Jim Leach talks with the new president of the Springfield Education Association.

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Jim Leach talks with Springfield District 186 Subdistrict 6 candidate Michael Washington, who is one of three individuals vying to replace Judith Johnson. 

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Jim Leach talks with Springfield District 186 Subdistrict 6 candidate Tom Shafer, who is one of three individuals vying to replace Judith Johnson. 

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Jim Leach talks with GOP gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine. 

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Mayor Jim Langfelder’s former director of planning and economic development is firing back about her own frustration working with the mayor.

Langfelder fired Val Yazell last week, saying he wants to move in a different direction and expression dissatisfaction with what he describes as the slow pace of decision-making. But Yazell says she’s the one who had difficulty getting answers, or any kind of communication at all, from the mayor.

And she says Langfelder often expressed impatience with her insistence on following strict rules governing the expenditures of federal pandemic relief funds. Yazell says she is talking to a lawyer about her options after her dismissal.

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Jim Leach talks with Springfield District 186 Subdistrict 6 candidate Erica Austin, who is one of three individuals vying to replace Judith Johnson. 

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Jim Leach talks with Springfield District 186 Subdistrict 5 candidate, Tiffany Mathis.

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