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Judi Lynn

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Fri Nov 13, 2015, 11:01 PM Nov 2015

The Latest: MU to pay $10,000 a month to firm of Blunt's son

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: MU to pay $10,000 a month to firm of Blunt's son

The Associated Press

Updated 6:09 pm, Friday, November 13, 2015

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local):

5:40 p.m.

The University of Missouri will pay the lobbying firm of Sen. Roy Blunt's son $10,000 a month to represent it in Jefferson City.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1RUD8LD ) reports that the contract with Andy Blunt's firm was signed Monday amid the racial unrest on the Columbia campus. Andy Blunt also is the campaign manager for his father, who is a Republican.

Democrats have questioned whether it's proper for a campaign manager to receive money from a state institution.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/The-Latest-Woman-appointed-to-Missouri-curator-6630037.php

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The Latest: MU to pay $10,000 a month to firm of Blunt's son (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2015 OP
it's called a "soft landing" MisterP Nov 2015 #1
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