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Obama Coming to St. Louis
BREAKING NEWS U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill broke the news at a press conference a few minutes ago: Barack Obama will be in St. Louis on Saturday for a 9:00 PM public event (no word yet where). That’s just three days before Missouri and 20 other states get a chance to vote on the Democratic and Republican [...]
Continue reading...HOLY SHIT! Blunt Bows Out [Updated x4]
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
BREAKING NEWS Saying his mission as governor has been accomplished, Gov. Matt Blunt made the surprise announcement of the decade today. “What we set-out to achieve four years ago has been accomplished,” said Blunt in a video address. “Once when asked if he were running for re-election another governor responded, ‘Yes, I like being governor.’ When I read [...]
Continue reading...Ed Martin Out as Chief of Staff
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
From Jason Rosenbaum at the Columbia Tribune: Ed Martin, who served as Gov. Matt Blunt’s chief of staff, has resigned. The governor announced this afternoon that Martin, a St. Louis resident, had stepped down from the position to “spend more time with his family.” He was a key player in the controversy over the administration’s retention of [...]
Continue reading...Blunt to Start Saving E-mails [Updated]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
BREAKING NEWS — READ IT HERE FIRST Caving to mounting public criticism and still-possible legal ramifications, Gov. Matt Blunt today directed his administration to create a permanent e-mail retention system. Blunt says by doing so he is “setting a higher standard in state government and going well beyond present legal requirements.” The governor said he will act [...]
Continue reading...School Boards Heading Back to Court
Thursday, August 2, 2007
READ IT HERE FIRST Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan will see some familiar faces in court again tomorrow. The St. Louis Board of Education and the Special Administrative Board (SAB) of St. Louis Public Schools will be heading back to Callahan’s court as the SAB seeks to pry some of the last remaining power from [...]
Continue reading...Smith Busted for False ID
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE — READ IT HERE FIRST PubDef.net has learned that State Senator Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) was issued a summons last night after trying to entering the Isle of Capri Casino in Booneville using someone else’s identification player’s card. According to a sources at the Missouri Gaming Commission, at 11:45 p.m. last night, Smith was [...]
Continue reading...Koster Going Blue? Day Two [Updated]
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
After quickly spreading like wildfire, first on independent blogs, then newspaper blogs, then to TV, all that remains for the rumor of Republican State Senator Chris Koster’s crossover to the Democratic Party to become fact is… well, a press conference. How about three press conferences in three parts of the state? At 9:00 this morning, Koster will [...]
Continue reading...McKee Tax Credit to be Vetoed
Friday, July 6, 2007
BREAKING NEWS A source tells PubDef that Gov. Matt Blunt is going to veto HB 327, the contoversial bill containing a $100 million land assemblage tax credit, within the hour. UPDATE: It’s done. Here’s the press release… Blunt Vetoes Giant Bill Packed with Excess Spending Governor Says Good Wages, Health Care Are Quality Jobs ‘Musts’ [...]
Continue reading...Student Maced at Meeting
Thursday, March 22, 2007
A group of SLPS students disrupted the meeting of the State Board of Education moments ago with chants of “no takeover!” The Board went into temporary recess while order was restored. Capitol Police officers were attempting to restore order when they got into a confrontation with one student in particular. The young man darted from [...]
Continue reading...Reed in the Lead
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
The 16th Ward vote in, Lewis Reed is still in the lead. JAMES F. SHREWSBURY — 11124 — 49.15%LEWIS E. REED — 11468 — 50.67% Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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