2006

Last Tuesday’s elections have made our celebrity junior senator to the east even more relevant. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) today announced that next year he will serve on four influential committees: the Senate Foreign Relations…

Legendary activist Percy Green was found not guilty today on charges of resisting arrest stemming from a November 2003 incident in which Green was forcibly removed from a public meeting of the St. Louis Board…

UPDATE: ACORN representatives tell us today’s press conference has been cancelled because of “new information” regarding a possible agreement between the group and the Board of Elections on the recent letters mailed to voters registered…

Over the next few days we’d like to start a dialogue on Constitutional Amendment 2, the Stem Cell Research Initiative. Feel free to comment. Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and St. Louis’ KFTK radio host Jamie…

As we reported yesterday, hundreds of teachers and staff at 13 city schools were given termination letters this week. They were offered the chance to reapply for their positions, but the president of the teachers'…

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be holding their Legislative Action Seminar on Thursday at the Chase Park Plaza. There will be several panel discussions on economic development, politics and technology featuring state…

License Fees received by the City of St. Louis from the St. Louis Cardinals: Actual Tax Receipts 2004 - $3,402,298Actual Tax Receipts 2005 - $4,971,379Revised Tax Estimate 2006 - $5,000,000Official Tax Estimate 2007 - $0…

Starting July 1, the St. Louis Public Schools will be operating without a new budget. The school board yesterday rejected the budget proposed by Superintendent Creg Williams which would have added $4 million to the…

by Peter DownsThe St. Louis Board of Education on January 17 approved a fundamental change in the way students are admitted to magnet schools. The board voted 4-1 to give preference for admission to magnet…