2006

The St. Louis Board of Education will hold a press conference today at 1 p.m. at the Clyde C. Miller Academy, 1000 North Grand Ave, to introduce interim Superintendent Dr. Diana Bourisaw. From the press…

We reported yesterday that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill pulled an "all-nighter" Friday and Saturday, campaigning 24-hours straight, hitting diners, firehouses and factories talking to voters working the late shift. Here's more from the…

The controversial former chief academic officer for the St. Louis Public Schools has made a sudden departure from her current post in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports today that Lynn Spampinato has taken…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Two days before Election Day, then-U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill met with a small group of black elected officials representing an area of north St. Louis City and was asked to make…

Is St. Louis poised to be the only American city with no control over its police force or its public schools? UPDATE: Click here to download the Special Advisory Committee’s report recommending state intervention in…

The St. Louis School Board will be holding three meetings tonight. All three meetings will be at the Administration Building, 801 N. 11th Street. The Real Estate Committee meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m.…

In the wake of the city’s recent tagging as the “most dangerous” in the country, and numerous attempts by City and police officials to downplay crime in the city as affecting only “some neighborhoods,” one…

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

School board member Peter Downs made a motion at tonight’s administrative meeting to have the superintendent look at cancelling the district’s contract with controversial maintenance contractor Sodexho. By a vote of 4-2, the board voted…