2007

According to a new ranking by BlogNetNews.com, PubDef.net is the 7th most influential political blog in Missouri.The site (more specifically BlogNetNews.com/Missouri) launched a new feature this week that ranks which Missouri state politics and news…

The following statement is from John Farrell, Comptroller Darlene Green’s spokesman… “The comptroller believes people on both sides of this issue have strong points. On one side are the citizens and taxpayers who want to…

On Wednesday Gov. Matt Blunt approved the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s nomination of Omar Davis to serve as the new director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Davis, of Jefferson City, is…

TOO MUCH FUN INDICTING - U.S. Attorney and former Speaker of the Missouri House Catherine Hanaway says she is not going to run for Attorney General, leaving the path to the Republican nomination clear for…

Starting off the new year performing my civic duty. UPDATE: It was so fun sitting in that waiting room watching Gerald Ford’s funeral and bad soap operas that I think I’ll do it again tomorrow.…

State Sen. Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) today announced that the Board for Inner City Missions of the UCC Metro St. Louis, commonly known as Neighborhood Houses, has been approved to receive $182,925 in state tax…

In this report, iconic journalist Dan Rather reports on the controversy and illusion that surround the same kind of electronic voting machines used in St. Louis County. On Thursday, Missourians for Honest Elections will host…

With the show of support for the state’s newest Democratic elected official, former Republican State Senator Chris Koster — who’s also jumping in the field of Democratic candidates for Attorney General — the following question…

Burning Crosses, Hanging Monkies. No, not quite the title of a new Wire Fu movie starring Chow Yung Fat. Just the latest chapter in St. Louis’ never-ending story of racists behaving badly. On the same…