beacon' and KTRS-AM.

GOP Senate hopefuls Sarah Steelman and Todd Akin will debate the issues Tuesday morning at the Missouri Athletic Club-West. The event is sponsored by the St. Louis Beacon and KTRS-AM. The Beacon's Joe Mannies and KTRS-AM's McGraw Milhaven will moderate the debate. Steelman is a former state treasurer, while Akin is a U.S. Congressman. The event begins at 9 a.m. We'll be live blogging the event via CoverItLive, a web application that lets us stream up-to-the-second updates live.

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