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Webster - Kirkwood Times, October 16, 2009"Our local legislators, Jeanne Kirkton and Eric Schmitt, have been very supportive," said Drollinger.
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Missouri Gets Tough On Young People Text-Messaging From Behind The Wheel
Webster - Kirkwood Times, September 4, 2009At the state level, Rep. Jeanne Kirkton, D-Webster Groves, said she thinks the legislature will revisit the texting-while-driving law in the 2010 Missouri General Assembly session. Kirkton, who sits on the House Transportation Committee, said she totally understands why people have questions about the 2009 law.
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Archived News
Blueburbs - Why Republicans are losing their hold on suburban America.
Governing, August 10, 2008Jeanne Kirkton was out canvassing a few weeks ago along Lilac Avenue in Webster Groves, an old rail-line suburb 5 miles west of St. Louis. Lilac is a street of modest ranch houses and fine old trees, where lots of longtime residents — some well into their 80s — live next door to homes where yappy dogs pose a threat to the slumber of newborns.
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Term Limits Leave Open Seat; 4 Candidates In Aug. 5 Primary
Webster Kirkwood Times, July 18, 2008Jeanne Kirkton, current Webster Groves City Council member, is running for the Democratic nomination for State Representative, District 91. Kirkton is a Missouri native. She and her husband, Larry King M.D., have lived in Webster Groves for 28 years. Kirkton holds a degree in nursing from Maryville University, a diploma from Barnes Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesia, and a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Webster University.
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Trio Of Million Mom Marchers
Webster Kirkwood Times, July 18, 2008"I suspect the majority of my community agrees with me on having sensible gun laws."
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Pro-Vote observes third anniversary of Blunt's Medicaid cuts in Missouri
St. Louis Labor Tribune, July 16, 2008Jeanne Kirkton, a registered nurse and healthcare advocate, summarized the situation: "Historically, Missouri has had a lower number of uninsured, but that's not the case now," Kirkton said. "People are entering our healthcare system late, sicker or not at all. They are not receiving the preventative care that saves lives and money."
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Countdown to Missouri's Aug. 5 primary
St Louis Beacon, July 5, 2008Another open seat where Democrats hope to do well is the 91st district in St. Louis County, where Jeanne Kirkton, long active in partisan and nonpartisan election issues, is running.
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WG Commission To Examine Issues On Environment
Webster-Kirkwood Times, March 7, 2008Over the past five months Council Member Jeanne Kirkton has been working with a six-member task force to determine the need for such a commission and how it would function.
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Gun-control group praises Illinois, criticizes Missouri
St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 1, 2008"What we've seen in the last few years is a loosening of state gun laws that weren't so tight to begin with," said Jeanne Kirkton, former legislative director of Million Mom March in Missouri and a Webster Groves city councilwoman. "Illinois has more authority to regulate, more accountability for gun sales and more protections for children."
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Women Voters And Presidential Politics
Webster - Kirkwood Times, February 1, 2008"This is an historic event," she added. "We've certainly had women run for president before, but this is so close you can taste it. There's some feeling in the area that a woman is ready to do it, and we should be behind her."
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Some Fear Hanley Work Will Lead To I-170 Extension
Webster - Kirkwood Times, January 28, 2008"This kind of overpass is on a scale that's not really appropriate and has to be of concern to Webster residents for what the future plans are," said Jeanne Kirkton with the Webster Groves City Council. "We have invited Garry Earls of St. Louis County to come to Webster and lay out what those future plans are."
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3 On Webster Council To Seek State Offices
Webster - Kirkwood Times, November 30, 2007Council members Randy Jotte and Jeanne Kirkton will both be candidates for the House of Representatives for Missouri's 91st district, a position currently held by State Rep. Kathlyn Fares, R-Webster Groves, who cannot run for reelection due to term limits. Jotte will run as a Republican, and Kirkton as a Democrat.
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Panel mulls universal health care
The Journal, October 25, 2007Webster Groves Councilwoman Jeanne Kirkton and fellow Councilman Randy Gotte helped bring the discussion to Webster. Together, the panel was able to outline several options and explore several issues related to universal health care.
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Fighting the good fight: Nurses who advocate for change
Modern Medicine, February 1, 2006"As a nurse in intensive care and later as a nurse anesthetist, I saw so much gun-related violence," Kirkton says. So when the Million Mom March movement emerged several years ago, she was drawn to it. "Gun control struck me as a commonsense cause that I could get behind, not something radical."
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Missouri Senate Candidate Endorsements
St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 25, 2004Security moms, soccer dads, liberals and moderate Republicans can feel comfortable sending Jeanne Kirkton to the Senate. She would represent the district without letting ambition get in her way.
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