2006

READ IT HERE FIRST A Circuit Court judge today ruled against the group seeking to recall 3rd Ward Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr. The judge ruled that the St. Louis City Board of Elections does have…

One SLPS employee at the last meeting of the St. Louis School Board suggested the often bickering board members sit in assigned seats. "Sometimes it doesn't look like the people on the board are really…

The St. Louis City School Board will hold a special closed-door meeting today at 1:00 p.m at the Administrative Building, 801 N. 11th Street. The following agenda was released yesterday:SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AGENDA1. Call to…

Yesterday the festivities marking the 90th anniversary reunion at Cleveland Highschool were held at the school, at which over an estimated 700 alumni, current and former faculty, and community members celebrated. The presentation, which lasted…

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen return to duty today after an eight-week summer vacation. One of the things scheduled for today’s meeting is a brief recognition of the 28-year legislative career of State Sen.…

The effort to recall 3rd Ward Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. is on hold as the recallers and election officials wait for a judge to decide the legality of an Election Board practice of allowing aldermen…

With 47/94 (50%) of the Precincts Reporting… 4TH DISTRICT SENATEEl-Amin - 30% (2402)Gambaro - 21% (1687)Smith - 34% (2721)Jones - 3% (234)Boykins - 13% (1040) Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related Stories

PARK PROTECTION PETITION? PERHAPS. – The group seeking to protect a part of Forest Park from the latest attempt to take it for commercial use might be turning in their petition this afternoon. The petition,…

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…

The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 65-34, has passed a controversial bill that gives broad authority to President George W. Bush to interpret (or re-interpret) the long-standing Geneva Convention standards on the treatment of…