2006

Last Thursday, district officials met with the community in a townhall meeting to discuss the future of Cleveland Highschool. This past summer, the school was temporarily closed due to health concerns, and the Junior Naval…

So how does a bill for $2 million get delivered to St. Louis Public Schools in December 2005, but not come to the attention of the superintendent or the chief financial officer until last Monday?"The…

KSDK Channel 5 reporter Leisa Zigman interviewed St. Louis School Board President Veronica O'Brien. 7 Comments: Anonymous said... Thanks, Veronica, for playing both the race and the sex card in your interview. Of course, people…

BREAKING NEWS Pub Def has learned that a bomb threat resulted in at least one downtown courthouse being evacuated this morning. We are told police received the threat by telephone and evacuated the City Courts…

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 36th Annual Legislative Conference ended last night with their annual Awards Dinner. More than 400 tables — at up to $750 per seat — filled the Washington Convention Center as…

Deb Peterson and Steve Patterson are reporting that a documentary about Jeff Smith’s unsuccessful 2004 campaign for Congress has been selected as one of the docs at a Washington D.C. film festival. Smith narrowly lost…

From yesterday’s USA Today: Democratic challengers in more than two-dozen House and Senate races are attacking Republicans in Congress for taking pay raises while voting against a minimum wage increase… In Missouri, challenger Claire McCaskill…