2007

By a unanimous vote yesterday, a State Senate committee approved House Bill 1, the economic development package which includes the controversial Distressed Area Land Assemblage Tax Credit. The committee also passed two amendments to address…

Free, the former host of BET’s 106 & Park, served as host of the “Get Your Money Right” Hip-Hop Summit event in Washington D.C. this weekend. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

150 years after the Dred Scott decision, the House Committee on Slavery Impact will discuss an apology for slavery in the same building where Scott made his case. At 2:00 PM tomorrow in the Old…

About a dozen teenagers attended a free hip-hop journalism seminar today at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. Instructor MK Stallings taught the students composition, reporting and interviewing techniques. The seminar was sponsored by…

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…

Governor Matt Blunt today signed the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act into law as part of his larger economic development package. Other provisions of the new law include expanding the Quality Jobs Tax…

Within the next seven days, all City of St. Louis registered voters will receive a very important mailing from the City of St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners. The postcard-style mailing will include a permanent…

City Democratic Party chairman and 7th Ward Committeeman Brian Wahby has endorsed Lewis Reed for President of the Board of Aldermen. Reed is challenging incumbent Jim Shrewsbury in the March 6th primary election. According to…